What a glorious, colorful and long lasting Fall, err Autumn, according to our excellent October speaker Chris Gardner. He noted “Fall” to be an Americanism. Good to know! Acer shirasawanum (pictured above) is a selected form with deeply divided leaves. Our good friend John O’Brien had too many choices at his nursery when we picked this one to bring home. There were over a dozen different forms. What a showgirl!
Situated next to it here is a dwarf Ginko biloba, now turning a wonderful gold shade. It is also from the same nursery. And again there were too many choices. I’m talking dozens. While a friend and I were admiring it recently, we noticed some movement in the tree. Spotted! And Maximilian emerged. “Ha!” he said with a look away.
At our October meeting our speaker Chris Gardner gave excellent talks on the floras of both Turkey and Tien Shan. We were especially lucky as he shared his knowledge about what plants make good neighbors, soil conditions, etc.
Elections the results were:
| Position | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Elisabeth Zander |
| Vice-Chairperson | Joanne Maier |
| Treasurer | Maura Donahue |
| Secretary | Dan Maier |
We wish to thank all those who helped keep our BNARGS chapter running smoothly this year: Elaine Chittenden (Plant Sales), Jacques Mommens (Membership), Phil Reddington (Emails), Anne Spiegel and Tom Flanigan and Jonathan Stone (all Program Committee), and Joyce Hemingson (Independent Director). And we wish to thank the Berkshire Botanical Garden for hosting us for so very many years now.
Our next meeting is the annual luncheon (November 9th) featuring Panayoti Kelaidis Director of Outreach & Senior Curator at the Denver Botanical Garden. (Be sure to send your deposit to Maura to reserve your lunch spot soon, if you have not already.) The morning meeting will be in the Ed Center Classroom. See you there!
Berkshire Chapter NARGS 