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ON Vacation

Please visit the archives while I'm on vacation.  And go visit some gardens.

Back in late August.

Jane

Happenings August 2021

SELECTED EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY:

Exhibitions:

thru October 10, Origami in the Garden
Sculpture Show, Missouri Botanical Garden, 314-577-5100
thru October 31, KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature
NY Botanical Garden, 718-817-8700
thru Jan 9, Rich Soil: Sculptures by Kristine Mays
Hillwood Museum & Gardens, Washington DC 202-686-58

EVENTS:

Aug 1, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, NY
10am-2pm, 10am-4pm Columbia County
Aug 1, 8, 15 Terrace Gardening Workshops, ONLINE
9:30-11:30am Eastern, NY Botanical Garden
Aug 3, Perennials as Ground Layer, ONLINE (NDAL)
1-4:30pm EDT, Lecture, LAs, Eric Groft, Larry Weaner, Roy Diblik
Aug 4, Novel Ecosystems& the Urban Landscape ONLINE (NDAL)
11am-2:30pm EDT, Lecture, Peter del Tredici & James Hitchmough
Aug 5, Lawns, Leaves, & Laws, ONLINE (NDAL)
1pm-4:30pm, Professional Round-table
Aug 7, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, NY
10am-4pm, Tompkins County

Aug 10, Gardens of the Netherlands, ONLINE
6-8pm central, Lecture, Chicago Botanic Garden
Aug 11-14 Garden Comm (Garden writers) annual conference, ONLINE
Aug 11, Woodlands: Plants & Processes ONLINE (NDAL)
1pm-4:30pm EDT, Bill Cullina & Carol Gracie
Aug 12, Native Meadows: Let's Get Real, ONLINE (NDAL)
1-2:30pm EDT, LA Larry Weaner
Aug 13-14 Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC
Aug 14-15, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, CT, NY
CT: New Haven;  NY: Suffolk, Columbia, Dutchess Counties

Aug 17, Gardens of Black Americans, ONLINE (NDAL)
1-2:30pm EDT, Abra Lee
Aug 18-20 FARWEST Trade Show, Portland, OR
Aug 19, Stress Adapted Native Plant Communities ONLINE (NDAL)
1-4:30pm, Donald Leopold, Tim Toland
Aug 21-22, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NY, RI
NY: Putnam, Westchester Counties; RI: Little Compton

Aug 22, The Art of Espalier, Chappaqua, NY
10am-noon, Tour & Lecture, Garden Conservancy
Aug 23, Land Trusts: Preserving Open Space, North Salem, NY
9:30-11am, Garden Tour, Baxter Preserve, Garden Conservancy
Aug 28-29, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, NY, WI
CT: Litchfield Cty; NY:Dutchess Cty; WI: Milwaukee Cty

LOOKAHEAD:

Sept 21-26 Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK

Oct 6-9 APLD International Design Conference, ONLINE
Oct 15, Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA

Nov 19-22, ASLA Annual Conference, Nashville, TN

4th of July Rose

I think this rose is supposed to look like 4th of July fireworks.  Red and white striped is certainly appropriate, and it's a vigorous climber with canes of 12 to 14 feet that would stand out in any garden.  A 1999 All-America Rose Selection, 'Fourth of July' was the first climber to make the AARS award in more than 20 years.  Judge John Mattia called 'Fourth of July' "the best garden rose introduced in the last decade," and he said it's "an eye-catcher" in all parts of the country.  Fragrant as well, and it re-blooms after the first flush.  This firecracker was developed by Weeks Roses.(photo: Gene Sasse (c) courtesy of Weeks Roses)