Co-sponsored by the Manhattan and Hudson Valley chapters of NARGS and the NARGS Traveling
Speakers Program, the annual Tri-State Meeting will be held on Sunday, October 15 at Ross Hall
at the New York Botanical Garden.
Open to all NARGS members, and members of NARGS chapters, it is free of charge but registration is required. See mcnargs.org for details.
As part of the NARGS Speakers Tour, our speaker will be Jim Jermyn. Jim has had a long career in the horticultural industry, and is a world-
renowned expert on alpines. For twenty years he was the proprietor of Scotland’s distinguished Edrom Nurseries, and from 2017 until his recent retirement from the post, Jim was Property Manager/Head Gardener for the National Trust for Scotland’s Branklyn Garden. He’s authored several books on alpines, has led tours to the Dolomites and has lectured widely in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe.
Jim will give a morning and an afternoon presentation, and his first talk will be on Japan’s finest alpine and woodland plants. There will be a break for lunch, for wandering around the many and varied gardens at NYBG (and especially the rock garden), and for buying plants from the great vendors who’ll be offering their special plants there. Jim’s afternoon talk will be on Branklyn Garden. Originally developed by John and Dorothy Renton, who were keen to have a garden that featured rare and unusual plants and flowers from all over the world, using seed collected by renowned plant hunters, Branklyn Garden is admired for its outstanding collection of plants.
The New York Botanical Garden is easily accessible by car or public transportation. Please check our website (mcnargs.org) for more information.
We hope to see you there!