Mid-Atlantic Group

Seed Exchange newsletter of the Galanthus woronowii ‘Ernie Cavallo’ The 2019-2020 Seed Exchange is now open. The Seed Seed Exchange team strives to make it as easy as pos- Exchange has been an educational and fun perk of your sible for you to donate seeds. So, if you would rather, as described by Patricia Becker HPS membership almost from the beginning of HPS/ just email a spreadsheet or a Word document with Hardy Plant Society MAG. With many Seed Exchanges either focusing on your seed list and descriptions to seeddonation@ Galanthus woronowii ‘Ernie Cavallo’ is a virescent snowdrop which I discovered in agricultural seed donations or ending their exchanges, hardyplant.org. 2018 at BarnHouse, my property in New Jersey. As a snowdrop collector I have planted MID-ATLANTIC GROUP the HPS Seed Exchange is still going strong with the If you have donated to the Seed Exchange in the past species and cultivar snowdrops around the converted stone barn, built in 1848, once a support of our members and the HPS Board. Last granary now my home. I was delighted to find and am pleased to introduce this stable five years, we will email a list of the seeds you have August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 year’s Seed Exchange catalog had over 1000 donations donated in the past. Rather than complete new forms, woronowii, found flowering in thin soil on rocky limestone scree above a ditch that collected by our membership. runs along the drive. It has bulked up, producing two identical flowers this year. you can simply check off any seeds that you wish to Any member or non-member submit again this year. If you do make changes to the The flowers show a lovely green color wash on the outers. The inner segments have Who can participate? The purpose of the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group is to cultivate, foster, and promote interest and participation in horticulture. hardyplant.org a broad, green molar-shaped mark at the apex which fades toward the ovary. A distinct can donate seeds to the Seed Exchange. The perk for description on the list of historical donations, please white margin borders each of these inners. The flowers are held on sturdy scapes above members is that only they can order seeds from the make them in a different color or highlight the changes strongly supervolute leaves. I have named this special snowdrop, with his permission, Seed Exchange catalog. If you have donated seeds so we do not miss your corrections. If you do not for American Galanthophile, Ernie Cavallo, a mentor and friend, now an “Immortal” to the current year’s Seed Exchange, then there are receive a history of your past donations by September Annual Fall Gardeners’ Market (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/8376143/Snowdrops-Celebrating-the- bonus seeds available. 15, please contact [email protected]. EVENTS This year we will be moving the Market to We have vendors selling native and Working with the Seed Exchange is a great way to Immortals.html). photos: ©Patricia Becker How can you participate? Please look over the dona- CALENDAR Temple University’s campus in Ambler, PA. non-native perennials, shrubs, and trees. meet fellow plant lovers in a friendly, relaxed atmo- tion form inserted in this newsletter or online to see See page 2 or hardyplant.org for more information We will have the benefit of some shade, There will be succulents, cacti, ground- the type of information that needs to be provided for sphere. If you have questions or want to know how about events and Special Interest Groups. Also visit ample parking, and, as the vendors do not covers, bog plants, wildflowers, dwarf entry into the Seed Exchange catalog. Fill out this form you can participate, contact Susan Doblmaier, seedex- the website for calendar updates. need to bring their own tables, they can conifers, rare plants, and fancy weeds. [email protected] or 215-542-7865. for each new seed donation and send it to the address AUGUST bring more plants! Check the website, www.hardyplant.org on the form. Any type of seed may be donated. The Our trusted vendors, some returning, for more details. 8 Thu, 10:00am–12:00pm some new, will be offering a wide variety Remember this event is open to the Pop Up Event: Pollinator Garden Tour – Thom of plants and advice as usual. As an added public. You do not need to be a member Mrazik’s Goodly Gardens bonus the campus boasts a beautiful so spread the word and bring your friends. 24 Sat, 8:30am–12:30pm Arboretum; they will be offering a guided If you’d like to help that day, please con- Fall Gardeners’ Market, Temple University, tour at 11a.m. and self-guided tours if you tact Laura Axel at [email protected]. Ambler, PA are still shopping. SEPTEMBER We’re in the middle of summer, which SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 means many gardening ideas and plans 7 Sat, 10:00am–3:00pm are on hold until the weather cools down. 8:30am–12:30pm Pop Up Event: Central PA Garden Tour Temple University Ambler Campus Please save the last Saturday in August, 580 Meetinghouse Road 14 Sat, 1:00–3:00pm when we can meet, stock up on plants, Ambler, PA 19002 DESCRIPTION Pop Up Event: Hypertufa Trough Workshop and get some new ideas and solutions. 