Past
Meeting Handouts, Links of Interest, and Presenter Contact Information
(meeting minutes will be posted if available)
| September 2008 | Horizontal Hold: Vines
for Every Garden Layer presented by
Linda Beutler Up is not the only direction in which vines will grow. Many vines can be used on the horizontal plane to soften hard surfaces, bring color to hedges and other unbroken swathes of green, and to knit disparate plants together. If vertical growth isn't an option, some vines make excellent ground cover, and in fact, the flowers of certain vines appear all the more beautiful for seeing down into them. Linda Beutler has a personal collection of roughly 300 clematis taxa, as well as gardening with many lonicera, lathyrus, and annual vines. She is the author of /Gardening With Clematis/ (Timber Press, 2004), and is an instructor of horticulture at Clackamas Community College. In July 2007 she retired from a 22 year career as a retail florist to become the first curator of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, located at the historic Luscher Farm homestead owned by the City of Lake Oswego. Her second book, /Garden to Vase/, was published through Timber Press in May 2007. |
| May 2008 |
Sustainable rainwater projects
Kevin Perry, LS architect shared a presentation on his award-winning Stormwater abatement projects and answered questions from designers eager to learn more.
Here are a few online resources Kevin recommended we check out: Downspout Disconnects, How to Build a Raingarden, and Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. Kevin also recommended a book: Raingardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape by by Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden. Check out the The Spring 2008 issue of ANLD's Newsletter, page 6&7 "Sustainable Stormwater Management" by ANLD member Judy Kokesh.
Two of Kevin's projects to check out: Siskiyou Green Street project on NE Siskiyou Street between 35th Place and 36th Avenue; and the Mt Tabor rain garden is located at Mt Tabor Middle School, 5800 SE Ash Street. |
| March 2008 | Principles
of outdoor lighting Jim Parrish, Northwest Sales Manager for Unique Lighting Systems www.uniquelighting.com jim.parrish@uniquelighting.com 253-255-6247 John Stone, JP Stone Contractors www.jpstonecontractors.com info@jpstonecontractors.com 503-209-5982 |
| February 2008 | Fran Sharp from Iseli Nursery showed us slides of some of her favorite "garden gems" We hope to tour Iseli Nursery this summer. |
| January 2008 | Gaylen Beatty from the
Three Rivers
Conservancy will talked about the Backyard Habitat
certification program, and Vern Holm, coordinator for the
NW Weed Management Partnership discussed noxious weeds, IPM
strategies, weed removal/replanting in sensitive areas, etc. He
took time to answer many questions. He brought two brochures,
plus a guide to using IPM to control weeds in the landscape.
Vern Holm can be contacted by phone:
971-241-2173 or email:
vgholm1@verizon.net |