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WGI Update sent to members April 10, 2008 Every year since we began building the web sites, Werner Wallner
has sent us a large collection of waterlily, lotus and marginal
plant images from his extraordinary nursery in Bavaria. He is
probably the single greatest contributor of images, especially
of aquatic, marginal and moisture loving plants, to our galleries.
As we add this year's photos to the sites, here is a page of
some of our favorites -- "Bouquet
from Bavaria" K |
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WGI Update sent to members March 10, 2008 We welcome two new Truly Named Certifying Members, Springtime
Nursery and Rosepond
Aquatics. In your search for new plants, start with all our
Truly Named members.
They offer a wide variety of choices and, best of all, you will
get what you order! WGI has a new and interesting member, the International Pond Contractors Association.
Author of our excellent series for Beginner Water Gardeners Joel
Police is in the process of formulating a proposal for IPPCA
establishing standards for the industry. To contribute your thoughts,
write Joel at finsandflowers@comcast.net
with Industry Standards in the subject line. You don't have to
be a pond professional to provide your input. Tell Joel the good
and bad you've experienced with ponds! K |
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WGI Update sent to members February 10, 2008 It's ready! Links to WGI ONLINE Journal Volume 3, Number 1
are open! Our cover story is Mérida, Yucatán, México's
dazzling new Aquaparque, the first public park in México
dedicated to water plants. You'll find Fernando Molina's terrific
account in English and Spanish. In other news, Lilypons Water Gardens offers Nymphaea 'Pink Ribbon' retail for 2008 with $10 of every plant sold donated to The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Reserve your plant now! If somehow you have missed the story of 'Pink Ribbon' and how it was named click here. Two outstanding growers have joined Truly Named Certifying
Members, Lone
Star Aquatic Nursery K |
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WGI Update sent to members January 10, 2008 It's our second birthday! In two short years we have built
one extraordinary web site -- The 2007 Supplement to the landmark WGI Register & Checklist
of Waterlily Names is on the way back from the printer. It is
32 pages with 25 new registered cultivars, each with a detailed
description and a color photograph, new in 2007 Nymphaea names
with brief descriptions, $10.00 plus postage for WGI members.
Click here for ordering instructions -- K |
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WGI Update sent to members December 10, 2007 The 2007 Supplement to the WGI Register & Checklist of
Waterlily Names is being prepared for printing. The deadline
for new registrations that will appear in the 2007 Supplement
was December 1 but, if you have new cultivar names that you would
like validated in print, send them together with brief descriptions
before December 20. Other registrations and new names will appear
in the 2008 Supplement. Recently published molecular studies reveal some startling changes in the waterlily family tree, including moving Ondinea to Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya! Read about them here. Other new galleries, profiles and articles are linked from Recent Additions. We urge all of you, especially members in the now warm southern hemisphere, to be thinking about articles and images for the Journal! K |
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WGI Update sent to members November 10, 2007 WGI ONLINE Journal Volume
2, Number 4 Our cover story is about the breathtaking lotus collection of Xi'an Botanical Garden in China. This is the most extensive article/gallery of lotus cultivars from China ever published on the Internet. We thank author and photographer Li Shujuan for this outstanding contribution! How's "The Princess and Dr. Ding-a-Ling" for a catchy title? Or "Cobras Found in Oregon"? Read these and many other fun and informative articles in this issue! If you've been holding your breath for reports from the IWGS Symposium in Thailand and the subsequent lotus tour of China, you'll find them in 2.4 with more coming soon. In the works is the next installment in Joel Police's excellent series for beginning water gardeners as well as several biographies, new images from a leading waterlily hybridizer, and a terrific "package" of details and profiles from Duke Gardens. Look for these to be announced as they go up -- http://www.victoria-adventure.org/recent_additions.html Many of us have watched Lily Summers grow up on a Victoria
pad -- http://www.victoria-adventure.org/more_than_links/joe_lily_gallery_1.html Please send us your story ideas and thoughts for improving WGI! K |
