NARGS Study weekend,Pennsylvania 2012 and Annual Meeting, North Carolina 2013

[Maggi Young]

Notice from Bobby Ward from NARGS:

As a reminder, registration for the NARGS Study Weekend this coming
October 12 - 14, 2012, has been open for several weeks.  Information
how to register for the Study Weekend titled "Autumn in the Garden: a
Time for Troughs," is available here:
http://home.comcast.net/~sylvialynch/Study%20Weekend%20Information.htm
   
Speakers:
Gwen Moore - The Rock Garden in Autumn - Gwen is well-known to NARGS members as former editor of the Quarterly (for 11 years) and former co-owner of Rocky Mountain Rare Plants.
   

Catherine Renzi - Fall Blooming Native Plants  - Cathy is proprietor of the Yellow Springs Farm Native Plant Nursery.


Mike Szesze - Carnivorous Plants in the Rock Garden - a different type of color  - Mike is owner/propagator of Carnivorous Plants Nursery in Maryland and a retired educator.


Dr. Tom Lord - Manageable Ferns for the Rock Garden - Dr. Lord is professor of biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and author of the book "The Ferns and Fern Allies of Pennsylvania."


Matt Mattus - Fall Blooming Bulbs for Garden and Greenhouse - Matt is a writer and gardener from Massachusetts whose gardening columns are widely published in magazines and journals.


Gary Whittenbaugh - Crevice Gardens in a Trough - The Role of Dwarf Conifers - Gary is Past President of the Conifer Society.
   

Rex Murfitt - Saxifrages in Troughs - Rex is a noted author, lecturer and authority on Saxifrages.

Martha Oliver - Heuchera, Heucherellas and Tiarellas - Bold Leaf and Color for the Fall Garden - Martha and Charles Oliver have introduced several award-winning plants of this group and operate The Primrose Path Nursery - a wholesale supplier of heuchera, etc.

 There will also be tours and a trough display.....

For further information on the study weekend, contact Len Lehman,
chair of the meeting: Lclehman1@verizon.net .


On-line registration is now open for next year's NARGS annual meeting
in Asheville, North Carolina, on May 2 - 5, 2013.  Information on how
to register for the meeting, "Exploring the Flora of the Blue Ridge,"
as well as pre-conference and post-conference tours, is available
here:  http://www.nargs2013.org/index.php
 Speakers:
Thursday, May 2
Geology of the Southern Appalachians
James Reynolds III
Associate Professor of Geology, Brevard College

Friday, May 3
Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge
Timothy Spira
Professor of Biological Sciences, Clemson University
Author of "Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachians and the Piedmont" (University of North Carolina Press)

Saturday, May 4 (Awards Ceremony and Business Meeting)
The Southern Blue Ridge: Crucible of Life
Patrick McMillan
Curator, Campbell Museum of Natural History, Clemson University
Host of "Expeditions" TV show produced by South Carolina Public Television

 Tours and other things are planned .....
For further information on the 2013 meeting, contact David White,
chair of the meeting:  administrator@nargs2013.org

--Bobby Ward
NARGS Exec Sec
nargs@nc.rr.com