On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA December 2016 - January 2017

DECEMBER 2016-JANUARY 2017 3. 4. 2. 1. 5. 6 ••• Can’t log into the website? Visit MyGWA under Member Resources. A login screen will appear. Click “Forgot your password?” Enter your email address. A message will be sent with a secure link to set or reset your password. Click the link and choose a new password. Once complete, you may login using your email as username and your new password. For issues, please call 212-297-2198. Buffalo’s Horticultural Heritage Tour in Progress B Y S A L LY C U N N I N G H A M Writing for GWA On the QT lets me—local arrangements chair for Buffalo 2017—share the many great reasons to join us next August. I will do so each issue with a teaser or two that hint at the stories we can provide. As we plan the conference tours, we’re keeping the Story Tours concept always in mind as a primary reason that many writers attend. We will Above: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin give you stories, especially the tales House was built between 1903 and 1905 in Buffalo, and is considered from our intimate, urban private one of his best Prairie School homes. gardens of the famous Garden Walk Right: The Nike of Samothrace statue Buffalo that have motivated the term graces the conservatory of the Martin Buffalo Style Gardens. More about house. that in future articles. Conference attendees have learned to expect an introduction to more than private gardens. A garden writer shouldn’t leave a host city without getting familiar with its key cultural and horticultural attractions. How could you pass through Pasadena and ignore the Huntington, or miss the Phipps in Pittsburgh? In Atlanta we went to Gibbs Gardens (so appreciated in spite of the deluge) and were dazzled by the Chihuly installations throughout the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. So what is the public cultural and garden parallel in Buffalo? P H OTO C O U R T E S Y PAT R I C K M A H O N E Y, A I A Executive Director’s . . . . . . . . . . 2 Greeting New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . 4 President’s Greeting . . . . . . . . . 4 PAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Food Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Business Blogging . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Hot off the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Regional News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Regional Events . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Garden Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Meet Scott Kunst . . . . . . . . . . 14 Green Industry News . . . . . . 15 Business Column . . . . . . . . . . 16 GWA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sustainability Column . . . . . 18 GWA 2016 Exhibitor . . . . . . . 20 Product Guide 20 P H OTO C O U R T E S Y J I M C H A R L I E R TABLE OF CONTENTS: 8 — Continued on page 3 1