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WGI Update sent to members October 10, 2007 Denver Botanic Gardens is first in the WGI Spotlight, a new series featuring exceptional botanic gardens and clubs among our members. To read articles by Director of Horticulture Sarada Krishnan and Curator of Water Gardens Joe Tomocik and learn why DBG is so special, click here. Would you like to see your garden or club in the WGI Spotlight? See this page to nominate it! There are new detailed descriptions in the International Checklist of Waterlily Names by Pol Detienne in Belgium. Hybridizers wishing to have new cultivars included in the 2007 Checklist Supplement must send completed forms and photos not later than December 1. Begin here. The Supplement will be published in early January, 2008, with.each new cultivar receiving a full page and color photo. Other new names will be validated in this print publication if we have a brief description. Other new articles and images are linked from Victoria-Adventure's Recent Additions. Very special are scans of herbarium specimens of Nymphaea divaricata, N. petersiana and N. sulphurea, the first accurate images of these species anywhere on the web. We’re already working on the next Journal with lots of
surprises in store but Let us know how WGI can better serve you! K |
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WGI Update sent to members September 10, 2007 What did you do on your summer vacation? If you went somewhere exciting to see ponds and aquatic plants, please tell us about it! Better yet, send pictures! Several of our members have done just that, providing galleries from Longwood Gardens and Duke Gardens. New profiles and some extraordinary images of James Gurney and his family are included in V-A's Recent Additions. Be sure not to miss ANY article in WGI
Online Journal Volume 2,
Number 3 Our membership has grown to more than 1,400. We especially welcome those from Dubai and Malta, each the first from their countries, and our newest member botanic garden, the Botanic Garden of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. Some pictures of their ponds are here. We are in the process of making a major update to the Aquatic & Marginal Plants section of the web site. If you have images that would enhance the galleries, please send them. And please send us your ideas for articles in upcoming WGI Journals! K |
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WGI Update sent to members August 10, 2007 For the first time a person appears on the cover of WGI
Journal Online. Click
here for Carlos Magdalena is responsible for the aquatics displays at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the greatest of all gardens. In this issue, read about the new energy, enthusiasm and expertise he brings to Kew's aquatics, how the 2007 displays were created, and a very funny self-profile. Dan Leighton details his daily care of Kew's Water Lily House and Noelene Pullen shares her May visit to Kew. A bonus in our "cover cluster" of articles is an extensive report of Carlos' repatriation of endangered plants to the Republic of Mauritius -- extraordinary! This issue is so jam-packed we can't mention every article here, but you'll find wetlands preservation, hybridizing waterlilies, buying koi, new aquatic plants, new ways to display them, a mobile Victoria, a simple biological filter, competition photos and a club that saves a lagoon. And that's not all! In other news, Bennetts Water Gardens is the first in the UK to join Truly Named, our waterlily certification program. They join the best growers and sellers worldwide. Please send us your suggestions for improving WGI! K |
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Summer in the northern hemisphere has everyone outside growing
pond plants like gangbusters so the news is fairly quiet. Nevertheless,
and especially for you who are relatively new to water gardening,
this is a great time to explore our excellent series for beginners
by Joel Police. Joel, a very knowledgable pond professional,
asks the questions you should as you design and build a new pond.
Sometimes he answers them -- often he suggests how you can find
the answers yourself. Begin
here. Earlier this month, WGI membership passed the 1,300 milestone, with members living in 58 countries. Notice new additions to our Clubs, Botanic Gardens and Truly Named Directories. Please send us your suggestions for articles, projects and news items important to you! K |
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After a brief hiccup, the three Nymphaea 'Pink Ribbon'
plants are back on eBay. Each one is in bud or bloom and looks
wonderful after being damaged by critters and then wind. For
the story of this gorgeous pink hardy waterlily with pictures
click here. If you haven't already read every word and been awed by every
image, here is the link to As you select new plants for your ponds, begin with our Truly Named members. Though the WGI certification program covers only waterlilies at this time, these TN sellers are equally scrupulous with other plants they offer, so see them for all your needs. Terrific new profiles, articles and galleries on Victoria-Adventure are linked on Recent Additions. We are in the process of updating the lotus, waterlily and aquatic plants galleries so look for hundreds of new images, many already uploaded. Noteworthy numbers -- Our membership has just passed 1,200 and the combined WGI/V-A web sites exceeded 1,250,000 hits in May. Help us go for a million and a half in June by using these tremendous resources every time you surf the web! Please let us know what you would like to see in your WGI Journal in particular and on the web sites in general. Your suggestions are always welcome! K |