15 Flowering height: 12 cm. Sun, 1:00–4:00pm Pop Up Event: Discover Collins Nursery – Leaves at flowering time: 19 x 60 Native Plants mm, strongly supervolute with third leaf present. 21 Sat, 9:00am–2:00pm Scape: sturdy, upright ±4 mm thick. Members’ Shopping Day, Still Pond Nursery Ovary: green, ovoid (7 x 5 mm). 22 Sun, 2:00–3:00pm Flower: length including ovary 35 mm. Joint Lecture, Champion Trees of Pennsylvania, Scott Wade, Haverford College Outer perianth segments: exhibit a green color wash. 28 Sat, 9:45am–5:00pm Inner perianth segments: broad, green Native Plants SIG Event: Monarch Migration, molar-shaped mark at the apex, which Cape May, NJ

fades toward the ovary; a distinct white margin borders each inner segment. 19075 PA Oreland, OCTOBER

404 Willow Rd. Willow 404 5 HPS/MAG - Publications - HPS/MAG Sat, 10:00am–2:00pm Tender Perennials SIG Event: Michael Bowell Garden Tour and Cuttings Exchange Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 5 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 EVENTS and SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS HPS Grants Program Good News! | President’s Message HPS/MAG is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2019 HPS Grants Program. by Sandy Vernick Begun in 2009, the HPS Grants Program seeks to underwrite worthy projects through- After much discussion, planning, and hard work we have out the HPS/MAG region. The HPS/MAG awards are granted annually to individuals, received approval from the Internal Revenue Service of MEMBERS ONLY SHOPPING DAY CHAMPION TREES OF community groups, schools, and other organizations in the mid-Atlantic region who our application to be designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Saturday, September 21, 9:00am–2:00pm PENNSYLVANIA BY SCOTT WADE are working to promote horticulture and/or environmental awareness that will have a charitable organization. This designation has a number of Still Pond Nursery Sunday, September 22, 2:00–3:00pm positive ecological impact on the community. Traditionally, HPS/MAG grants range from advantages, not the least of which is a significant fundrais- 38 Hess Lane, Douglassville, PA 19518 Sharples Auditorium, Haverford College www.stillpondnursery.com $300 up to $1,000. ing advantage. Gifts to the Hardy Plant Society will now Free and open to the public For those interested in seeking a grant in 2020, the grant application form can be Still Pond Nursery be deductible by donors. This event is a partnership between the Hardy Plant Soci- completed online at our Society’s website (https://www.hardyplant.org). The next grant is celebrating Many thanks to Katie Commons, Esq., of Commons ety, Haverford College Arboretum, and the Henry Founda- application deadline is February 1, 2020. To award a grant, we will need the official name their 30th year and Commons, LLC, for her successful work in achieving tion. At 1:00pm there will be a free tree tour of the grounds and address of the organization to which a check will be sent. To all applicants, we hope this goal, and also to the members who advised, in-

growing exquisite Ciborowski photo: J. given by one of Haverford College Arboretum’s horticultur- you are successful in achieving your goals. perennials. HPS/ formed, and assisted her. ists. The lecture then begins at 2:00pm in Sharpless Auditorium, followed by a reception. We look forward to the future! MAG members Scott Wade, coordinator of Pennsylvania’s Champion Tree Program, will introduce 2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS: have the oppor- you to some of the largest trees of their species in Pennsylvania. Champion trees are received $500 to establish a hedgerow planting for tunity to shop at Awbury Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA determined by a point system based on three measurements and the largest known pollinators adjacent to a more formally planted pollinator habitat. wholesale prices on one day in the fall each year. What measured specimen of its genus and species gets to wear the crown of State Champion. received $814 to refurbish and enhance the Choose the best a great time to fill the open spots in your garden, start a Scott will discuss this fascinating program including measuring techniques and local Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA Enabling Garden for patients recovering from neurological diagnoses. new bed, and make sure that your garden is well-stocked champions. He will also answer any questions you may have about his fun and educa- plant for your garden: with late season blooms for our pollinators. tional outdoor hobby, big tree hunting! Learn more at www.PAbigtrees.com. Chester County Learning Center, Coatesville, PA received $500 for plants to complete a Thurs., Sept.sun, 12–Sat., shade, woody, perennial,Sept. vine.14 Scott Wade is the volunteer state coordinator of the Champion Tree Program with the project to enhance a public space and water feature at the Learning Center. See our complete plant list at HPS POP UPS Pennsylvania Forestry Association. