Think you know everything there is to know about Rock Gardening? Think again…and make plans to join us for what promises to be an unforgettable gardening experience on the ultimate rock - the island of Manhattan.

You'll be amazed at how much this refresher course - taught by our All-Stars - will teach you about getting plants, growing them, keeping them, increasing them, and showing them.

Our Distinguished Faculty:

Robert Rolfe, Alpine Garden Society Show Specialist, author of The Alpine House, will speak on Growing for Gold - the Hows and Whys of Competitive Showing and The Best of the New Alpines.

Rick Lupp, Mount Tahoma Nursery's Master Propagator-Owner, will teach us his secrets of alpine propagation and introduce us to the hot new Campanulas from the Caucasus and Near East.

Beryl Bland, England's Saxifrage Specialist, will examine the Genus Saxifraga around the world.

Peter Bland, Plant Explorer and Small Shrubs Specialist, will detail their use in the rock garden, and will discuss new alpine gardening techniques.

John Lonsdale, Expert Grower of Fritillarias, Juno Irises, Cyclamen, Daphnes, will show us how he does it.

Abbie Zabar, Noted Gardening Artist-Writer, will discuss Beyond Buns - the Shape of Things.

You will be in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, short walks away from the United Nations, the new Museum of Modern Art, the Broadway Theater District. Indulge yourself in walking and shopping tours of glamorous Fifth, Madison, and Park Avenues…and, if you desire, make pre-meeting side trips to such marvelous gardens as Wave Hill, New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

OUR MEETING WILL INCLUDE:

Plant Sales…Book Sales…An exciting Silent Auction…Raffle of plants and other desirable items.

PLUS

A Judged-Plant Show

Plan now to participate. Bring your finest alpine/rock plants and help us banish the winter blahs. Request plant schedule on registration form.

Slide Sharing

Friday night there will be slide projectors available for sharing YOUR slides. Please limit your slides to 10-minute presentations.

Your hotel accommodations

will be in the luxurious and elegant New York Marriott East Side Hotel, 525 Lexington Avenue (at 49th St.). We have negotiated the remarkable rate of $119 US (plus tax) per night, double or single. Please note this hotel rate is guaranteed only until January 12, 2006, or until the room quota is used up, whichever occurs first, and will go up sharply after that date. Please reserve early. Make your hotel reservations directly to the New York Marriott East Side Hotel by calling 1-800-228-9290 or email: nymarriotteastside.com Mention North American Rock Garden Society to obtain the convention rate. (If that does not work, try "MC-NARGS".) An off-premises Friday Night Dinner at nearby restaurant is optional at $35.

New York Marriott East Side, formerly the Shelton, was the home of Georgia O'Keefe for 10 years.

SAVE THE DATES

January 27-29, 2006

Registrar Jacques Mommens:

nargs@advinc.com

PO Box 67, Millwood, NY 10546

1-914-762-2948

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