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JULY-AUGUST 2019 5 7 8 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Ask the Executive Director . .2 President’s Message . .4 Get Hype! #GardenComm2019 . .5 Sponsorship Committee . .6 GardenComm: Show Judging . .7 Sustainability . .8 Business. 10 Upcoming GardenComm Events . 11 Regional News & Notes. 12 You’ll see many types of urban gardens in the Small Lot City Gardens Tour in the Yalecrest neighborhood. New & Noteworthy . 14 PHOTOS COURTESY CYNTHIA BEE CYNTHIA COURTESY PHOTOS In Memoriam/Zimmerman . .15 GardenComm/ Renews Kellen Contract . .16 Hot Off the Press . .16 In Memoriam/Argent . .17 Salt Lake City Sneak Peek Media Awards Silver Medal Winners. 18 BY CYNTHIA BEE AND THE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Welcome New Members. 19 Helping Us Grow . .19 We’ve just closed the books this is where the Historic Tour will begin—at on the second wettest May one of the most modern gardens in Utah. in recorded history in Utah; The rooftop garden is one of the largest of its almost daily rain for weeks kind in the United States and gives the entire on end is far from normal structure the feel of the Hanging Gardens of here in the arid west. Our Babylon. From this point, we’ll work our way gardens (and the weeds back through the landscape history, as we Can’t log into the website? that go with them) have move through the gardens of Temple Square, Visit MyGardenComm under Member appreciated the extra moisture and everything enjoying formal Victorian plantings and Resources, click here. A login screen will is growing beautifully. It looks like this will be pioneer-style cottage gardens along the way. appear. Click “Forgot your password?” the perfect year to host landscape tours for Our tour will be expertly guided by a local Enter your email address. A message will be sent with a secure link to set or reset #GardenComm2019. To that end, the Local landscape historian. your password. Click the link and choose Arrangements Committee thought you might a new password. Once complete, you may enjoy a sneak peek of some of the stops we’ll FOOD PRODUCTION TOUR login using your email as username and visit on our conference’s story tours. Community-supported agriculture is a your new password. For issues, please call 212-297-2198. community value in Utah. On this tour, we’ll EARLY MORNING PHOTO SHOOT see that value in action through a number of & HISTORIC TOUR different gardens and organizations serving National Federation of Press Women The Early Morning Photo Shoot is planned humankind at every possible scale. We’ll visit 2019 National Award Newsletter, On the QT at the Rooftop Garden at Temple Square; the potager at the Urban Garden Company, — Continues on page 3 1 JULY-AUGUST 2019 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE MARIA UNGARO On the QT is the membership newsletter of the GardenComm: The Association for Garden Ask the Executive Director Communicators. It is published bimonthly and distributed electronically. © 2019 GardenComm All rights reserved This month we are trying something new. Since many of you have been asking some of the same questions, I thought I would answer in this issue of On the QT. PUBLISHER GardenComm 355 Lexington Ave., 15th Floor • New York, NY 10017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO 212-297-2198 [email protected] Q. What does the Annual Conference Base Registration include? EDITORIAL A. Base registration includes entry to the Expo, education sessions and Awards & Honors Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Editor [email protected] Dinner. It does not include the story tours, which are a separate fee. Most story tours are $50, except for the Full Day Wasatch Loop Post Conference Tour, which is $100. Making Cathy Wilkinson Barash, Copy Editor conference options a la carte does not increase your overall cost, but it gives you options [email protected] on what tours you want to attend, saving you dollars. It also saves GardenComm money Paul Wilson, Graphic Designer because we don’t have to have more buses than we need. [email protected] Q. Are there payment plans for #GardenComm2019? ADVERTISING/CIRCULATION A. Yes, payment plans are available. You can break your registration payments into more Jennifer Perrone 212-297-2198 [email protected] manageable payment amounts. Everything must be paid in full by August 23, 2019. Please call 212-297-2198 for more information. The information contained in articles and advertisements herein represents the opinions of the authors and advertisers, and although believed to be accurate and complete, is not Q. Are there scholarships available? represented or warranted by GardenComm to be accurate or A. Yes! This year, three scholarships will be offered, covering #GardenComm2019 conference complete. GardenComm disclaims any and all responsibility for damages suffered as a result of reliance on information registration, as well as up to $1,000 in travel, in total, a $1,500 value. Ideal scholarship contained herein. recipients work