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International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society 3rd Quarter, 2007 Volume 22, Number 3 2007 Best New Waterlily: Nymphaea 'Suwanna' by Ms. Kanchana 'Kathy' Kokhakanin (Thailand) Page 2 The Water Garden Journal Vol. 22, No. 3 It is with great pleasure that the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society announces the winners of the 2007 New Waterlily Competition. Congratulations! You can view all entries, with several detailed photos of each, on our website at www.iwgs.org > 2007 Waterlily Competition. Thank you to all the hybridizers who entered, to Duke Gardens (Durham, NC) who did an outstanding job of growing and photographing, to Randall Tate for web posting, and to Stu Schuck for chairing the competition. All photo by John K. Wyman. Best New Tropical Waterlily: N. 'Suwanna' by Ms.Kanchana 'Kathy' Kokhakanin (Thailand) (Photo on front cover) Best New Hardy Waterlily: N. 'Miss Siam' by Pairat Songpanich (Thailand) Second Best New Tropical Waterlily: Second Best New Hardy Waterlily: N. 'John N. 'Pam Wilson' by Charles Winch Wedgwood' by Andreas Protopapas (Cyprus) (managed by daughter Noelene Pullen) (Australia) Vol. 22, No. 3 The Water Garden Journal Page 3 In This Issue Page 2 2007 New Waterlily Competition Page 4 President’s Comments Plan Now to by Tish Folsom Page 5 Executive Director’s Comments Attend the by Keith Folsom IWGS 2008 Page 6 The King and I by Suzan Phillips Virginia, USA Page 10 IWGS Happenings Page 11 News & Notes Symposium Page 12 Grower’s Corner by David Curtright Page 13 Call for Nominations for the BOD July 17, 2008 – July 22, 2008 of the IWGS Page 14 UK Meet at Wisley by James Allison Visit the beautiful Page 15 In Memoriam: Charles Allen Winch Shenandoah Valley and by Noelene Pullen Richmond, Virginia Page 16 Affiliate Societies while you meet aquatic by Tom Frost Page 17 Extreme Pond Plants plant aficionados from by Rowena Burns around the world, Page 18 Society Information Page 19 Nymphaea Registration and learn from by Jim Purcell international experts! 2007 Aquatic Art Contest by Paula Biles Visit www.iwgs.org for more information as it IWGS Website Members Only Page becomes available about this The members page features exclusive society great opportunity news, articles and online voting. Effective October 1, 2007 the member log on is symposium and the password is virginia. www.iwgs.org Page 4 The Water Garden Journal Vol. 22, No. 3 President’s Comments by Tish Folsom Over 20 years ago I attended my first IWGS function, Since leaving Thailand we have embarked on other which was also one of the first meetings of the changes in the Society as well. With great sadness we organization. Over the years I’ve watched the Society say “Good-bye” to Paula Biles, our previous Executive grow and change. Today, we have members in Director. Paula has served the Society well over many countries all over the globe and more varieties of years and will be greatly missed. Thank you Paula for all aquatic plant cultivars than ever. I hope to fulfill the your hard work and dedication and we wish you well in trust you have placed in me to help lead our Society your next endeavor. forward. With the support and skills of all our members, this organization is on track to being THE With Paula’s leaving we greet our new Executive international place for aquatic plant enthusiasts to Director, Keith Folsom. Keith comes to us with years of meet and discuss their interests. This was truly evident experience both with water gardening in general and as a at our symposium in Thailand this past July. member of the IWGS since its founding. He and I will work out of the same office, which will facilitate the Our meeting in Thailand was an unbelievable trip. flow of information for the organization. Those members Lotus and waterlilies were everywhere. We were who know Keith and I can attest to the fact that you get introduced to hybridizers from all over the world, saw two very different views of a topic with us. We believe new plant introductions, visited gardens of that together over the next year we can make an effective unbelievable beauty, and were treated like royalty at and efficient transition to the new Executive Director’s every stop. I would like to send a sincere “Thank office for the benefit of the entire Society. You!” to all those involved in planning and executing this trip of a lifetime. As we prepare for a busy year ahead, I look forward to meeting and talking with all of our members. We will While in Thailand the Board held their annual meet for our annual Symposium during July 17 – 22, meeting. This meeting is the only time each year we 2008 in Richmond, Virginia, USA and the Shenandoah see each other face to face. At this meeting, two very Valley. Mark your calendars now and make plans to important decisions were made. One is to convert our attend. My email address is [email protected] and you paper journal to an Internet based journal, and two is can reach me at 540-337-4507. Please feel free to email to implement a new method of voting for the Board of or call with any questions, comments or concerns. Check Directors. our website regularly for updates and information. The next journal issue you receive will be both mailed as a printed journal and posted to the members’ only section of the website. You will find the issue you are now reading on our website as well. Beginning with the 1st Quarter 2008 issue of the journal, it will only be available via the Internet. For those people desiring a printed copy, you will be able to print your own from the website, or for an additional fee we can print out and mail you a copy. We are very excited by this change and the accompanying ability to have more color and pictures included in our web version. The Board also approved a one year trial voting system for the Board of Directors. On page 13 of this issue you will find additional information in detail. I’m excited to say that our next Board members will be determined by an Internet voting system and not during our annual membership meeting at the symposium. Vol. 22, No. 3 The Water Garden Journal Page 5 Executive Director’s Comments by Keith Folsom Greetings from Virginia! Please call or write with suggestions for articles. Our journal will soon be online which makes it easier to I would like to introduce myself as your new IWGS submit articles and to have photos accompany them. In Executive Director. I have very large shoes to fill in conversations with many of you over the years, I know order to carry on for Paula Biles, our previous Executive there are many articles in your minds just waiting to be Director. As you all know from years of working with written. This is a call to all of you to put your thoughts Paula, either directly or by benefiting from all of her into articles and make them available to your friends work for our organization, she has been a fine asset to the around the world. You may contact me at: IWGS. We all join together in wishing Paula the best of luck in her future work. She’ll still be around, just doing International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society other great stuff! P.O. Box 602 Greenville VA, USA 24440 I have been involved in the water gardening business in Phone: 540-337-9344 many aspects for almost 28 years. My wife and I own Fax: 540-337-0738 and operate Springdale Water Gardens in Greenville, [email protected] Virginia, a retail and wholesale nursery. As a charter member of the IWGS, the experiences that I bring to the And speaking of around the world, this summer many of table range from plant propagation and production, sales, us attended the IWGS Symposium in Thailand. Our exploration, water garden construction, photography and hosts were gracious, accommodating, and incredibly writing, and even a bit of college level teaching. I believe thorough in their tours and educational seminars. Thanks my exposure to the industry over the years will assist me so much to everyone who made a memorable trip for us in my work with you, my fellow water gardeners. all. We met a number of very knowledgeable growers and water gardeners from Asia and started a relationship I am aware that there may be concerns with Tish, my that we hope will flourish in the years to come. We had wife, as President and me as Executive Director. She and thirteen countries from five continents represented for a I carefully considered the implications before deciding to truly international event. Let’s all get involved and keep take this on. We hope to make this a positive for the this trend alive, we all benefit in so many ways. IWGS in that streamlining contact between the Executive Director and the President can help reduce decision-making delays. Plus an added bonus is that the staff here at Springdale Water Gardens will be put to work helping with some of the mailing and clerical tasks. Since we’re side by side in the office at our nursery, discussion of IWGS business will be easier. Input from all sources will be appreciated and utilized. The executive director is not a voting member of the board of directors and the president only votes when the board needs a tie-breaking vote.