Our PBS newsletter, 'The Bulb Garden', is almost in the mail! The PBS board has decided to send this Spring issue to all folks who dropped memberships during 2006 and 2007, as well as to all current members. This is only happening for the current issue. Mailing to international members is scheduled for today; to U.S. members for Friday. If you don't receive your newsletter by late next week, email me privately. Please send topic suggestions and let me know which articles you like, don't like, want to see more of... Starting in July, we will mail the newsletter only to current members. If you wish to receive future issues, please check the web site for membership details or email Pat Colville, our membership chairperson: Pat.Colville@JHResearchUSA.com Publication has not been as regular as we wanted, because there have been no volunteers with time to edit and distribute quarterly issues. Recently I returned as editor and Arnold Tractenberg volunteered to handle distribution. My thanks to Cathy Craig who did a great job during my absence. I don't know how she published any issues while running a demanding business and handling presidential duties. Cathy still consults on the editorial staff. I am happy to be back 'on my old job' and my goal is to publish quarterly, as we did when PBS first started. Meeting that goal depends on receiving articles written by folks who know about growing bulbs in gardens. If you would write an article (see possible topics below) or volunteer, *please get in touch with me*. At some time in the future, I will be writing to many of you to request articles. Please consider saying 'yes' because members will enjoy reading about *your* garden or collection. Any related topic is of interest to all of us. Articles of any length are welcome. A few digital photos will add appeal. Are there benefits to you for writing? You bet! First, there is the enjoyment of writing about a topic you love. Secondly, an article provides free advertising for those of you who sell your plants. Our readers love to order specialty geophytes. Finally, the board is experimenting with the payment of a small stipend for some articles. Marguerite Topics of interest (suggested 200-800 words for most topics): Specific genus: culture, distribution, examples that you grow A visit to a special garden (public or private) A planted group/design of bulbs and their companion plants Use of special tools, frames, greenhouse setups Anecdotes about special gardeners (famous or not) Gardening ideas for your locale Geophytes in your rock garden, raised beds, troughs, etc. Anecdote about a special plant Anecdote about a bird/insect/animal visitor to your garden A spectacular container experiment