We finished a fantastic and successful national meeting in Raleigh and Asheville, NC last month, thanks to incredible planning by Jeff and Jennifer Harvey. ACS member and Plantsmap founder, Tracy Blevins, took photos of each garden and posted them on the Plantsmap website. She has invited us all to view them! If you were there,…
2016 Conifer Road Trip In August of last year, a couple of dozen coneheads traveled to the White Mountains of California to view Pinus longaeva, the Great Basin bristlecone pine, in situ. We hiked through the loop near Schulman Grove and saw hundreds of these ancient trees along with incredible views and interesting native…
Our midyear board meeting took place last Thursday, and we have some interesting developments to report! As a reminder, the ACS board meets twice a year, once at the national meeting and once in the winter. ACS members are invited to attend all parts of the board meeting with the exception of the executive session,…
Over the Top . . . . . . was the phrase often heard as 95 enthusiastic Coneheads took part in a fun-filled weekend of education, touring and shopping. Oregon Garden Resort stood as the command center for workshops and wonder as conference-goers were amazed to see all of the mature specimens of long-established members…
We had a great meeting in Tampa yesterday, attended by the full board and your two editors (CQ and website). Some highlights: The ConiferQuarterly will now come in a new, larger format with more photographs. Members have been requesting more photographs for a long time and we’re pleased to be able to deliver our signature…
