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WinH Book Club: A Gentle Plea for Chaos
Women in Horticulture held a virtual book club meeting to discuss A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler on Sunday, November 8th. WinH...

Hanna von Schlegell
Dec 13, 20202 min read
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Professional Show and Tell: Go To Garden Gear
On Sunday, July 12th, 2020 Women in Horticulture held our first virtual Professional Show and Tell! Professional Show and Tells are a...

Julie Bare
Sep 9, 20209 min read
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Online Book Club Discussion: Silent Spring
In these new COVID-19 times, we had to pivot along with the rest of the world to find a creative way to continue programming otherwise...

Maddie Perzel
Apr 29, 20202 min read
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Jenna Bachman: For the Love of Plants
Jenna Bachman is a Philadelphia-based horticulturist who currently works at Andalusia Historic House and Gardens, a sprawling landscape...

Martha Keen
Mar 13, 20203 min read
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Financial Planning with Gerry O'Neill
Financial planning isn't everyone's idea of a fun Saturday afternoon but a little planning now can insure that you're able to have lots...

Julie Bare
Feb 20, 20205 min read
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Sunny Sarah Snow
Sarah Snow is a professional gardener with a wealth of unique experiences in horticulture spanning the Eastern seaboard. After graduating...

Martha Keen
Feb 16, 20204 min read
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2020 Seed Swap & Book Exchange
On a balmy day in January, Women in Hort hosted another successful seed swap in Mt. Airy. The weather was springlike in the mid-60's, and...

Lucy Dinsmore
Jan 14, 20202 min read
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Featured Horticulturists: 2019 in Review
To all of our readers, Happy New Year! Thank you for following along, commenting, and sharing our Featured Horticulturist profiles in...

Martha Keen
Jan 10, 20202 min read
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Mae Lin Plummer & the Laughing Garden Philosophy
Mae Lin Plummer had an 18-year corporate career as a project manager until one weekend-long short course in botany upended her life as...

Martha Keen
Dec 6, 20196 min read
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Living the American Dream: Sandra Lopez Cortez
A glimpse into a day in the life of Sandra Lopez Cortez would show her at times working her full time job, juggling several volunteer...

Martha Keen
Nov 8, 20198 min read
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WinH on the Road Part 2: Bamboo Brook
When we last left off the Women in Hort crew had just finished lunch and was venturing out through meadows, along streams and up hills to...

Julie Bare
Oct 6, 20192 min read
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Shedding Light on Plant Records with Cindy Newlander
Cindy Newlander is the Associate Director of Horticulture at Denver Botanic Gardens. Since 2002, she has led the Plant Records team and...

Martha Keen
Oct 4, 20196 min read
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Professional Show & Tell: Steal This Idea!
Written by Kate Galer, WinH Program Director Photographs by Kate Galer and Julie Bare On Friday evening, September 20th, a group gathered...

Julie Bare
Oct 1, 201910 min read
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Art + Science + Curiosity= Deirdre Murphy
Deirdre Murphy is an artist that merges art and science into cohesive pieces. Through her work she hopes to “evoke compassion and...

Cat Meholic
Sep 4, 20194 min read
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WinH on the Road Part 1: Willowwood Arboretum
On Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 Women in Hort members took their first ever road trip to the fabulous Willowwood Arboretum and neighboring...

Julie Bare
Aug 21, 20196 min read
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Touring the Henry Botanic Garden: A Wilderness Garden
Many people have heard of the Henry Botanic Garden of the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research but few have ever been. On Thursday,...

Julie Bare
Aug 12, 20193 min read
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Garden Grown Volunteer Event at Tyler Arboretum
Women in Horticulture is made up of so many knowledgeable women from all walks of the horticulture industry. One of my favorite parts of...

Julie Bare
Jul 30, 20191 min read
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The First Public Gardens Day for Horticultural Professionals
On one of the hottest days of the year, Women in Horticulture hosted the first Public Gardens Day for Horticultural Professionals. This...

Lucy Dinsmore
Jul 30, 20196 min read
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Catching up with Hortiventurer Maggie Tran
I was a fan and reader of Maggie Tran's reflections before I had ever actually met her. Over the years, she's kept several blogs...

Martha Keen
Jul 12, 20197 min read
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Jane Colden: America's First Female Botanist
Jane Colder is now known as America's first female Botanist, but it would take more than a century after her death for the recognition.

Kathleen Salisbury
Jun 25, 20194 min read
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