NARGS 2016 Conference

[Maggi Young]

more from Julia - she found our Friend Johan Nilson had arrived safely - the glass sculpture  behind Johan is by Dale Chihuly.

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more from Julia at DBG

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Todd Boland - whose birthday it is today - is also in Denver at the NARGS 2016 event -  here are some pix from him of the Crevice Garden

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three more from Todd of the crevice garden

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very curious that not a peep of this on the NARGS forum-what's up with that?

[Maggi Young]

I don't know - perhaps other folk find it as hard to use these days as I do?  Certainly a shame - but not the first time an event has received more publicity here than in the place of origin!

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Nick Courtens of the Betty Ford Alpine Garden,Vail, was a recipient of an SRGC Grant  to study the great alpine houses of various Botanic Gardens in UK etc as he worked on the Vail alpine house project that was the subject of his talk to #NARGS2016.
"Stoked to be done with my presentation on the alpine house in front of 250+ people tonight in steamboat ‪#‎NARGS2016‬ ‪#‎rockstars‬"

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René Giguère - from Montreal Botanic Gardens - about #NARGS2016 ....... translated

"Loveland pass, Colorado this afternoon... Symposium super interesting, impeccable organization, unforgettable encounters, that sums up for the moment that I have the joy of living. Coming to steamboat springs this afternoon, two conferences super interesting tonight including one by Johan Nilsen, horticulturist at the botanical garden of gothenburg in Sweden, the theme: the bulbous plants of turkey, Iran: Fritillaria, tulipa, corydalis, Dyonisia, crocus, colchicum, Iris, absolutely fascinating and a beautiful scientific rigour wow!!!!😂 "

[Maggi Young]

Glad that René  enjoyed Johan Nilson's talk - he is a great SRGC favourite who has spoken and worked here- and a really nice guy too!

René replies and more ....
 Allô Margaret,I was hoping you were going to be here..have met à great girl,friend of yours from Scotland,Juli who keeps going around the world looking for Meconopsis,what energy this girl!!and so sympathique!! Am really appreciating my time here.Garden visits this morning on the agenda ,weather perfect.A bientôt  René

Margaret Young Have a wonderful time ! Yes, Julia is a very dear friend, plantsman and great SRGC  supporter.
René Giguère Yes indeed,a unique person from the little I know of her,obviously very dynamic and able to draw people info her passions.Would be à dream to take part in her travels.....

Janet Davis So happy you're enjoying being in the mountains with like-minded people.
René Giguère Yes dear Janet,haven't felt this way in such à long time. Am spoiled with Panayoti and Jan being so helpful and kind to me. And so thrilled meeting Barbara and Bella, two energetic women of your group from Toronto.Also happy to meet again Andrew and Sue,we'll be visiting gardens together this morning,wish you had come.😉À la prochaine.Rene


Jan  with  Panayoti Kelaidis

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Nick Courtens of the Betty Ford Alpine Garden,Vail, was a recipient of an SRGC Grant

This picture is reversed. Confusing when you are on it.
They are making a strong point here that most of the speakers are youngsters, relatively speaking. Water saving is also coming across strongly as one of the reasons for having "rock gardens". In this state "at present" you cannot legally save water by using water butts. Water rights belong to someone else even if it falls on your roof.
Watched foxes going across the parking lot while we were eating on the university balcony. Very noisy hail storm during lectures. One wrecked the marquee recently. Alpines need to be tough here.

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 From Elisabeth Zander
 
"Nicest conference room I've ever met in...yay Mike Kintgen. Great choice."


Talk about a room with a view - and a Talk IN a room with a view!!

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 From Todd Boland :
"Vignettes from the Yampas Botanic Park in Steamboat Springs , Colorado....what a great NARGS conference....thanks to Mike Kintgen and the folks from the Rocky Mountain Chapter."

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more .......

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again from Todd at the Yampa garden...





Todd:
"Thanks to all the people who wished me a happy birthday yesterday....had two helpings of chocolate cake at the NARGS evening meal to celebrate.....here was the view as we ate our meal."

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From Matt Mattus, NARGS President .....
"The 2016 AGM of the North American Rock Garden Society- brought us all together for one glorious love fest of alpine plants - (L to R) Jim Ault (Chicago Botanical Gardens); the 'Jewel of the Prarie'-Kelly Norris, (Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden); Matt Mattus from NARGS; Panayoti Kelaidis and Kenton Seth (Denver Botanic Garden), and Johan Nilson (Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Sweden), shot at the Yampa River Botanic Park in Steamboat Springs, Colorado."