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25th Annual National Membership Meeting June 26-28, 2008
Hosted by the Central Region
SOLD OUT!

NortheastRegion Annual Meeting October 3-5, 2008
Hosted by the Northeast Region

SoutheastRegion Annual Meeting Oct 24-26, 2008
Hosted by the Southeast Region


   
   
Southeast Regional Meeting Oct 24-26, 2008 Clemson SC
Posted by: flomosr on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 04:09 PM
Our SE regional meeting will be held on the campus of Clemson University at the State Botanical garden of South Carolina. This should prove to be a most interesting meeting with a completely fresh and educational format. We will have expert speakers during our Saturday morning session. followed by a lakeside lunch, then an afternoon of conifer intensive workshops and a tour of the SC Botanical Garden. Highlighted on Friday night at this meeting will be our first reference gardens in the region. This will be an opportunity to have these gardens introduce themselves to our attendees, and also to have our attendees get information about how to sign up their own local gardens in the program.
We will have our traditionally outstanding auction on Sat evening at the meeting banquet, but we will follow the close of the meeting Sunday with a fabulous plant sale opportunity from the SC Botanical Garden. They will host a plant sale for their members and our meeting attendees and have agreed to open vendor spots for a limited number of ACS member nurserymen and women to sell conifers at the SC Botanical Garden sale. More details to follow, but this should be a real winner of a meeting for everyone!

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AMERICAN CONIFER SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP
Posted by: gkral on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 04:08 PM
Grants and Awards
Each year the American Conifer Society offers one or more $1000 scholarships. The scholarship is awarded to applicants best meeting the mission of the American Conifer Society. In general this is the study, development, preservation, promotion and appreciation of conifers (including Ginkgo ) with emphasis on the dwarf or unusual in landscapes and gardens open to the public. The application and requirements for eligibility can be downloaded from the ACS Scholarship announcement found in the NEWS section of the ACS web page.



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2008 ACS International Trip
Posted by: Admin on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 08:29 AM
Announcing Preliminary Details

2008 Trip to the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria

Download 2008 Czech Tour Flyer.

The ACS is both pleased as well as excited to inform you of this exciting opportunity. What follows are preliminary details that are not expected to change much. Final planning, as well as costs will be completed by March 1st and a brochure will be mailed to all members. Please continue to check the ACS website for any updates.

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25th Annual National Membership Meeting
Posted by: Admin on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 05:39 PM
Meetings & Events 2008 Annual Meeting: CONIFERS IN IOWA, THE BEAUTIFUL LAND
25th Anniversary Celebration
Dubuque, Iowa
June 26 - 28

SOLD OUT! We regret that we have reached our maximum capacity for this year's National Meeting. Thank You

Download 2008 National Meeting Flyer.

Download 2008 National Meeting Registration. Disabled!

Dubuque, Iowa, will be the location of the 25th Anniversary National Meeting in 2008. Mark your calendars now - the dates are June 26, 27, 28, 2008. The highlights of this National Meeting will be a special celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the first meeting of the American Conifer Society, three unique private conifer gardens, and two arboretums, one private and the other staffed solely by volunteers.

HOST HOTEL
Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark

The 2008 National Meeting will be held at the Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark located along the riverfront in Dubuque, Iowa. ACS members are to make their own hotel reservations as soon as possible after the registration information has been received in the mail.

Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark
350 Bell Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Phone: 1-563-690-4000
Toll Free: 1-866-690-4006
Email: hotel@grandharborresort.com



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ACS Announces 2008 Scholarship
Posted by: gkral on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 07:42 PM
ACS 2008 Educational Scholarship Program

THE AMERICAN CONIFER SOCIETY $1000 SCHOLARSHIP

Download Scholarship Application form.

Select "Read More" below to review requirements.