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Links are open to WGI Journal Online Volume 2, Number 2! We have something very special for you, so exceptional and extensive that much of the issue is devoted to it. Kevin Kenny, Trinidad and Tobago, Executive Manager of Angostura Resort and Property Development, chronicles the creation of amazing man-made wetlands. As we become more aware of problems in our environment, some of us as water gardeners take an active role in conservation and wetlands protection. Kevin and his company take activism one step farther by actually incorporating an extensive wetland as an integral part of their resort development, the ultimate goal of which is to help save an endangered coral reef. Not only have they made it extremely beautiful but it has also proved profitable! Follow the project development step by step, track the flow and see how the water is cleaned. Above all, don’t miss Kevin’s photos of the inhabitants, from magnificent waterlilies to breathtaking waterfowl. We are privileged to publish this masterwork. Rounding out the issue -- As always, if you have ideas, suggestions or stories you’d like to tell or see told, write us! K |
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WGI Founding Member and renowned water garden author Philip Swindells passed away in England March 29. Many of you signed the get well card that his wife Hazel printed and placed beside his bed. This page is now a memorial to Philip. If you didn’t sign the get well card and would like to add your name now, write us. Click here to see the page. Read about Philip and his amazing accomplishments here. Another water gardening notable, Ted Uber of Van Ness Water Gardens, died March 21. A charming tribute to Ted is here. You will learn how several waterlily cultivars were named. Want to start a new water gardening club? Or raise the profile of one you have already organized? WGI will help! See this page. Victoria-Adventure’s email discussion list is available to WGI members, though not mandatory. In a recent change of policy, the list is available exclusively to WGI members. Read more about it here. Since our last update, Joel Police has sent a new installment in his excellent series for beginners There are exciting new profiles, galleries and articles from Japan, Germany, Belgium, Colombia, Thailand, Australia and the US on our partner web site. Check out Victoria-Adventure’s Recent Additions. When selecting your new plants, remember to start your search with Truly Named members! Get your money's worth AND support this unprecedented WGI program! If they are not already members, encourage your retailer or wholesaler to join the program so that we have truth in labeling industry-wide. Help stamp out identity theft! What more would you like to see WGI work on? What type of articles would you like to read? Please send us your suggestions for improving WGI! K |
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Since our last update, membership has topped 1000, quite a milestone in just over a year of WGI’s existence. Numbers 999 and 1000 are a couple from New Zealand who, if they will send us a picture of themselves for New and News, will receive free WGI T-shirts! We welcome all our new members but especially want to mention those from Romania, Kenya and Sri Lanka, each the first from their country. 1000 seems to be a magic number for us right now since our combined web sites now exceed 1000 megabytes of pure information and images. The sites contain nearly 18,000 pages. Search us first for the most up-to-date, accurate information on the web. WGI Online Journal 2.1 is absolutely amazing. If you haven’t read it cover to cover, you can access it several ways –
New on the web site is Our Adventure With Victoria 2006. This section reviews each year of their growth here in Florida with details not found elsewhere on our or any site. Galleries of our 2006 flowers are included. From time to time, we step away from water gardening to feature extraordinary interests and pursuits of our members. Our current “Special Place” is the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut USA. WGI Member Lou Belloisy takes us through the magnificent restoration, sharing his personal experiences and breathtaking photos. Up next are more than 300 lotus, waterlily and perennial images from Werner Wallner in Germany, some cultivars the first pictures for our galleries. Also look for an exciting new waterlily hybrid from Japan. Check Recent Additions for these links as they become available. Sadly, we lost a water gardening pioneer February 25, Australian Lawrence Geyde. Philip Swindells continues to wage the good fight, now in England with family and friends close by. How can we serve you better? Send us your suggestions and ideas! K |
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Links to WGI Journal Online Volume 2, Number 1 are now open. Ready yourself for a whirlwind trip around the world! See some of the most extraordinary places and meet some of the most amazing people on the planet! We are very proud to present our fabulous cover story in THREE languages, with two other articles in Thai and English and Spanish and English. Another new addition to the web site is David Curtright’s excellent and very important article on Water Garden Safety. Look for the next installment of Joel Police’s popular series for Beginner water gardeners soon. Check New & News or Victoria-Adventure’s Recent Additions for the link. The WGI Checklist continues to receive rave reviews. Only a few copies remain so order yours today. February 15, the price will go up to $50.00 for WGI members and $65.00 for non-members. Click here for ordering information. Last Update, we asked you to grade WGI’s performance in its first year. We received only one response, from Editor-in-Chief Charles Thomas (who of course gave an A), so we will take a self-imposed “Incomplete” and keep working :>) We welcome your suggestions! If you misplaced your codes to access the Journals and Members Only section of the web site, write and we’ll send them! K |
