Monday, April 23, 6:30 pm
Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 25, 7:00 pm
Evening Lecture: New Perennial Introductions—
From the Breeder to Your Garden
2540 Center St, Bethlehem PA (Wesley Methodist Church)
As you think about your garden this winter, mail-order catalogs featuring
new plants will excite your horticultural fantasies. Undoubtedly you will be
tempted with glamorous photographs and sumptuous descriptions, but how do
you know if these plants will truly perform in your garden? This
lecture by Kevin Staso will take a tantalizing look at a variety of
newly introduced perennials as well as proven favorites.
Kevin Staso is sales director of North Creek Nurseries. He travels
widely in search of new, unusual, native, and non-native cultivars for
submission into North Creek’s new plant introduction program. He is a board
member of the Ecological Landscape Association, a member of the Perennial
Plant Association’s Environmental Committee, and a member of Pennsylvania’s
Storm Water Technical Review Council’s Vegetation Advisory Committee.
This lecture is co-sponsored by PHS and the Hardy Plant Society. Directions
will be mailed with confirmation letters. The lecture will be followed by
light refreshments.
Fee: $10 for members of the co-sponsoring organizations or $20 for non-members
if registered prior to April 24th. $12 for members at the door and $22
for non-members at the door. You may register on line at the following
link.
https://www.pennhort.net/bethlehem, or call Carol Dutill
at 215-988-8869, fax to her attention to 215-988-8810.
Friday, April 27
Garden Tour - Wayne Guymon
Shade SIG
Saturday, April 28, 9:30 am
Lancaster County Nursery Tour
Tender Perennials SIG
This popular annual event is a self-directed
tour of nurseries in Lancaster Co. Many are small family-owned Amish
and Mennonite nurseries, specializing in unusual and heritage
plants; others have cutting-edge, hard-to-find new introductions. We
meet at Marian Martin's nursery, Martin's Greenhouse, in Narvon,
then proceed at our own pace, choosing stops among an extensive list
of nurseries provided to registrants. Team up with a friend and take
the bigger of the two vehicles - you're guaranteed to run out of
plant-stashing room by the end of the day! This event is free to all
HPS members but to ensure your copy of the nursery list and
directions,
please contact info@hardyplant.org. |
