2009 Eastern Winter Study Weekend
North American Rock Garden Society
Potomac Valley Chapter
Presents
Some Like it Hot! Coping with Climate Change, BeautifullySheraton Reston Hotel, Reston, Virginia
January 30-February 1, 2009
Tony Avent, proprietor of Plant Delights Nursery, North Carolina, and well-known to NARGS members, is a preeminent introducer of wonderful plants. He shares his experiences with the many hardy Aroids.
Mark Bridgen, Cornell University, New York, is the 2008 winner of the International Bulb Society’s Herbert Medal. A longtime breeder and introducer of South American bulbs, most recently Alstroemeria ‘Mauve Majesty’, he will speak on his experiences collecting and breeding Chilean geophytes.
Richard Critz, former editor of the Primrose Journal and longtime primrose guru, presents a program on maintaining primulas in warmer gardens.
Bill McLaughlin, curator, United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C., will talk about mid-Atlantic and other natives for rock and dry gardens.
Peggy Olwell, Bureau of Land Management and Plant Conservation Alliance, Washington, D.C., will give an overview of global climate changes and how they may affect the gardener.
Richard Olsen, researcher at the U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C., will discuss the ins and outs of new plant introductions, particularly woodies.
J.P. (Koos) Roux, Curator of the Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, will give an overview of several elements of the South African Flora in his talks.
Nick Turland, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, MO, currently co-directs the Flora of China project. His long-time interest is in the flora of Crete, and he will introduce us to some of his favorite plants from the Mediterranean.
Judith and Dick Tyler, Pine Knot Farms, Clarksville, Virginia, share their experiences with collecting, propagating and growing hellebores.
Breakout Sessions
Bill Aley, a senior import specialist from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), will discuss current issues in plant and seed importation.
Karen Rexrode, longtime Potomac Valley Chapter member and owner of the late lamented Windy Hill Plant Farm in Aldie, VA, will present her views of plant photography in the digital age.
Mike Bordelon, manager of the Botany Research Greenhouse, Smithsonian Institution, and Audrey Faden, Coordinator of Simpson Park Gardens, will share their experiences with a gravel garden in the hot and humid Washington DC area.
Plant Vendors, Book Sales, Raffle, Photography Contest, Members’ Slide Shows
For information and on-line registration go to
www.pvcnargs.org/EWSW09or contact Registrar Sue Hodapp sshodapp@cox.net
or EWSW Chair Alice Nicolson, 703-979-5871 taxonomy@verizon.net
