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Conference News - October 2006Celebrate
Gardening in the Natural State! A sense of excitement is permeating Arkansas MGs as we plan the upcoming International Master Gardener Conference we will be hosting next spring. Previous newsletters highlighted the Peabody which is the conference’s host hotel and some of the tours that are planned. Schedules, prices, and itineraries are being sent out in early October with the registration information, which is also available on our web site. To further entice you we would like to introduce some of the keynote speakers you can expect to hear at the conference.
Peabody Hotel website: http://www.peabodylittlerock.com/ The Peabody Hotel, host hotel for the 2007 IMGC, has rooms reserved at special rates. Be sure to mention the conference when you contact them. Official IMGC ’07 Website: http://mg2007.uaex.edu Select “News” to see previous newsletters. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Please share this information with other Master Gardeners in your state or province. We hope to see you in Little Rock, May 2007! - Janet B. Carson |
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David A. Lipschitz, MD,
PhD,
Director of the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging at the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and author of
Breaking the Rules of Aging.
Aimed at educating and empowering the general public,
Breaking the Rules of Aging introduces Dr. David’s core
philosophy for lifelong health, highlights the key elements of
successful aging, and debunks the negative stereotypes of senior
living. His syndicated column, "Lifelong Health", appears on Sundays
in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and is continually expanding into
other markets. Dr. David also makes weekly appearances on Little
Rock's ABC affiliate, KATV's daily news show, "Good Morning
Arkansas". Visit his website at
Jo Luck, President and
CEO, Heifer
Project International;
Trustee, Heifer International Foundation;
former
Executive Director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.
Under Jo Luck’s leadership, Heifer International,
headquartered here in Little Rock, has grown to a become $95 million
organization which, in its world-wide promotion and support of
sustainable agriculture, has assisted more than 8.4 million families
in 125 countries around the world. Learn more about this amazing
organization at
Tina Marie Wilcox,
Head Gardener and Herbalist at the Ozark Folk Center’s
Heritage Herb Garden, Mountain View, Arkansas. In her duties at The
Ozark Folk Center, Tina Wilcox tends the extensive gardens, plans
and coordinates annual herbal events and workshops, and facilitates
the production of sale plants, seeds, and herbal products for the
park, but the public knows her best as "The Widder Wilcox of Rattle
Snake Ridge" whose "Yarb Tales" bring Ozark history alive to the
delight of her audiences. For a preview, visit
Wayne Pianta, MA,
Horticultural Science, Texas A & M, Product Technical Specialist at
Pan American Seeds (a Division of Ball Horticulture.) Since the
1990s Wayne has worked with public Botanical Gardens and Arboretums
as well as trial gardens all over the country to develop and test
new ornamental plant varieties. Before entering the private sector
his experience ranged from teaching and administering the Ornamental
Horticulture program at Tyler Junior College to his work with the
Master Gardener Program as the Extension Horticulturist for the
Texas Agricultural Extension Service. A self-proclaimed "constant
student of the trends in plants and the ornamental horticulture
industry", Wayne will speak to us about “Trends in Gardening."
George Anderson
MBE,
DHE, SHM,
FIHort has
devoted much of his working life to the training and education of
horticulturists. From
1983
to
2004 he was head of
The School of
Horticulture at
The Royal
Botanic Garden Edinburgh, which helped introduce
student gardeners to
The Diploma
Horticulture Edinburgh (DHE) course and introduced
them to the magic of horticulture and the world of plants. From his
earliest gardening experiences as a "gardener's boy" in an estate
walled garden, George has sought to share his gardening enthusiasm.
Since his retirement in 2004, George has passed on his practical
skills and gardening knowledge via his contributions to "Beechgrove
Garden", the immensely popular BBC gardening series.
P. Allen Smith,
award-winning
garden designer and host of the public television program, P Allen
Smith's Garden Home and the syndicated 30-minute
show, P. Allen Smith Gardens. P. Allen Smith is one of America's
most recognized and respected garden design experts, providing ideas
and inspiration through multiple media venues. From his first book,
P. ALLEN SMITH'S GARDEN HOME:
Creating a Garden for Everyday Living, to his latest,
P. Allen Smith's Colors for the
Garden: Creating Compelling Color Themes, his
mission remains to "help people create beautiful living
spaces that blur the lines between indoors and outdoors". Visit his
website at