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University Delaware Nature Society, Hockessin, DE received $500 to create an educational habitat In addition to the many wonderful events planned by and has spent twenty-seven years in the horticultural field. Currently, he is employed as garden in the Outdoor Classroom at the Dupont Environmental Education Center of the scottarboretum.org/Fallsale our Special Interest Groups, members of the HPS/MAG a certified arborist for Longwood Gardens. Delaware Nature Society. The Newsletter is published quarterly in January, April, July, community share exciting initiatives and gardens with the RAIN OR SHINE! Long Branch Green Team, Long Branch, NJ received $450 to revitalize and restore a and October. Copy deadlines are one month before the issue larger HPS community through a series of Pop Up Events date. HPS/MAG adheres to one-time use; all other rights are MEMBER GARDEN TOUR – JUNE 29, 2019 neglected park within the City of Long Branch, Jackson Woods. LOCATION Wister Center, next to the Arboretum offices throughout the year. We have had Pop Ups on Tool retained by the author. We welcome all contributions. Contact Many thanks to the six garden owners in Central New Jersey who shared their gardens Sharpening and Hypertufa Creation, a trip to the shore Philadelphia Orchard Project, Philadelphia, PA received $1,000 to restore and expand Kathy Yocom, [email protected]. Photos courtesy of Proven Winners & Walters Gardens, Inc. to view members Ed and Debbie Shinn’s spectacular Japa- with us and to the generous donors to our raffle. The caterer for the reception was a big a community orchard in partnership with the Overbrook Environmental Education nese Maple Garden, and much more. Be sure to check hit with many and there have been several requests for his information: Norma’s Restau- Center. our website calendar for the details on the following rant in Cherry Hill, located at 145 Barclay Farms Shopping Center, Route 70 East, Cherry Hill NJ 08034. Bon appetit! Riverbend Environmental Education Center, Gladwyne, PA received $700 to carry out a upcoming summer Pop Ups, and for other exciting Pop planting project in an area of neglected grassland. 2018 HPS/MAG Financial Statements Ups in the works. If you are interested in sponsoring a The following financial statements were prepared in Stillwater Township Elementary School, Stillwater, NJ received $500 to design and Pop Up event, contact Nora Sirbaugh at vicepresident@ accordance with generally accepted accounting princi- hardyplant.org. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS construct a Monarch Butterfly Waystation and Pollinator Garden as part of an outdoor science lab. ples by Carol Dutill, HPS/MAG Treasurer. HPS/MAG membership includes being a member of August 8 – When the bees are abuzz and the butterflies The monies collected through membership and all Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and all members received $1,000 for the purchase of fill the air, come to member Thomas Mrazik’s Goodly The Friends of High School Park, Elkins Park, PA program fees support the many activities planned are invited to participate in SIG events. Contact plants for the maintenance and management of a native ecosystem. Gardens in Worcester for a feast of pollinator and individual SIG leaders for more information. throughout the year by the organization such as work- wildflower plantings and fresh garden design for curious NATIVE PLANTS WINTER INTEREST The Miquon School, Conshohocken, PA received $500 for the purchase of plants to shops, seminars, lectures, trips to gardens and nurs- gardeners (see photo at right). Margaret Moore Sue Slim improve the woodland campus and prevent erosion on steep slopes in the valley and eries, seed exchange program and grants. A budget is along the creek bed. prepared and approved by the board of directors each September 7 – Tour of two Harrisburg area gardens, sig-nativeplants@ sig-winterinterest@ hardyplant.org hardyplant.org fall for the upcoming year. Each month the accounts jointly with the American Conifer Society. See HPS web- The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA received $200 for the pur- 610-388-7198 609-405-4927 site for details and registration. chase of plants to expand the multi-sensory garden. are reviewed at the monthly board meeting. The fol- TENDER PERENNIALS lowing financial statement for 2018 shows the assets – Another fun Hypertufa event. received $500 for the restoration of a historic rose September 14 Mary Ann Thomas Wyck Association, Philadelphia, PA in the checking and savings accounts at the end of the garden destroyed by disease which was created in 1824. September 15 – Shop, and learn about native plants, at sig-tenderperennials@ year plus the year end profit and loss summary which Collins Nursery. hardyplant.org is based on the approved budget for 2018. 215-233-3017 See you in the garden! Philadelphia Orchard Project, Philadelphia, PA

Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 2 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 3 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 4 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 EVENTS and SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS HPS Grants Program Good News! | President’s Message HPS/MAG is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2019 HPS Grants Program. by Sandy Vernick Begun in 2009, the HPS Grants Program seeks to underwrite worthy projects through- After much discussion, planning, and hard work we have out the HPS/MAG region. The HPS/MAG awards are granted annually to individuals, received approval from the Internal Revenue Service of MEMBERS ONLY SHOPPING DAY CHAMPION TREES OF community groups, schools, and other organizations in the mid-Atlantic region who our application to be designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Saturday, September 21, 9:00am–2:00pm PENNSYLVANIA BY SCOTT WADE are working to promote horticulture and/or environmental awareness that will have a charitable organization. This designation has a number of Still Pond Nursery Sunday, September 22, 2:00–3:00pm positive ecological impact on the community. Traditionally, HPS/MAG grants range from advantages, not the least of which is a significant fundrais- 38 Hess Lane, Douglassville, PA 19518 Sharples Auditorium, Haverford College www.stillpondnursery.com $300 up to $1,000. ing advantage. Gifts to the Hardy Plant Society will now Free and open to the public For those interested in seeking a grant in 2020, the grant application form can be Still Pond Nursery be deductible by donors. This event is a partnership between the Hardy Plant Soci- completed online at our Society’s website (https://www.hardyplant.org). The next grant is celebrating Many thanks to Katie Commons, Esq., of Commons ety, Haverford College Arboretum, and the Henry Founda- application deadline is February 1, 2020. To award a grant, we will need the official name their 30th year and Commons, LLC, for her successful work in achieving tion. At 1:00pm there will be a free tree tour of the grounds and address of the organization to which a check will be sent. To all applicants, we hope this goal, and also to the members who advised, in-

Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 2 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 3 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 4 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 Seed Exchange newsletter of the Galanthus woronowii ‘Ernie Cavallo’ The 2019-2020 Seed Exchange is now open. The Seed Seed Exchange team strives to make it as easy as pos- Exchange has been an educational and fun perk of your sible for you to donate seeds. So, if you would rather, as described by Patricia Becker HPS membership almost from the beginning of HPS/ just email a spreadsheet or a Word document with Hardy Plant Society MAG. With many Seed Exchanges either focusing on your seed list and descriptions to seeddonation@ Galanthus woronowii ‘Ernie Cavallo’ is a virescent snowdrop which I discovered in agricultural seed donations or ending their exchanges, hardyplant.org. 2018 at BarnHouse, my property in New Jersey. As a snowdrop collector I have planted MID-ATLANTIC GROUP the HPS Seed Exchange is still going strong with the If you have donated to the Seed Exchange in the past species and cultivar snowdrops around the converted stone barn, built in 1848, once a support of our members and the HPS Board. Last granary now my home. I was delighted to find and am pleased to introduce this stable five years, we will email a list of the seeds you have August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 year’s Seed Exchange catalog had over 1000 donations donated in the past. Rather than complete new forms, woronowii, found flowering in thin soil on rocky limestone scree above a ditch that collected by our membership. runs along the drive. It has bulked up, producing two identical flowers this year. you can simply check off any seeds that you wish to Any member or non-member submit again this year. If you do make changes to the The flowers show a lovely green color wash on the outers. The inner segments have Who can participate? The purpose of the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group is to cultivate, foster, and promote interest and participation in horticulture. hardyplant.org a broad, green molar-shaped mark at the apex which fades toward the ovary. A distinct can donate seeds to the Seed Exchange. The perk for description on the list of historical donations, please white margin borders each of these inners. The flowers are held on sturdy scapes above members is that only they can order seeds from the make them in a different color or highlight the changes strongly supervolute leaves. I have named this special snowdrop, with his permission, Seed Exchange catalog. If you have donated seeds so we do not miss your corrections. If you do not for American Galanthophile, Ernie Cavallo, a mentor and friend, now an “Immortal” to the current year’s Seed Exchange, then there are receive a history of your past donations by September Annual Fall Gardeners’ Market (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/8376143/Snowdrops-Celebrating-the- bonus seeds available. 