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January 10, 2007, WGI celebrates its first birthday! You have made it an amazing year, building our membership to more than 900 in 51 countries. At the outset, Founding Members suggested and voted on projects for our attention. Rather than list them here, we invite you to review them and grade WGI's performance. Access the Report Card here. Please feed back with grades, comments and suggestions so that our second year is even more successful than the first. Results will be reported in the Members Only section of the web site and in the next Email Update. As our birthday gift to non-WGI members, we are opening pages of WGI ONLINE Journal 1.1 to the general public. Check Victoria-Adventure’s Recent Additions and WGI’s New & News for links you can send friends. More articles will open throughout the month. The printed version of the WGI Checklist of Nymphaea (Waterlily) Names is in hand! It is 188 pages, including 100 detailed descriptions each with a color photograph, the complete current list of 1,900 Nymphaea names with brief descriptions, publication information and more. To own a numbered and signed copy of this benchmark book, CLICK HERE. Take advantage of the special lower price for WGI members. You must reserve now as copies are limited. Add a WGI T-shirt to your Checklist order or order separately! CLICK HERE. If you have lost your codes to access the Members Only section or the Journals, write us! K |
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Next month, Water Gardeners International will celebrate its
first birthday! Look for special features to mark the occasion!
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Variety is the spice of the new WGI Online Journal, now available to members! Our cover story spotlights Derek Fell's novel swimming approach to water gardening, fully illustrated by the internationally renowned garden writer and photographer. You'll also find Australian native waterlilies in situ, an historic lotus, a unique look at forested wetlands, a very unusual Victoria, and step-by-step building of several ponds. Add colorful aquatics you may not have considered before, regional articles with seasonal tips, a garden-inspired art gallery. Sprinkle in turtles, goldfish and waterlilies and koi coexisting peacefully in several locations and it’s a recipe to suit every taste. Work continues on our Checklist of Waterlily Names. Cultivars with detailed descriptions and images number nearly 70 -- see them here. As a result of ongoing response, we are extending the deadline for inclusion in the print version of the Checklist, available December 2006. Be a part of this benchmark project, either by submitting your hybrids or by letting us know you think you would like to purchase copies. Philip Swindells continues to recover from his November 3 surgery to remove a tumor from the frontal lobe of his brain. His wife Hazel promises to keep us posted on his progress. If you have not yet signed the get well card for Philip and want to do so, write us. If you include messages, we are consolidating the emails and Hazel is reading them to Philip. Suggestions for Journal stories and improving WGI are always welcome! K |
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This month we focus on our International Checklist of Waterlily (Nymphaea) Names. We need everyone’s help to make the printed version, to be published in November, a complete success. We would appreciate your review of the Preliminary Checklist found here – http://www.victoria-adventure.org/waterlilies/names/wgi_names_main.html The list contains nearly 1,800 names and we don’t expect you to review it all but, if you find corrections that should be made, please send them to checklist@watergardenersinternational.org. We and many WGI members are especially interested in finding new and previously unpublished cultivars! This is an opportunity for hybridizers to validate the names they have selected in print, together with a brief description. Even more important is assembling detailed descriptions and images found in the Application for Inclusion in the Checklist! We invite and encourage all hybridizers with named cultivars to participate. All of this information is going on our website as quickly as possible (Introductions) and will be included in our November 2006 print publication, which will be circulated to appropriate libraries and authorities. We suspect many of you will want the edition! We don’t yet know how much the Checklist will cost to produce as that will depend on the number of color images and number of copies printed. It will be a soft bound, attractive, though not elaborate publication. If you would like to own this landmark work, please write checklist@watergardenersinternational.org with your name and the number of copies we should reserve for you. This not a commitment to purchase – just a way for you to help determine how many copies to print. WGI members will be able to purchase the Checklist at cost plus shipping. In other news, our directories continue to grow! Check in on Gardens and Clubs. We invite you to publicize your organization's upcoming activities on our Calendar of Events. (Remember, the combined V-A/WGI sites receive over 1,000,000 hits a month.) With the northern hemisphere’s water gardening season winding down, this is a great time for our commercial growers and retailers to join the Truly Named waterlily certification program. We hope our members in the southern hemisphere will get out camera and pen (or keyboard) over the next months and provide us with some exciting material for WGI ONLINE Journal. If for any reason you have missed the current issue, don’t! