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Happenings August 2023

Selected Events Around the Country:

Exhibitions:

Thru Oct 15, Chihuly in the Garden, St. Louis, MO
Missouri Botanical Garden
Thru Sept 17, Artist Ebony G. Patterson, Bronx, NY
Art & Nature: sculptures, horticultural displays & more, NY Botanical Garden

Events:

August 1-5, Garden Communicators Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Aug 5, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: IL, NJ, NY, WA
IL: Dupage Cty; NJ: Hunterdon Cty; NY: Sullivan Cty; WA: Kitsap Cty

Aug 10, Ecology-Based Landscape Practice, Madison, WI
9am-4:30pm, NDAL, Darrel Morrison, Larry Weaner & others
Madison Arboretum
August 11-12, Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC
Aug 12-13, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: ME, NY, NJ
ME: York Cty; NJ: Bergen Cty; NY: Ulster, Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady Ctys
Aug 12, Habitat Gardens in the Catskills, Tannersville, NY
4-6pm, Lecture & Tour, Mountain Top Arboretum, Garden Conservancy

Aug 13, Garden Dialogues, Amagansett, NY
11am-12:30pm, Talk & Tour, TCLF
Eric Groft, CEO,  Oehme van Sweden
Aug 15, Ecology-Based Landscape Practice, Potomac, MD
9am-4:30pm, Glenstone Museum, NDAL, Larry Weaner & others
Aug 19-20, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, OH, WI
CT: Fairfield, Litchfield Cty; OH: Portage Cty; WI: Milwaukee Cty
Aug 19, The Magic of Greenfire Woods, River Hills, WI
10am-Noon or 2-4pm, Lecture & Tour, Garden Conservancy
Aug 19, Garden & the Wilderness, West Cornwall, CT
10am-noon, Lecture & Tour, Garden Conservancy

August 23-25, FarWest Show, Portland, OR
Aug 26, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CO, CT
CO: Denver Metro; CT: Fairfield Cty

LOOKAHEAD:

Sept 20-21, Landscape Expo, Anaheim, CA
Sept 28-30, America in Bloom Symposium, Spartanburg & Greenwood, SC
Lectures, Tours, More
Sept 29-30, Garden Futures Summit, Bronx, NY
"How Gardens are Changing the Future."
Lectures, NYC Garden Tours, NY Botanical Garden &
The Garden Conservancy

Oct 20, Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA
Scott Arboretum
Oct 27-30, ASLA Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN

 

Books: Roses, Bloom Colors

If you love roses, as I do, then you definitely want to have a copy of this book, The Color of Roses, close by. (Ten Speed Press, 2023). Author Danielle Dall'Armi Hahn, owner of Rose Story Farm in Carpinteria, CA, profiles 300 different roses in brilliant color.

There are close-up photos of each rose bloom (by photographer Victoria Pearson), along with a brief description of the kind of rose, size, fragrance, and breeder. The book is divided by rose colors, so if you're looking for an easy-to-grow white or apricot or pink rose, you can easily find the cultivars you'd like to consider.

In the introduction, Hahn says the book is "a reference and color guide for those choosing plants for their gardens, designing for a special event, planning for home floral arrangements, or simply dreaming about a future full of roses." She simply takes the mystery out of growing and using roses to best advantage.

While some of her recommendations will be familiar, there will be many others that will be new to you, all roses you'll want to try in your own garden, on your balcony, or simply to find for an arrangement.  Roses are special for so many occasions -- and the ones you'll want are all in this book.

Commissions earned.