NARGS Annual Meeting: A Higher State - Steppe to Alpine will be held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- June 23-27th 2016 - and the Scottish Rock Garden Club is pleased to be spreading the word to encourage visitors!
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13780.0
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Facebook posts suggest that
Facebook posts suggest that online booking , having been delayed, will open today 13th January. I'm being contacted by SRGC members via our notice about the event to say they cannot find this booking link. It's been posted that a copy of the mail-in form is available online meantime - but I cannot find that. Members wishing to come are worried by posts that the post-conference tour is fully booked before they've had a chance to book - Help needed , please!
It's a shame that we
It's a shame that we originally had a commitment in June that stopped me from booking as it's about time we got back to the US for a NARGS conference (Bobby Ward has been telling me for years!). Sadly the other event got canceled and I hear that the trips are now booked out! Maybe next year!
cheers
fermi
We're delighted to hear that
We're delighted to hear that the pre-conference tour is going well and that members are arriving to enjoy the wildflowers - see some early photos in the SRGC Forum thread on the event : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13780.msg360182#msg360182
Have a wonderful conference!
Hi Maggi,
Hi Maggi,
Thanks for doing that!
I'm so sorry we didn't get there and the pictures people are posting on FB really are great! (But I'm not on FB so glad you are re-posting.)
I think we visited Yampa Botanic Park in 1999 - it certainly has gone ahead in the past 17 years!
cheers
fermi
For pictures and comments
For pictures and comments regarding the NARGS annual meeting go to the SRGC forum
Yes, Maggi has been busy re
Yes, Maggi has been busy re-posting pics from Julia and others!
It looks to have been a great conference and some great gardens/tours
cheers
fermi
Thanks for sharing photos,
Thanks for sharing photos, Claire - seems like a really super trip - and the weather held out well too, eh?
Thank you for sharing on this
Thank you for sharing on this forum-have been enjoying Maggie's reposts on SRGC also
Thanks, Harold. SRGC likes
Thanks, Harold. SRGC likes to support our pals wherever possible.
I'm happy to say the weather
I'm happy to say the weather was fairly cooperative except for the first evening in Steamboat Springs. During the lecture, thunder, lightning and wind accompanied pounding hail. Those of us with rental cars were relieved to see no hail damage!
I should thank Mike Kintgen and his host of volunteers from both Denver and Steamboat Springs. It took an extra effort to smooth over bumps in transportation. Well done!
These reports have made me
These reports have made me very envious of those who attended. We'll be visiting with our Minnesota attendee this Saturday. Can't wait to here her stories....
Glad you enjoyed the
Glad you enjoyed the Conference, Claire, and have shared these pics with the Forum.
Have they announced where the 2017 Conference will be held?
One day I'll get back to the States for a NARGS event!
cheers
fermi
Hi, Fermi,
Hi, Fermi,
The only announcement was for the 2018 AGM, to be held in Newfoundland. Todd Boland gave a brief presentation on the last night of the conference.
...Claire
Delighted to see , elsewhere
Delighted to see , elsewhere on this site this announcement :
NARGS Steamboat Springs Awards - 2016
Peter George, chair of the NARGS Awards Committee, has announced the recipients of the 2016 awards presented at the annual meeting in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, June 22 - 27.
Linc and Timmy Foster Millstream Award for Outstanding Garden
Jacques and Andrea Thompson, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Shirley Friberg, Roseville, Minnesota
Edgar T. Wherry Award for dissemination of botanical and/or horticultural information about native North American plants
Mike Kintgen, Denver, Colorado
Award of Merit for service to NARGS and who are of demonstrated plantsmanship
Nicola Ripley, Vail, Colorado
Kenton Seth, Grand Junction, Colorado
VERY WELL DONE TO ALL RECIPIENTS OF THESE AWARDS!
The post conference trip to N. Wyoming seems to be the same area as that of the 2006 Snowbird conference pctrip. Can someone who knows the area and maybe went on the 2006 with us remind me how this may differ, apart from timing, as we were a little late in the season last time? My records are not good enough to compare with the description in the journal. I recall some of us passed on the Cody museums and went to see "wild horses" in the nearby badlands instead.