NARGS - the North American Rock Garden Society plans an online event for 14th November 2020 - titled
NARGS ROCKS: Troughs Coast to Coast: Celebrating Gardens with Rock Plants in Containers, a Virtual Study Day. The North American Rock Garden Society [NARGS] will present Troughs Coast to Coast: Celebrating Gardens with Rock Plants in Containers, a virtual International Study Day, on November 14th at 2 PM EST. The cost is $25 for NARGS members; and $50 (which includes the pleasure of joining NARGS) for non-members. [www.nargs.org]
Troughs Coast to Coast is being held as a live online Zoom event but your ticket will allow you to view the event later or revisit any part of it any number of times. Presentations on how to build, plant, and display troughs will be made by horticultural authorities from disparate gardens as that from the roof of the NYC Rockefeller Center, the (Tilden Park) Regional Parks Botanic Garden (Berkeley, CA), the Millstream Garden Award 2020 recipient and Philadelphia Flower Show medalist, and the Denver Botanic Gardens. Plus design, plant choice and care at Wrightman’s Nursery. [www.nargs.org ]
Beyond their uses for alpines and rock plants, troughs provide a space to grow and display miniature or diminutive plants (without losing them), and to provide finicky plants with specialized conditions. Troughs provide a space to garden and/or can make a difficult site more hospitable. Perhaps you have the urge to create miniature landscapes and gardens with plants, rocks, bonsai and found objects. There are no trough police.
The Trough Photo Contest is now open for online entries. Prizes include a free NARGS membership for a year and a ticket to the November 14th Troughs Study Day. Submissions will be accepted until November 7th. [woobox.com/kdfknp] Anyone anywhere in the world may submit one entry to each of the three categories (3 photos total): Best Trough Photo, Best Trough Design, Best Use of Troughs in a Garden. Plus a People's Choice prize will be voted on by visitors to the show. The Judges include Laura Caddy, Curator of the L.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, Univ. of BC Botanical Garden. Mike Kintgen, Curator of Alpine Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens Matt Mattus, author of Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening. Steve Newall, New Zealand Alpine Seed proprietor and frequent speaker. Wiert Nieuman, plantsman and artisan from The Netherlands NARGS encourages the study and cultivation of a wide range of plants and garden forms and welcomes both beginners and experts. Members receive access to publications, seed exchanges, tours, videos, meetings, and garden visits. [
www.nargs.org/about-us ] contact: Elisabeth Zander <nargspres@gmail.com>
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