On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April - May 2017 | Page 3

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REGIONAL EVENTS
REGIO N I
Join fellow plant geeks for The Long Island
Horticultural Society Plant Sale
(http://bit.ly/2oPqzfL) May 21, in the
Greenhouse Classroom at Planting Fields
Arboretum, Oyster Bay, New York.
Dramatic containers and hanging baskets greet visitors at the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and
School of Horticulture.
days with a broad range of cultural, horticultural, shopping, dining, sporting activities and touring
choices. For some help planning, contact Brian Hayden.
REGIO N III
April 15 through July 15
GWA Treasurer and Region III member Jo Ellen
Meyers Sharp will be among the experts speak-
ing at Indiana Garden School V at the Madison
County 4-H Fairground Building in Alexandria
April 29. This full day of education and enter-
tainment will include landscaping ideas, garden
pests, managing wildlife and native plants, and
edible landscaping.
Members of GWA can arrange for free admission
to the horticulture industry’s largest trade show,
Cultivate ’17, Sunday, July 16, through Tuesday,
July 18, in Columbus, Ohio. See Page 10 for more.
G R EE NI N G T H E WAT E R F RO N TS , G ROW I N G F O R TH E CITY
Half-day optional tour • 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 8
Buffalo has been leaping forward into a greener, more eco-sensitive stage as
its waterfront and tourism sites evolve. Old grain elevators/silos have become
skating rinks, restaurants and kayak launches. Urban farms feed underserved
communities. Polluted rivers and waterfronts are now native plant parks with
art installations. Tour includes the Wilson Street Farm, a medical campus with
rain garden and bio retention cell managing polluted run-off, Mutual Riverfront
Park and elevator alley and more. Check out the GWA Conference and Expo
website for the full itinerary.
The Niagara Falls and
Canadian Gardens Tour
This tour requires a current
passport; so check the expiration
date on yours. Because the
schedule is flexible and depends
on an international crossing,
the return time cannot be guaran-
teed. Attendees must make their
return-home travel arrangements
for the next day; hotel conference
rates will be extended.
OTHER O PT IO N S
If a day in Canada is not for you, Visit Buffalo Niagara will be happy to assist with your extended
stay for many destination sites, whether your interest is horticulture, architecture, history, art or
simply scenic beauty. In short, we Buffalo and Ontario garden writers and friends want to keep you
with us! Please mark Tuesday, August 8, on your calendars now.
Sally Cunningham is local arrangements chair for GWA 2017 Conference and Expo.
The West Virginia Botanic
Garden in Morgantown
will host a medicinal plants
workshop on Saturday,
May 13.
NI AG AR A FAL L S AN D C A N A D I A N G A R D E N S
Full-day optional tour • Tuesday, August 8
Anne Marie Van Nest and Theresa Forte, assisted by Ken Brown along
with several enthusiastic Region VII (Southern Ontario) members, are offering
a full-day tour to Niagara Falls, surrounding garden and cultural destinations.
Although you can see the Falls from the U.S. side with several cool tourism
options, even many Buffalo folks admit that people really need to see the Falls
from the Canadian side to appreciate the full grandeur of both the Horseshoe
and American Falls.
A key part of the Falls experience on the Canadian side is a corridor along
the Niagara River maintained