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Re: A change in subject
I apologize. I thought that they had updated the web site already. Here is
the day's agenda:
Garden Writers Association
Region IV and II Meeting
Friday May 29, 2009
Potomac River Farm Tours
Friday
6:00 AM: Early Bird Photo Shoot. Mt. Vernon
8:30 AM: Registration at River Farm. American Horticultural Society. GWA
wishes to thank David Ellis for his help in coordinating the details of this
tour and program.
9:00 AM: Tours of the AHS gardens and plant trials
10:30 AM: Business Meeting and Networking
Introductions and GWA Update
11:00 AM: Program: "Harvesting the Heavens-Conserving Water and Preserving
Watersheds. Joe Keyser has worked over 20 years as an environmental and
media communications specialist. Until 2006, he was the environmental
education specialist for the Montgomery County Department of Environmental
Protection, where he developed a series of public outreach programs that won
more than 40 international, national, and regional awards. Mr. Keyser has
held a respectable number of titles over the years, ranging from his work as
"America's Compost King," while at the American Horticultural Society and
the Maryland Environmental Service, and later as the "GreenMan" owing to his
eponymous newspaper column, radio "EcoMinutes," and his award-winning
"GreenMan Show" on cable television. Joe holds graduate and undergraduate
degrees from Georgetown University, serves on the board of OurEarth.org, as
well as on the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Association for
Environmental and Outdoor Education.
11:45 AM: Green Raffle and the GWA-famous "Trunk Show!"
12:00 noon: Lunch at River Farm
1:00 PM: Mount Vernon House and Farm:
1 - 1:30: PowerPoint presentation on the garden archaeology
1:30-2:00: Archaeology tour of the garden
2:00-3:00: Tour of the gardens by Dean Norton, horticulturist
3:00-3:30: Behind-the-scenes tour of the Gardener's House
The sign-up registration form with be on line shortly.\
Kirk
-----Original Message-----
From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Peggy Riccio
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:45 PM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] A change in subject
I am interested in this and can't wait to see the agenda. Let us know when
registration opens up and you have more details. But what is the original
Green Man?
Peggy Riccio
--- On Thu, 3/12/09, gardendesign <gardendesign@enter.net> wrote:
> From: gardendesign <gardendesign@enter.net>
> Subject: [GWL] A change in subject
> To: "'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'"
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 2:31 PM You all sound so old lately!
> Were you whining about technology when the 8-track tape disappeared,
> or when the CD showed up?
>
> To the group:
>
> Rather than have this thread degenerate into a discussion of my
> ever-degenerating physical plant, I would like to change the subject:
>
> Spring is nearly upon us here on the East Coast.
> Especially in Region II.
> I'm looking forward to--as always across my many, many years--to my
> annual pilgrimage to the greater Washington DC area to smell the
> spring flowers.
> This year, thanks to Kathy Jentz, Cheval Op and David Ellis, we are
> having a regional meeting on the Potomac in May. Mount Vernon with
> 6:00 AM photo shoot. Lunch and program with the original Green Man at
> Riverfarm. And then back to Washington's home for a PM tour of the
> gardens.
>
> What more could you want? The details are on the GWA web site. We
> have numerous registrations already. Think about it.
>
> The next regional meeting isn't until June--in Pittsburgh. At the
> Phipps'
> new green conservatory...
>
> Kirk
>
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