Re: Ed Markham

**H* Y* <h*@gardeningwithconfidence.com>**

Hey Sue thanks for reminding me of that I passed that on to the family 

On Jul 17, 2013, at 1:26 PM, "Sue Goetz" <sue@thecreativegardener.com> wrote:

> So bummed that Ed's celebration of life is during the GWA symposium in
> Quebec! Sorry to miss out. 
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> For those of you who knew Ed Markham, here is some information about a
> celebration of his life in Seattle. Ed passed away on July 9th.
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> Goodbye Chief Red Sneaks
> Ed Markham, one of the bedding plant and floriculture industry?s greatest
> voices, passed away July 9.  He was 94. Known affectionately as Chief Red
> Sneaks, Ed was a fixture at industry trade shows like OFA. He also was a
> regular at the Garden Writers Association Annual Meetings for many years. Ed
> believed in the power of understanding gained through travel, especially
> international travel to visit growers and companies in other countries.
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> Ed received his Bachelors of Science degree in Floriculture from Cornell
> University in 1942. For the first decades of his career, he was employed by
> Vaughan Seed Co. (1942-1965). In 1965 he moved to the West Coast, first to
> Oregon and later to Bainbridge, Washington where he worked for Harris Moran
> and Vaughan Seed. Later he consulted for Takii and Sakata when they were
> becoming established in the American bedding plant market.
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> Ed was instrumental in helping to establish the American bedding plant
> industry through volunteer work with Bedding Plants Inc. (later known as
> PPGA). Many in the industry attended his international tours to Asia,
> Australia and especially Europe. He developed and maintained good friends
> among seedsmen and bedding plant growers on multiple continents, acting as
> an industry ambassador. Later his wife, Yoshiko (Rosie) Markham founded a
> very successful plant brokerage company that Ed named WeHoP.
> 
> Ed loved nature and the outdoors ? especially his plants and tending to his
> gardens. He played an ?air? cello as he listened to favorite classics.
> Through the years he enjoyed the company of beloved pets, beginning with a
> draft horse as a child growing up on a small farm in Gowanda, New York.
> Later he doted on favorite cats, Skunk, followed by Millie. Many of his seed
> customers remember Ed and his good friend, the black lab Sam.
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> He was an avid environmental advocate and promoted our connectedness with
> nature in everyday interactions and through newspaper and magazine clips he
> would send to distant friends in the mail.  In 2003 he wrote, ?Nature is my
> main interest! Most used quote: ?We are not the only creatures on this
> earth, though some people think we are.? My enthusiastic pursuit of all
> things environmental is boundless!!!? signed, ?Ed Markham, Chief Red Sneaks?
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> He is survived by his wife Yoshiko (Rosie) Markham and three children, Sen
> Speroff, Craig Markham and Dianne Markham.
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> Friends may honor Ed by donating to the charity of their choice. Industry
> members wishing to remember Ed may choose to contribute to the American
> Floral Endowment, Markham-Colegrave International Scholarship, 1601 Duke
> Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
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> A celebration of Ed?s life is planned for Sunday August 18 from 2 to 4 p.m.
> at the Markham Garden on Bainbridge Island. For more information, contact
> Rosie Markham, yrmarkham@msn.com.
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> Helen Yoest
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