15, please contact [email protected]. EVENTS This year we will be moving the Market to We have vendors selling native and Working with the Seed Exchange is a great way to Immortals.html). photos: ©Patricia Becker How can you participate? Please look over the dona- CALENDAR Temple University’s campus in Ambler, PA. non-native perennials, shrubs, and trees. meet fellow plant lovers in a friendly, relaxed atmo- tion form inserted in this newsletter or online to see See page 2 or hardyplant.org for more information We will have the benefit of some shade, There will be succulents, cacti, ground- the type of information that needs to be provided for sphere. If you have questions or want to know how about events and Special Interest Groups. Also visit ample parking, and, as the vendors do not covers, bog plants, wildflowers, dwarf entry into the Seed Exchange catalog. Fill out this form you can participate, contact Susan Doblmaier, seedex- the website for calendar updates. need to bring their own tables, they can conifers, rare plants, and fancy weeds. [email protected] or 215-542-7865. for each new seed donation and send it to the address AUGUST bring more plants! Check the website, www.hardyplant.org on the form. Any type of seed may be donated. The Our trusted vendors, some returning, for more details. 8 Thu, 10:00am–12:00pm some new, will be offering a wide variety Remember this event is open to the Pop Up Event: Pollinator Garden Tour – Thom of plants and advice as usual. As an added public. You do not need to be a member Mrazik’s Goodly Gardens bonus the campus boasts a beautiful so spread the word and bring your friends. 24 Sat, 8:30am–12:30pm Arboretum; they will be offering a guided If you’d like to help that day, please con- Fall Gardeners’ Market, Temple University, tour at 11a.m. and self-guided tours if you tact Laura Axel at [email protected]. Ambler, PA are still shopping. SEPTEMBER We’re in the middle of summer, which SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 means many gardening ideas and plans 7 Sat, 10:00am–3:00pm are on hold until the weather cools down. 8:30am–12:30pm Pop Up Event: Central PA Garden Tour Temple University Ambler Campus Please save the last Saturday in August, 580 Meetinghouse Road 14 Sat, 1:00–3:00pm when we can meet, stock up on plants, Ambler, PA 19002 DESCRIPTION Pop Up Event: Hypertufa Trough Workshop and get some new ideas and solutions. 15 Flowering height: 12 cm. Sun, 1:00–4:00pm Pop Up Event: Discover Collins Nursery – Leaves at flowering time: 19 x 60 Native Plants mm, strongly supervolute with third leaf present. 21 Sat, 9:00am–2:00pm Scape: sturdy, upright ±4 mm thick. Members’ Shopping Day, Still Pond Nursery Ovary: green, ovoid (7 x 5 mm). 22 Sun, 2:00–3:00pm Flower: length including ovary 35 mm. Joint Lecture, Champion Trees of Pennsylvania, Scott Wade, Haverford College Outer perianth segments: exhibit a green color wash. 28 Sat, 9:45am–5:00pm Inner perianth segments: broad, green Native Plants SIG Event: Monarch Migration, molar-shaped mark at the apex, which Cape May, NJ

fades toward the ovary; a distinct white margin borders each inner segment. 19075 PA Oreland, OCTOBER

404 Willow Rd. Willow 404 5 HPS/MAG - Publications - HPS/MAG Sat, 10:00am–2:00pm Tender Perennials SIG Event: Michael Bowell Garden Tour and Cuttings Exchange Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group 5 August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 Seed Exchange newsletter of the Galanthus woronowii ‘Ernie Cavallo’ The 2019-2020 Seed Exchange is now open. The Seed Seed Exchange team strives to make it as easy as pos- Exchange has been an educational and fun perk of your sible for you to donate seeds. So, if you would rather, as described by Patricia Becker HPS membership almost from the beginning of HPS/ just email a spreadsheet or a Word document with Hardy Plant Society MAG. With many Seed Exchanges either focusing on your seed list and descriptions to seeddonation@ Galanthus woronowii ‘Ernie Cavallo’ is a virescent snowdrop which I discovered in agricultural seed donations or ending their exchanges, hardyplant.org. 2018 at BarnHouse, my property in New Jersey. As a snowdrop collector I have planted MID-ATLANTIC GROUP the HPS Seed Exchange is still going strong with the If you have donated to the Seed Exchange in the past species and cultivar snowdrops around the converted stone barn, built in 