New members and meetings

Shelley Gage s.gage100@hotmail.com
Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:09:23 PST
Welcome Peter.
Shelley,
Goomboorian, near Gympie in South east Queensland
 
> From: peter.scaevola@gmail.com
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:13:38 +1100
> Subject: Re: [pbs] New members and meetings
> 
> 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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