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Columbia-Willamette Chapter

North American Rock Garden Society

The chapter normally meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM at the Hoyt Arboretum Visitor Center, 4000 S.W. Fairview Blvd., Portland. Admission is free and non-members are welcome.  Some exceptions may occur; please inquire.

2007-2008

Speaker

Topic

Site

September 18

Ed Alverson, ecologist for The Nature Conservancy

The Genus Erythronium in Western North America

Hoyt Arboretum

October 30 [ note special date]

Janis Ruksans, Latvian nurseryman and plant explorer and author of Buried Treasures: Finding and growing the world's choicest bulbs, available from Timber Press

The Bulb Belt of the Former USSR

Hoyt Arboretum

November 20

Carol Wilson

Species Iris

Hoyt Arboretum

December 18

Members' Night

Hoyt Arboretum

January 15, 2008

Jan and Dave Dobak

Western Australia

Hoyt Arboretum

February 19

Scott Vergara

Garden Management

Hoyt Arboretum

March 18

Pot Show and Discussion

Hoyt Arboretum

April 15

Harry Jans (NARGS Speakers Tour)

Plant Hunting in Tibet

Hoyt Arboretum

May 20

David Hale

The Himalayas

Hoyt Arboretum

June 17

Jan Palmer

Plant Propagation Workshop

Hoyt Arboretum

Co-Presidents

Tom Bland
Terry Laskiewicz

Co-Vice-Presidents

Jan Jeddeloh
Jane McGary

Secretary

Jan Dobak

Treasurer

Dave Dobak

At Large Board Members

Karen Olsen
Nancy Chapman
Carolyn Enns

Field Trip Coordinator Ginny Maffit

For more information on our chapter, direct inquiries to: Tom Bland