1848, once a support of our members and the HPS Board. Last granary now my home. I was delighted to find and am pleased to introduce this stable five years, we will email a list of the seeds you have August 2019 • Volume 33, Number 2 year’s Seed Exchange catalog had over 1000 donations donated in the past. Rather than complete new forms, woronowii, found flowering in thin soil on rocky limestone scree above a ditch that collected by our membership. runs along the drive. It has bulked up, producing two identical flowers this year. you can simply check off any seeds that you wish to Any member or non-member submit again this year. If you do make changes to the The flowers show a lovely green color wash on the outers. The inner segments have Who can participate? The purpose of the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group is to cultivate, foster, and promote interest and participation in horticulture. hardyplant.org a broad, green molar-shaped mark at the apex which fades toward the ovary. A distinct can donate seeds to the Seed Exchange. The perk for description on the list of historical donations, please white margin borders each of these inners. The flowers are held on sturdy scapes above members is that only they can order seeds from the make them in a different color or highlight the changes strongly supervolute leaves. I have named this special snowdrop, with his permission, Seed Exchange catalog. If you have donated seeds so we do not miss your corrections. If you do not for American Galanthophile, Ernie Cavallo, a mentor and friend, now an “Immortal” to the current year’s Seed Exchange, then there are receive a history of your past donations by September Annual Fall Gardeners’ Market (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/8376143/Snowdrops-Celebrating-the- bonus seeds available. 15, please contact [email protected]. EVENTS This year we will be moving the Market to We have vendors selling native and Working with the Seed Exchange is a great way to Immortals.html). photos: ©Patricia Becker How can you participate? Please look over the dona- CALENDAR Temple University’s campus in Ambler, PA. non-native perennials, shrubs, and trees. meet fellow plant lovers in a friendly, relaxed atmo- tion form inserted in this newsletter or online to see See page 2 or hardyplant.org for more information We will have the benefit of some shade, There will be succulents, cacti, ground- the type of information that needs to be provided for sphere. If you have questions or want to know how about events and Special Interest Groups. Also visit ample parking, and, as the vendors do not covers, bog plants, wildflowers, dwarf entry into the Seed Exchange catalog. Fill out this form you can participate, contact Susan Doblmaier, seedex- the website for calendar updates. need to bring their own tables, they can conifers, rare plants, and fancy weeds. [email protected] or 215-542-7865. for each new seed donation and send it to the address AUGUST bring more plants! Check the website, www.hardyplant.org on the form. Any type of seed may be donated. The Our trusted vendors, some returning, for more details. 8 Thu, 10:00am–12:00pm some new, will be offering a wide variety Remember this event is open to the Pop Up Event: Pollinator Garden Tour – Thom of plants and advice as usual. As an added public. You do not need to be a member Mrazik’s Goodly Gardens bonus the campus boasts a beautiful so spread the word and bring your friends. 24 Sat, 8:30am–12:30pm Arboretum; they will be offering a guided If you’d like to help that day, please con- Fall Gardeners’ Market, Temple University, tour at 11a.m. and self-guided tours if you tact Laura Axel at [email protected]. Ambler, PA are still shopping. SEPTEMBER We’re in the middle of summer, which SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 means many gardening ideas and plans 7 Sat, 10:00am–3:00pm are on hold until the weather cools down. 8:30am–12:30pm Pop Up Event: Central PA Garden Tour Temple University Ambler Campus Please save the last Saturday in August, 580 Meetinghouse Road 14 Sat, 1:00–3:00pm when we can meet, stock up on plants, Ambler, PA 19002 DESCRIPTION Pop Up Event: Hypertufa Trough Workshop and get some new ideas and solutions. 15 Flowering height: 12 cm. Sun, 1:00–4:00pm Pop Up Event: Discover Collins Nursery – Leaves at flowering time: 19 x 60 Native Plants mm, strongly supervolute with third leaf present. 21 Sat, 9:00am–2:00pm Scape: sturdy, upright ±4 mm thick. Members’ Shopping Day, Still Pond Nursery Ovary: green, ovoid (7 x 5 mm). 22 Sun, 2:00–3:00pm Flower: length including ovary 35 mm. Joint Lecture, Champion Trees of Pennsylvania, Scott Wade, Haverford College Outer perianth segments: exhibit a green color wash. 28 Sat, 9:45am–5:00pm Inner perianth segments: broad, green Native Plants SIG Event: Monarch Migration, molar-shaped mark at the apex, which Cape May, NJ

fades toward the ovary; a distinct white margin borders each inner segment. 19075 PA Oreland, OCTOBER