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February 18 Program: The Great American Mixed Border



Our first program of the year features Michael Loos speaking on The Great American Mixed Border.

"The Great American Mixed Border is wide reaching in its scope," says Loos. "It reviews not only plants for the garden, it combines these features into a view of the garden as a whole. Elements of design, soil, and then - plants, create a garden. Understanding fully, each aspect, helps us create a place of beauty and retreat.

Loos is a graduate of Kent State University and Cleveland State University. He spent a summer with Harvard University studying and performing field research in tropical botany at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, in Florida.

He has worked as a Garden Center Manager, County Extension Educator for Ohio State University, Curator of Collections for the Cleveland Botanical Garden, and owned a Landscape Consultation and Design business in Cleveland.

Presently, he works for Cornell University as the Interim Director for The New York State Seed Testing Laboratory at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, in Geneva.

Michael has gardened since he was three years old, learning from his grandmother. While not always giving the most accurate information (She would say toads were bad for the garden!), she instilled in him the love of plants, gardening, and nature.

The meeting will be in 404 Plant Science Building on the Cornell University campus. Bring a brown bag lunch and socialize at noon. Program begins at 1 p.m.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

October 16 program: 'Vertical Gardening'

Elizabeth Zander, program chair of the Berkshire Chapter of NARGs, will speak on 'Vertical Gardening at our October 16 meeting.

“Most alpines in nature grow wherever the wind takes the seed,” she observes. “Many times this can be in a vertical crevice or a slope with loose scree. In these places there is less competition and great drainage.” Zander will explore how this translates to crevices and screes in the garden. She will also share construction techniques of her Goshen, Conn., garden – including the raised saxifraga bed built by Zdenek Zvolanek.

Zander directed the NARGS Seed Exchange from 1994-96, edited the Berkshire Chapter NARGS Newsletter for many years and served as president of the chapter.

We'll meet in 404 Plant Science Building (Whetzel Room) on the Cornell University campus. Brown bag lunch at noon. Program begins at 1:00 p.m.
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