Coming in 2008

Saturday, January 12,  2008

Dr. Harold Sweetman

Illustrated Lecture

10:00 am, Marple Township Library, lower level

Bookstore Open

Refreshments

 

Botanical Exploration in Arunachal Pradesh, India: Rare Glimpses of Plants, People, and the Himalaya

 

Dr. Harold Sweetman, director of the Jenkins Arboretum, will present an exciting slide show lecture highlighting his trekking adventures to one of the most remote regions of the world. Jenkins Arboretum is a botanical garden where, he says, plants will always be the primary focus. As its director, he was invited to join an international botanical expedition to Arunachal Pradesh, India in October of 2005. This remote mountainous region in the high Himalayas borders on Tibet and was never previously visited by the famous plant hunters of the past century.

Marple Library Community Room directions

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Claire Sawyers, Director, Scott Arboretum

Illustrated Lecture

10:00 am, Marple Township Library, lower level

Bookstore Open

Refreshments

 

The Authentic Garden

Claire Sawyers, known to many of us as director of the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College (since 1990) has a new book out from Timber Press, The Authentic Garden, which gives important principles for creating a sense of place in one’s garden. This will be the topic of her illustrated lecture on February 9th. Her book will be available which she will be happy to sign for us.

 

Western Winter Study Weekend    February 29 - March 2

                Hosted by The Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia
               At Richmond, (so Vancouver) Canada

               For information on speakers, registration, workshops and accommodation, click here

 

Phildelphia Flower Show: March 2-9, 2008
Visit us at the 179th Philadelphia Flower Show: "Jazz It Up"

will celebrate the birthplace of jazz and much more, as exhibitors take gardening to the next level with pumped-up versions of New Orleans walled courtyards, cast iron balconies, fountains and canals. If you like music, there will also be the toe-tapping sounds of great Jazz legends.

CLICK HERE

 Eastern Winter Study Weekend   March 28 - 30

                 Hosted by the Berkshire Chapter

                 At Farmington, Connecticut (near Hartford)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Greater Plymouth Community Center

Chapter Plant Show 9-9:30

Martha Oliver of The Primrose Path Nursery 10:00

Illustrated Lecture, Striving for Perfection

(breeding and patenting great plants)

 

Greater Plymouth Community Center directions

 May, 2008

Chapter Garden Tour

Details to be Announced

 

 

Chapter Spring Plant Sale:  Saturday, May 31

 

This new date is to avoid conflict with the NARGS annual meeting in Ottawa !

Chapter plant sales provide us an opportunity to share with others the plants that have proved worthwhile to us and to obtain plants that have proved worthwhile to other members. They also provide funds for our speakers and for renting our meeting rooms. Bring your favorite plants to the June 14th Plant Sale and then get busy propagating more plants for the fall plant sale which will be September 13th this year. (Members only)

Robbins Nature Center, Ambler directions

 

  NARGS Annual Meeting — June 12 - 15
            Hosted by the Ottawa Valley Chapter

            At Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada

Saturday, September 13: Robbins Nature Center
Chapter Fall Plant Sale:

(Members only)

Robbins Nature Center, Ambler Directions

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December 13, 2008.  DVRGS Annual Brunch

 

11:00 a.m., Williamson Restaurant

Route 611 and Blair Mill Road

 

Check the Dodcatheon and website for details before each meeting –  Betty Mackey, Program Chair.