REGION VII
Welcome New Members
Shelly Ann Abbott ( 520 ) 834-2932 shelly @ landscapedesignwest . com Tuscon , AZ
Karin Hadley ( 630 ) 561-6170 Mana259 @ aol . com St . Petersburg , FL
Christopher Mousseau ( 416 ) 949-2382 christopher41 @ sympatico . ca Consecon , ON
Toni Gattone presented her seminar , “ You Can Garden For Life with Adaptive Gardening ,” twice at the California Master Gardener Statewide Conference , August 24-25 . She will speak at the Novato Garden Club in Long Beach ., September 13 .
Dawn Hummel spoke during high tea at the Cottage & Garden Tour , September 10 in Cannon Beach , Oregon . Sunset magazine calls the tour “ Best Autumn Event .”
There are two spots left on the garden and botanical tour Nan Sterman is leading to exotic Costa Rica , November 11-20 , 2017 . Email info @ PlantSoup . com for details .
REGION VII
WENDY DOWNING
Members of Region VII continue to be busy writing , travelling and speaking . Some of our accomplishments and upcoming events are listed below .
Master Gardener and garden writer Dan Cooper spoke about his book Gardening from a Hammock to the Cobourg Horticultural Society , September 6 , in the Columbus Community Centre in Cobourg , Ontario . He will speak at the Elora Salem Horticultural Society , September 27 , in the Heritage River Retirement Residence in Elora , Ontario and at the Midland Horticultural Society , October 23 , in Midland , Ontario .
On September 19 , Pat Webster will speak to the Hudson Garden Club about “ Design Ideas from British Gardens ,” on October 11 to the Beaconsfield Garden Club , and on October 27 to the Cummings Centre in Montreal .
Many of the GWA 2017 Silver Medalists are Canadian . These include Toronto Master Gardener Anna Leggatt ( Writing , Newsletters ); Stephanie Rose for Garden Therapy , Tony Spencer for The New Perennialist , and Niki Jabbour and Tara Nolan for Savvy Gardening . Silver medals for Individual Website go to Janet Davis for The Paintbox Garden and Susan Poizner for Orchard People . Susan also won in the Podcast Series category . Discover them , if you haven ’ t yet .
Kary Arimoto-Mercer kary @ arimotoandmercer . com Pittsburgh , PA
Sandy Belknap sandybelknap01 @ gmail . com Nashua , NH
Cynthia Brown browncy @ si . edu Burke , VA
Jocelyn Camacho ( 661 ) 364-8940 jcamacho12 @ csub . edu Bakersfield , CA
Michelle Conklin ( 520 ) 326-9686 execdirector @ tusconbotanical . org Tuscon , AZ
Nancy Crowe njcrowe @ ymail . com Fort Wayne , IN
Emily Duane ( 603 ) 792-1271 eduane @ tcia . org Londonderry , NH
David Forehand ( 972 ) 693-6788 dave4hand @ gmail . com Murphy , TX
Sharon Gamble cellogirl50 @ hotmail . com Indianapolis , IN
Chantal Gordon ( 646 ) 391-1084 chantal . gordon @ gmail . com Los Angeles , CA
Kelly Greer kg @ ufl . edu Clermont , FL
Helping Us Grow !
ONE MEMBER APLD Cassandra Barr Steve Bender Tracy Blevins Keri Byrum Kate Copsey Mark Cullen Sally Cunningham Tom Fischer Wendy Helfenbaum Dawn Hummel Kathy Jentz
Gail Hansen de Chapman ghansen @ ufl . edu Gainesville , FL
Jodi Helmer jodi @ jodihelmer . com Charlotte , NC
Barbara Henry ( 716 ) 536-0746 mbhenry2010 @ gmail . com Eden , NY
Judy Hernandez jukalu @ bell . net Hamilton , ON
Paul Koloszar continuousinterest @ gmail . com Monroe , OH
Rebecca Lloyd rlloyd @ nalu . net Sunman , IN
Stephen Maciejewski ( 215 ) 869-9445 Teciu1949 @ gmail . com Philadelphia , PA
Matt Mattus mmattus @ charter . net Worcester , MA
Steve Mayer ( 317 ) 275-9305 mayersl @ purdue . edu Indianapolis , IN
Diane McGann dianemcgann @ earthlink . net Stillwater , MN
Susan McKee ( 317 ) 297-0502 susan . mckee @ gmail . com Indianapolis , IN
Richard Mercer ( 412 ) 999-8555 Pittsburgh , PA
Igor Kaftan Jessie Keith Karen Kennedy Debra Knapke Jeff Lowenfels Sue Markgraf Debra Prinzing Marty Ross Yvonne Savio Denise Schreiber Bill Thomas Sue Trusty Chris VanCleve
Teresa Watkins Tom Wichman Abbie Zabar Maria Zampini
TWO MEMBERS Helen Battersby Louise Clark Bill Johnson Eva Monheim Lynn Steiner
THREE MEMBERS Ken Brown
Emily Murphy emily @ passthepistil . com Mill Valley , CA
Angelina Popova angyka @ gmail . com
Kyle Robinson ( 412 ) 999-8555 Pittsburgh , PA
Christopher Rood chrisr @ treesearchfarms . net Houston , TX
Laura Seabaugh ( 800 ) 637-6534 executivedirector @ rose . org Shreveport , LA
Alex Shah alex @ gardenanswers . com San Diego , CA
Valerie Solitrin ( 215 ) 356-8010 valerie @ valeriedesigns . com Wyncote , PA
Suzanne Staubach suzannestaubach @ sbcglobal . net Ashford , CT
Aaron Steil ( 515 ) 294-8953 ajsteil517 @ yahoo . com Des Moines , IA
Susan Tito stito630 @ gmail . com Smithtown , NY
Rodger Tschanz rtschanz @ uoguelph . ca Guelph , ON
Melissa Will melissa @ empressofdirt . net Strathroy , ON
Thanks to these GWA members for helping to grow the organization .
Ruth Rogers Clausen Jan Johnsen
FOUR MEMBERS Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
SIX MEMBERS Brie Arthur
TWELVE MEMBERS Kirk Ryan Brown
TWO ALLIED MEMBERS Teresa Watkins
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