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In October 1993, then President Norman Singer and the NARGS Board of Directors conceived the idea of bringing internationally known speakers to all local chapters, giving all chapters, regardless of size, the opportunity to hear world-class speakers on alpine gardening and various horticultural topics. Joyce Fingerut took on the planning responsibilities and in October 1994, Dr. Christopher Grey-Wilson, Editor of the Alpine Garden Society Bulletin and world plant explorer, inaugurated the tour. Since that time, three tours per year have been planned of up to six chapters each. NARGS pays travel expenses and plans the tour, and local chapters pay the speaker's honorarium, host the speaker during their time in their area, and show them interesting local gardens, wild places, and local attractions. This provides a chance for local chapters to hear outstanding plantspeople, meet and visit with them, and publicize their chapter activities to non-members. The Committee is currently under the leadership of Maria Galletti assisted by Harvey Wrightman and Eva Gallagher
Here are the outlines of the speakers' tours, brief biographical sketches and proposed lecture topics for the coming year:
Speaker Harry Jans is a rock gardener for more than 25-years, founder member of
the Dutch Rock Garden Society and its president for 6 years. Member of 4 AGS Expeditions, ACE 1994, SQAE 2000, Iran
Expedition 2003 & Tibet in 2005. AGS tour leader to various provinces in China in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2006,
Tibet 2005 & Ethiopia and Kenya in 2006. He organized and led tours to China, Italy, the Czech Republic and Sweden.
He is a regular lecturer at conferences and Study Weekends in Holland, Germany, England, Scotland, USA and Canada.
For more information visit: www.jansalpines.com
(Note: All slots on the tour are filled. No more chapters can be added.)
| Harry Jans' Tour Schedule | |
| Date | Chapter |
| Sun, April 6-8 | Eugene, OR (Emerald Ch.) |
| Wed, April 9 | Vancouver, BC |
| Thur, April 10 | Calgary |
| Sat, April 12-14 | Denver, CO (RMC) |
| Tues, April 15-16 | Portland, OR (Columbia Willamette) |
| Thur, April 17-19 | Seattle, WA (Northwestern Ch.) |
| Sun, April 20-22 | Salt Lake City, UT (Wasatch Ch.) |
| Wed, April 23-26 | Alaska (ARGS & Homer Garden Club) |
| Lecture topics | |
| Growing Alpines in the "hills" of Holland | My own Rock Garden, Alpine House, Tufa Wall, etc. This includes building information and growing techniques. |
| The Cream of the European Alps | A mixture of the best alpine plants from the various corners of Europe. |
| The best of North-West Yunnan alpines | Spring & autumn flowers, places, and people. |
| A botanical tour through the provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan | An account of the SQAE 2000 Expedition and a tour in 2001. |
| A closer look at the rich alpine flora in Sichuan province | Regions of Wolong, Balang Shan, Huanglong & Guilin with many super plants such as Meconopsis punicea. |
| Plant hunting on the Roof of the World | An account of an AGS expedition to locations such as Lhasa, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Kangshung valley, which is very close to Mount Everest; and with new exciting discoveries such as Meconopsis tibetica and many such plants that will grow up to 5350m. |
| Iran in focus | Plants, places and people in and around middle, eastern, and Western Iran. |
| High Alpines on the Equator | Many endemic alpines on the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia and on Mount Kenya. Highlights are the giant Lobelias which can reach over 6m! These are areas not often visited by plant hunters. |
| Peter Korn's Tour Schedule | |
| Date | Chapter |
| Sat, March 22 | Piedmont Chapter |
| Sun, March 24 | Manhattan Chapter |
| Wed, March 29 | Southern Appalachian Chapter |
| Sat, March 30 | Wisconsin Illinois Chapter |
| Tues, April 1 | Nova Scotia Rhododendron Society |
| Thur, April 3 | Newfoundland Chapter |
| Sat, April 5 | Nova Scotia Chapter |
| Sat, April 12 | Ottawa Chapter |
| Sun, April 13 | Montreal Chapter |
| Lecture topics | |
| Building for growing | A talk about my garden. How I do to create all different environments to be able to grow everything from Cacti to Orchids. Including crevices, sand beds, peat walls, a jungle and other things that you need to have in a garden. |
| Rockgarden, my way | Building and designing a rock garden, my way. All kinds of beds from really hot and dry to cold and wet. Raised beds and crevices. Also about growing in sand. |
| Armenia | A country very rich in species. Amazing basalt cliffs, dry areas and alpine meadows. |
| Josef Halda's Tour Schedule | |
| Date | Chapter |
| Sun, April 12 | ORGS Chapter, Toronto |
| Wed, April 15 | AGCBC Chapter, Toronto |
| Thur, April 16-18 | CRAGS Chapter, Calgary |
| Mon, April 20 | Shasta Chapter, Etna, CA |
| Tue, April 21 | Siskiyou Chapter, Medford, OR |
| Wed, April 29 | Western Chapter, San Francisco, CA |
| Thur, April 30 | Sierra Chapter, Sonora, CA |
| Sat, May 2 | Minnesota Chapter, Minneapolis, MN |
| Sun, May 3 | Ohio Chapter, Dayton, OH |
| Sat, May 9 | New England Chapter, Boston, MA |
| Lecture topics (partial list...) | |
| Plants of Central Asia | |
| Plants of China and Upper Burma | |
| Plants of Siberia and Mongolia | |
| Plants of the Balkans | |
| Witches' Brooms (dwarf conifers) | |