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Maud Henne wins SE Region's first Merit Award
Posted by: flomosr on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 05:22 PM
Grants and Awards
The Southeastern Region presented their first Award of Merit to Maud Henne at the region's meeting in Louisville in September. This award was created to reward those in the SE Region who further the region's efforts to mature and grow as a part of ACS. With it we hope to both recognize and to promote SE regional ACS efforts at education, increased membership, research or just plain hard work for the region's goals.Our award winner this year can claim a long history with ACS, first before the SE Region existed, then fully involved in the efforts to have the SE Region emerge as a region that could be responsive to the needs of our members. She most recently won the national ACS Award of Merit, but the SE Region at that time had already selected her as our first winner. As a constant champion of the conifers we all love, Maud has certainly been a key asset to the success of the Southeastern Region, serving as meeting coordinator on national and regional meetings produced by the SE, and as both Vice President and President of the region. She continues to work hard in her home state of VA on a more local level to encourage new members and new gardens in her area. The SE congratulates Maud, and looks forward to recognizing future SE members with this award.

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2008 Northeastern Regional Meeting
Posted by: LarryN on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 05:21 PM
The 2008 Northeastern Regional Meeting will be held October 3 – 5, 2008. This year’s meeting will take place in Saddlebrook, New Jersey. A highlight of this meeting will be Watnong Gardens which was established by Don and Hazel Smith in 1961. Don and Hazel saw the need for dwarf conifers and other specialty plants in the landscape. We look forward to viewing some of the older specimens as well as some of the new additions to the property. Our trip thru Northern New Jersey will also feature tours of the 3 other private gardens. One garden features over 450 dwarf conifers and collector’s plants and another garden features over 500 conifers plus the second largest beech collection in the USA.

Join us for these fantastic gardens, outstanding plant auctions and copious conifer comradery! Regional meetings are an excellent opportunity to learn more about dwarf conifers, see them growing in a garden setting and opportunities to purchase more conifers for your landscape or collection. Complete details and online meeting registration will be available in early 2008.


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Scott Burrell elected to National Board from SE Region
Posted by: flomosr on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 04:54 AM
General Information Meet Scott Burrell, the new SE Region representative to the National ACS Board. Scott is currently the Director of Horticulture for the VA Historical Society in Richmond VA.(http://www.vahistorical.org/)

Scott has a keen eye for conifers and has included some of the most beautiful specimens in the gardens. He is currently establishing a larger dwarf collection on the grounds, and has been diligent in exploring the options and expanding the choices he thinks may work in his area. His position at the VA Historical Society makes him very familiar with non-profit organizations, and with volunteer boards, so he should be immediately ready to contribute to the board's work.

We in the SE appreciate his willingness to serve, and know he will be a real asset to the national board.

Flo Chaffin SE Region President

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Bylaws of the ACS to be Revised
Posted by: Admin on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 08:13 AM

Board of Directors Enters Project to Update Bylaws

Updated information, July 2006

During the Summer 2005 the Board of Directors began the process of revising the out of date bylaws that govern the operations of the American Conifer Society. The original bylaws were written over twenty years ago and due to the growth of our organization some of the intent and scope of the original document no longer applies or can be addressed more efficently. In addition there have been several revisions the governmental laws, both state and US governments, that govern non-profit organizations and needed to be addressed.

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New life for Seed Exchange
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 07:04 PM
General Information

New Volunteer for Seed Exchange

We are pleased to announce that Wayne Jope of the Great Hill Horticultural Foundation in the Northeastern Region will be managing the ACS Seed Exchange Program.

Updated 02/12/2007: Download 2007 Seed Exchange Seed List and Order Form.

For more information ACS members may reach Wayne at Wayne@ghhf.org.

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Other Stories 
· Southeast Regional Meeting Oct 24-26, 2008 Clemson SC (Apr 13, 2008)
· AMERICAN CONIFER SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP (Apr 13, 2008)
· CANR CONIFER CONFERENCE (Mar 23, 2008)
· Elm Bank , Mass Hort 2008 Society Plant Row Sale (Mar 20, 2008)
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