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Wisconsin-Illinois Chapter

North American Rock Garden Society

 

The Wisconsin-Illinois Chapter of NARGS is one of the group's 34 local Chapters. We have about 120 members and we would like you to consider becoming one of us. Membership requirement? A love of beautiful wild plants. Some of our members are experts; some are beginners; all are plant enthusiasts.

2008

Speaker/
Comments

Site

Sunday,
March 30
1:00pm

Peter Korn, NARGS Speaker from Sweden: "Building for Growing"

Dane County Extension Office,
1 Fen Court,
Madison 

Sunday,
April 20
1:00pm

"Made in the Shade" by Jean Bawden

Dane County Extension Office,
1 Fen Court,
Madison 

Saturday,
May 17
8:00 am - 1:00pm

Spring Public Plant Sale

Lois Kinlen residence,
26 Merlham Drive, Madison, WI

Saturday,
June 21
TBA		 Garden Tour, organized by Debbie Wopat Rio, WI, area
Saturday,
July 19
TBA		 Nursery Trek Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
Saturday,
August 23
1:00pm		 Building a Sand Bed Schonheit Gardens,
3577 Bailey Road,
Sun Prairie, WI
Saturday,
September 20
1:00pm		 Annual Chapter Members Plant Sale Tom Horner residence,
25706 Malchine Road,
Waterford, WI 53185
TBA Annual Meeting and 40th Birthday Celebration! Olbrich Gardens,
Madison, WI
Saturday
November 15
TBA		 Annual Potluck TBA
Saturday
December 6
TBA 		NARGS Seed Exchange Seed Sorting ? Dane County Extension Office,
1 Fen Court,
Madison

Your $10 annual dues bring you some solid benefits:

  1. You will enjoy monthly meetings from February to November. We usually meet in Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Rockford, Janesville and floriferous places in between. We hear talks from some world-famous growers and plant hunters...and special presentations by our own members.
  2. Our Chapter Newsletter is published 6 times a year. It recaps plant talks (if you are unable to make a meeting) and includes articles of interest on rock garden plants, book reviews, announcements of upcoming events, etc.
  3. You will tour some of the area's finest private and public rock gardens and learn from plants people who have been growing these plants for years. A walk around a rock garden with an experienced grower will teach you more than a three foot stack of garden books. Discover the secrets of siting, soil preparation, exposure, microclimate and propagation.
  4. Each year our Chapter sponsors a plant sale...sometimes two. You will be able to bring home to your garden choice plants not found in your local nurseries.
  5. You will join a friendly group of enthusiastic plant people who simply enjoy nothing more than talking about flowers.

2003  Officers

Chairperson

Barbara Wetzel

Vice-Chairperson

Jane Gahlman

Secretary

Ed Glover

Editor/Membership

John Mather

Treasurer

Debbie Wopat

If you are interested in joining us or learning more about knowing and growing rock garden plants, contact our Newsletter Editor/Membership Chair, John Mather at: rockeditor@mac.com