as garden writers, bloggers, speakers or photographers, are under the age of 40 and demonstrate a commitment to horticultural communications. Previous 2018-19 GARDENCOMM OFFICERS GardenComm NextGen Scholarship recipients are not eligible for 2019 scholarships. President Becky Heath • Brent & Becky’s Scholarship applications are due Monday, July 15, 2019. Apply today! Vice President Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp • Write for You! LLC Treasurer Maria Zampini • UpShoot LLC Q. Not a GardenComm Member? Secretary Ellen Zachos • Backyard Forager Past President Kirk R. Brown • John Bartram Lives A. We are offering nonmembers a special combination rate. Receive a GardenComm Executive Director Maria Ungaro • 212-297-2124 Regular Membership and #GardenComm2019 base registration for just $405! DIRECTORS (a $50 savings) To take advantage of this special offer, please contact our office at N = National Director • R = Regional Director • Date = Term Expires (212) 297-2198 or [email protected]. REGION 1 REGION 5 C.L. Fornari (2019 N) Bill Johnson (2019 N) The Garden Lady Bill Johnson Nature Stock Q. My company is interested in exhibiting. What does that entail? Carmen DeVito (2019 R) Photography Inc. A. By becoming an exhibitor, you and your organization get the essential brand exposure Groundworks Inc. Rita Perea (2020 R-North) and direct access to over 350 key current and future thought-leaders impacting the Ellen Ecker Ogden (2020 R) International Contemplative Kitchen Garden Designs Garden Association industry. Attendees are seeking new products and tools, fresh ideas and key resources Dee Nash (2020 R-South) for their businesses. Find details on how to exhibit here or contact Jenn Perrone, for REGION 2 Red Dirt Ramblings Kathy Jentz (2021 N) Shelley Cramm more information 212-297-2131. All our current exhibitors to date can be found here. Washington Gardener (2019 R-South) We would love to include your company on the Expo floor. Louise Clarke (2020 R) The Morris Arboretum REGION 6 Teresa Speight (2019 R) Mary-Kate Mackey (2020 N) Q. Can’t exhibit but want exposure to the GardenComm community? Cottage in the Court Freelance A. There are lots of great sponsorships available. Here are our sponsorships to date. Anne Reeves (2020 R-North) REGION 3 Moment of Delight Diane Blazek (2019 N) Jacqueline Soule Q. I don’t work for a company, but have some great exhibitor or sponsor ideas. All-America Selections/ (2020 R-South) A. Send them our way! We’ll reach out. Email us at [email protected] National Garden Bureau Gardening with Soule Beth Botts (2020 R) Tova Roseman (2019 R-South) Morton Arboretum Tova’s Garden #GardenComm2019 is going to be an exciting few days. I look forward to seeing you in Salt Susan Martin (2019 R) Gardener Sue’s News REGION 7 Lake City, September 4-7, 2019. For registration and additional information about the event, Ken Brown (2021 N) please visit gardencomm.org. REGION 4 gardening-enjoyed.com Kate Copsey (2021 N) Andrea Whitely (2020 R) Freelancer Andrea Whitely Garden Have questions for me? Send them my way, [email protected], and I may Cheval Opp (2019 R) Consultant answer in my next “Ask the ED” segment of the newsletter. Have a great summer! k Cheval’s Garden Tours Bob Howard (2019 R) Marie Mims Butler (2020 R) The Hamilton Spectator Garden Speaker 2 —Salt Lake City Sneak Peek, continued from page 1 where the owners teach classes to locals. Although Utah will never be considered a breadbasket state, our local organizations are engaged on a global scale. PLANT RESEARCH & NORTH GARDENS TOUR Utah State University Extension has created a massive research garden, the Utah Botanical Center, just north of Salt Lake City. The Utah House is a mature, water-conserving landscape that demonstrates the ideal in sustainable, local landscaping. The plant research facilities onsite include annual flower and vegetable trial gardens as well as new introduction plants through their Sego Supreme breeding program. NEW URBANIST TOUR As a rapid-growth state, there’s no shortage of new construction in the southwest corner of the valley. New construction comes with its own set of challenges for gardeners and this tour will be future focused. First we’ll journey to the Conservation Garden Park, an 8-acre Wasatch Back mountain range and gardens will be part of the full-day, post conference tour. garden dedicated to teaching sustainable BEE CYNTHIA COURTESY PHOTOS landscape practices. The tour concludes at the new Daybreak community, where modern at Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point. garden on the tour is created in a different planning and community creation are The gardens will be hosting the annual style and filled with lovely details and spaces. intersecting with landscape and lifestyle Timpanogos Storytelling Festival during our changes demanded by modern homebuyers. visit so you may just be tempted to stay, then WASATCH LOOP TOUR – FULL DAY Uber or ride the commuter rail back to our This tour will make a loop along both the SMALL-LOT CITY GARDENS TOUR venue.