The Western Chapter of the North American Rock Garden invites you to a Potluck Dinner* April 14, 2004 @ 7pm/Slideshow @ 8pm at the San Francisco County Fair Building Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. & Lincoln Blvd., San Francisco, California. “A WORLD OF BULBS” by Marcia & Randy Tatroe Bulbs: Drought Evaders Extraordinaire The very existence of a bulb suggests a plant that originates in a place where it is too hot or too dry for optimal growth at least part of the year, allowing the plant to bide its time safely underground until conditions improve. With most bulbs their only undoing is too much water, making them a perfect fit in drought stricken times. Biographies: Author of best-selling Perennials for Dummies, Marcia Tatroe writes the monthly "Mountain Garden Checklist" for Sunset Magazine, a weekly gardening column in The Denver Post ‘Grow’ section, and is a frequent contributor to Colorado Gardener and other gardening publications. She has been gardening in Centennial CO for over 25 years. Her garden has been featured in numerous books, magazines and nationally televised gardening shows. She lectures throughout the West focusing on garden design, perennials, xeriscape, and incorporating native plants into gardens and landscapes. In her most recent book, Cutting Edge Gardening in the Intermountain West, she advocates using drought-tolerant and native plants and indigenous materials to create a gardening aesthetic unique to this region. Randy Tatroe retired from two careers, hospital administration and university administration. He currently spends his time volunteering for various national and local non-profit organizations and traveling. He is president of the American Penstemon Society, president of the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society and treasurer of the Eriogonum Society. He supports Marcia in her garden by doing the heavy and mindless work and in her speaking endeavors by providing images and AV expertise for her presentations *PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PLATES & SERVICE & A DISH & BEVERAGE TO SERVE EIGHT PEOPLE Ted Kipping tkippingsprint@earthlink.net