(Nasella tenuissima, Mexican Feather Grass, frames my friend's garden in Denver, CO)
2014 has become the year of the touring botanical lecture for me; I'm lucky enough to be all over North America giving talks. A nice way to avoid doing actual work.
Here's a moment to shamelessly announce them if you happen to be in the area.
18 January Seed Exchange Logistics: Rocky Mountain Chapter of NARGS (at Denver Botanic)
21 January Lesser-known Hardy Succulents: Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society (at Denver Botanic)
15 March: Piedmont Chapter of NARGS, Raleigh, NC: (Plant Hunting in the Caucasus)
22 March: Southern Appalachian Chapter of NARGS, Asheville, NC: (Crevice Gardening)
26 May, Afternoon: Alpine Gardeners of Central Vancouver Island, Qualicum Beach, BC
27 May: Vancouver Island Rock Alpine Garden Society, Victoria, BC
28 May: Saltspring Island Garden Club, BC
11 June Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
12 June Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society (or, I love this: CRAGS!) Calgary, AB
Those are some serious speaking engagements, and only in 6 months. Though, I think talks are harder work than design, unless it's the same one over and over.
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And I was griping about speaking 3 times this year. But I almost always like speaking, once I'm doing it and esp after...
I should post mine like you did!
It's a ball, and the plan is to enjoy the heck out of the opportunity. Whew- I need to ge to where design doesn't feel so much harder than lectures, which are thier own brand of challenging. Do post yours up, David- so perhaps I can take on of yours in.
DeleteI think that the best thing about speaking is that it presses one to study and beef up his skills on something, perhaps re-addressing and re-assessing. I find giving a lecture very educational to me!
Is that all? Barely half a year...you should start keeping a tally: I'm up to 110 cities after all (they begin to blend with one another). To make it worthwhile, you need to have a book to tout and sell (I don't alas)...Congratulations: at your age I hadn't even started!
ReplyDeleteThanks, PK. There is a comet-trail of lectures behind you so many times longer than the circumfrence of earth...
DeleteGah! I'm way too young for a book. There's more work to done.
Wasn't Peter Korn's book a giant splash in our pond? Whew, I have to re-read it again.
See ya in a few weeks, I hope.
(K)
Have you always had those blogs stretching back to 2010? I don't recall so many...enjoying browsing through those...
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