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,…
The ACS is pleased to announce the 2017 winners of two of our most significant awards. Bill Barger, who has served the Society in many capacities (including the origination of both the website and the ConiferBase) is awarded the Justin C. ‘Chub’ Harper Award for development in the field of conifers. Don Wild is the…
Christie Dustman, an active and long-standing member of the ACS’s Northeast Region, is a professional landscape designer. Her garden has just been featured in a lovely article in The Boston Globe, which is linked below. Christie will also be one of the instructors at this year’s Conifer College, immediately following the 2017 National Meeting in…
Growing up in rural Pennsylvania has had a lasting impact on my life and instilled a love of plants, gardening, and the outdoors in me. After a stint in the US Army, I moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to attend Western Kentucky University, where I majored in horticulture with a minor in art. Living…
ACS members Dave and Anita Olszyk’s lovely garden, Glacier’s End Arboretum, is featured in the latest Form and Foliage post: Texturizing. Glacier’s End is open to ACS members by appointment and was one of the highlights of the Western Region’s regional meeting in 2013.
