In my snail mail today I received a brochure about “a weekend of seminars and workshops specially designed for gardeners in the North Country” on April 23-25. Presenters include Steve Silk (contributing editor at Fine Gardening), Gordon Hayward (author of several excellent garden books), Stephanie Cohen, and Todd Meir (executive editor of Fine Gardening). While I am familiar with and greatly respect the presenters, I am just a teensy bit suspicious of the content, because the titles of their workshops are the same as the workshops they are giving at other Fine Gardening seminars in other parts of the country. Gordon lives in Vermont, and Todd and Steve live in Connecticut, so they might actually have something to say about gardening in a cold climate. Stephanie is currently based in Philadelphia, but who knows where she lived previously? At any rate, more detailed information can be found here. Regardless of whether it will really be tailored to gardening in northern climes, it sounds like a lovely way to spend a weekend, if you’ve got five hundred bucks to blow. (If only . . .) Just the opportunity to rub shoulders with these guys for a weekend would be great. But don’t kid yourself, it’s still going to be pretty cold at Lake George in April, unless they have one of those fluke summer-like weeks like we had in 2002. Heck, they could just as easily have snow. That wouldn’t stop the workshops, but you might hesitate using the golf course. Well, if anyone reading this actually goes, I’d like to hear all about it when you get back.
About Kathy Purdy
Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children
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Wow, my husband spent some summers in Lake George in his youth. Sorry I won’t be able to attend, I will be engaged in some cold-enough gardening down here. I’ll try to dwell on the benefits of hands-on experience.
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