REGION I
REGION III BETH BOTTS , DIANE BLAZEK AND SUSAN MARTIN
REGION II
REGION IV BRIE ARTHUR
REGION VI NAN STERMAN
REGIONAL NEWS & NOTES
REGION I
CARMEN DEVITO
I am excited to share this interesting and diverse list of events from our Region 1 members . We have so many great events coming up with talented and engaging speakers from New York to Rhode Island and beyond . I hope you will join us at one or more of these events and share them with your gardening circles on- and offline .
Region I is also host to an exciting series of events , from Honey Weekend at Wave Hill to great tours and lectures by renowned garden designer Linden Miller . If you have news and events , please send them to me at cdevito66 @ gmail . com
Karen Bussolini speoke on “ Planting the Year-Round Pollinator Garden ” at the Northeast Regional Perennial Plant Symposium on September 8 at Mass Hort ’ s The Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley , Massachusetts .
Charlie Nardozzi will be leading a Food and Garden Tour of the Loire Valley , France , September 11-19th . There is an optional 3-day garden tour of Paris at the end of the Loire Valley tour .
REGION III BETH BOTTS , DIANE BLAZEK AND SUSAN MARTIN
Barry Glick presented two programs on “ Woodland Plants ” at the Vermont Nursery & Landscape Association ’ s Summer Meeting and Trade Show , Wednesday , Aug . 16 , in Dorset , Vermont . See greenworksvermont . org .
Brent Horvath invites all GWA members to hear native plant expert Roy Diblik speak on September 15 as part of Ornamental Grass Day at Intrinsic Perennial Gardens , 10702 Seaman Road , Hebron , Illinois . GWA members receive a 10 percent discount on admission , which includes all tours and lunch . To RSVP , call 815-648- 2788 , ext . 10 , or sales @ intrinsicperennialgardens . com . Sponsored by Emerald Coast Growers .
Carolyn Roof will chair the second annual Friends of Pollinators Weekend , Friday , September 15 , through Sunday , September 17 , at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park , 166 Upper Village Drive , Calvert City , Kentucky . The Garden Club of Kentucky co-sponsors the event . GWA members receive a discounted fee of $ 35 , including workshops and hands-on demonstrations . For information and registration , contact Carolyn at carolynroof02 @ gmail . com .
Bob Humm is a member of the planning committee for the 27th Barberton Mum Fest September 23 and 24 , in downtown Barberton , Ohio . More than 12,000 garden mums donated by Aris Horticulture are planted . See cityofbarberton . com .
30 and October 1 . She will do a presentation and book sale for the Charleston South Carolina Horticultural Society , October 9 .
Brent and Becky Heath will again host Gloucester , Virginia ’ s , 8th Annual Wine Festival held in Becky ’ s 8-acre , Chesapeake Friendly Teaching Garden , September 23 . More than 2,000 visitors attended last year , enjoying tastes of wine from 10 different wineries , shopping with 40 different vendors , sampling tasty dishes from 10 different eateries and dancing in the Music Garden to live bands that entertained the whole day . Visit the website for tickets and more information .
Brent Heath will present “ Fall Finale ,” which is about bulbs that are planted in the fall that also bloom in the fall . This presentation will be held in the Chesapeake Lounge at Brent and Becky ’ s , 10:30 AM , September 30 . It is free and open to the public . Also in the Chesapeake Lounge on October 5 , Brent will speak to the Master Gardeners about “ Bulbs as Companion Plants .” The group will take a walk through Becky ’ s garden to practice identifying plants of all types . Danville , Indiana , is where Brent will be on October 7 , giving various presentations and workshops for the Hendricks County Master Gardeners Conference ( Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp will also be speaking there ). On October 11 , Brent travels to Seattle , where he will talk about “ Bulbs as Companion Plants ” for the Northwest Horticultural Society at the Center for Urban Horticulture , 6:30 PM . All of these presentations are open to the public .
Pam Beck will present “ From Now to Wow : Pathways to Good Design ,” a Saturday morning symposium at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria , Virginia , October 7 , sharing her design lecture , “ Movement Through the Garden .”
REGION II
DENISE SCHREIBER
Travels to the bulb growing areas of Holland provide lots of colorful images of flowers and windmills for Judy Glattstein . She will present a talk , “ Holland in Tulip Time ,” filled with these images at 1:30 PM , September 30 at the Hunterdon County ( New Jersey ) main library .
REGION IV BRIE ARTHUR
Brie Arthur presented “ The Foodscape Revolution ” at the annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello in Charlottesville , Virginia , September 8 . She will host a cooking demonstration and book signing at The Cape Fear Botanical Garden in Fayetteville , North Carolina , September 21 , and her home foodscape will be featured during the Fuquay-Varina Garden Club Tour , September
REGION VI NAN STERMAN
Mary-Kate Mackey presented her newest book , Write Better Right Now — The Reluctant Writer ’ s Guide to Confident Communication and Self-assured Style , August 21 , at the Lane County Fair , in Eugene , Oregon . She will also be at the Florence Festival of Books , September 30 , in Florence , Oregon .
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