New members and meetings

Randall P. Linke randysgarden@gmail.com
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:28:36 PST
This sounds like a great idea.  I recently moved back to Seattle from N.
California (my fiance moved here from Manhattan) and we would love to
connect with people from PBS who live in this area.

I would be willing to contribute some to the effort to put a meeting
together in the PNW.

Randy


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Peter Franks <peter.scaevola@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi to all
>
> Thanks for the welcome, Jane
>
> I live in Sydney, Australia where the weather is currently cloudy and cool
> with a southerly breeze. Current temp. around 16 C
>
> Our weather is still extremely dry, hardly any rain since winter. I guess
> some of you will have heard about our early bushfire season
>
> Among bulbs my current interest is Lycoris. I grow only a few, those being
> our locally available commercial clones of Ll. aurea, elsiae and radiata
>
> I would say my interest is currently academic as so many suitable plants
> are
> unavailable here.
>
> Illustrations in Philip Adam's recent Herbertia article and Tony Avent's
> Lycoris gallery have me salivating with envy
>
> I have many questions and hope that some of you good folk may be able to
> provide some answers for me
>
> I look forward to many interesting posting in future
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Franks
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
> On Behalf Of Jane McGary
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2013 8:39 AM
> To: Pacific Bulb Society
> Subject: [pbs] New members and meetings
>
> A good number of people have recently joined PBS, and welcome to them
> all. This is a good time of year to join because you get the
> remainder of 2013 and all of 2014 for one annual dues payment.
>
> If you're a current member, don't forget that renewal dues payment is
> due on January 1. You can pay with PayPal via the PBS website.
>
> We are developing clusters of members in various parts of North
> America and beyond. Nhu Nguyen organized a very successful meeting in
> Berkeley a while back. This would be a good time to think about
> planning get-togethers in late winter or early spring, when so many
> of our favorite plants are in bloom. These don't have to be major
> efforts. Perhaps some Saturday people could meet for a potluck lunch,
> a sharing of photos on a portable screen or television, and visits to
> a couple of nearby gardens. I'm thinking of combining a PBS event
> with one of the annual early spring garden tours our NARGS chapter
> organizes, for example.
>
> If you're interested in organizing such an event, please write to me
> directly and I can provide you with the names and e-mail addresses of
> PBS members in your local area.
>
> Best regards,
> Jane McGary
> Membership Coordinator, PBS
>
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