Dear Uli, I am very happy for you! All the best and good growing. Alberto Italy > Il 19 maggio 2020 alle 18.33 Johannes Ulrich Urban via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> ha scritto: > > > Dear All, > > Having learnt on Sunday that I am now a member of the board, I would > like to introduce myself to all of you and thank you for the > encouragement I have received in the meantime. > > Some time ago I was asked by the board if I would be willing to become a > member of the board. At the same time I felt honoured and a bit > scared.... and accepted. > > Born in 1956, I am a Pediatrician by profession. After a happy working > life I decided to start something new at the age of 60 before it would > be too late to do so. I sold everything in Germany and moved to Portugal > in summer 2017 to create a new garden in a good climate. I have a deep > life long interest in plants of all kinds and have often considered > becoming a professional gardener but finally never did. "Now this other > half of myself can run free..... but fortunately there is my partner. He > will sometimes stop me smilingly....." During my professional life I > used to live and work in France, England, Switzerland and then in > Germany, many trips led me to interesting people and places (and plants) > in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. Especially the years in > England have marked me both professionally and plant wise. Very many > times I was overwhelmed by the generosity and gardening knowledge of my > English friends. Gardening and travelling is somewhat contradictory.... > but this way many plants in my collection have a personal history. > > English is the language of this society but I can offer to correspond > with me in German or French as well. Hopefully this may encourage more > bulb enthusiasts to come forward. > > One member has already raised the question if the PBS will set up a > European branch of the BX. The board is strongly considering this. At > present I cannot say more because many details need to be sorted out. We > will keep you updated. > > Membership with the PBS (from its beginning on) has become an integral > part of my gardening life. Countless labels carry the PBS logo, many > envelopes of seed went to the various BXes and many personal contacts > and friendships in different countries have been built over the years > through our society. I hope to be able to return a bit of this to all > of you. > > > Bye for now > > > Uli > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…