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and our cover story reaches around the world to embrace the message of hope. Write us if you have lost your codes to access the Journal or the Members Only! We welcome your suggestions for how we can improve WGI. Please write us with your ideas! K |
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The threat to Bennetts Water Gardens in the UK has finally
come to a vote; the outcome was decided by a very close 4-3-1
decision. Read about it here – Many new detailed entries in the WGI International Checklist
of Waterlily Names have arrived. Access the online versions here
– We invite and remind all hybridizers to send us detailed descriptions
of their creations for inclusion in the Checklist that we will
print not later than November 2006. The Application is here – Since our last Update, pages are up about Charles Winch’s daughters’ trip to New Orleans to see their father’s Collection there, images from Pondapalooza, the compelling PowerPoint program presented by Charles Thomas about Truly Named, the poster images that decorated our booth, a new chapter for Beginners by Joel Police, and extended coverage of the IWGS Symposium, highlighted by Rich Sacher’s images of an amazing group of blue tropical waterlilies assembled at Florida Aquatic Nurseries. Several exciting new pages about the Australian waterlily subgenus Anecphya and an innovation that expands the waterlily season can be accessed at Victoria-Adventure’s Recent Additions. Between Updates please check there and WGI’s New and News for new articles and other items of interest. The most recent issue of WGI
ONLINE Journal
is here – http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/journal/1-3/cover.html
See our new Index to ALL Journal articles here – If you have misplaced your codes to access the Journal and the Members Only section, email us and we will send them to you. If you would prefer not to receive these Updates, reply to this mail with No in the subject line. For those interested in numbers, WGI has grown to over 800 members in 49 countries! The August combined web site statistics eclipsed all previous records with 1,290,595 hits, 303,787 pageviews, and 57,114 user sessions. We sincerely welcome your input. Please write us with your suggestions for improving WGI! K |
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Wow! Is this a busy time! The new issue of WGI
ONLINE Journal is hot off the press
here – http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/journal/1-3/cover.html If you have misplaced your codes to access the Journal and the Members Only section, email us and we will send them to you. In other developments, be sure to check in on New & News. The most recent headline and photo describe the nine-day visit of Noelene Pullen and Margaret Edwards, daughters of legendary Australian hybridizer Charles Winch, to the United States. They toured the Knotts garden Paradise in Cocoa Beach and McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, among others in central Florida. The highlight of their trip was seeing the Winch Collection at New Orleans Botanical Garden. Look for expanded coverage from New Orleans, including fabulous images of the Collection, in the very near future. Next News is from Pondapalooza. WGI had a terrific time there and feature more coverage of that too. Alan Montour’s images will be accompanied by the compelling PowerPoint program presented by Charles Thomas about Truly Named. Coming soon are new photos and detailed descriptions of the award-winning cultivars of Andreas Protopapas -- also a great new chapter for Beginners by Joel Police. We’ll have more coverage from the IWGS Symposium, highlighted by Rich Sacher’s images of all 60 waterlilies in “The Blues”, an awesome group assembled at Florida Aquatic Nurseries. We will NOT notify members as these pages go up. Instead please check New and News and Victoria-Adventure’s Recent Additions for their publication. We are extending the deadline for nominations of clubs and botanical gardens for the WGI Spotlight because we have received NO response from members! If this interests you, send us the name of a member club and/or member garden you’d like to see featured. We are also extending the deadline for a new plant to Spotlight, as we are frankly behind on uploading pages for candidates to New Introductions. We are moving the Spotlight debut to early October if we receive enough feedback from you. If you would prefer not to receive these more-or-less monthly updates from WGI, just reply to this mail with “No” in the subject line. And as always, we invite your comments, critique and ideas for how WGI serves you! K |
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Waterlily Beauty Contest Not only is Thailand's Pairat Songpanich an extremely talented hybridizer but he is also a meticulous record keeper and gifted photographer. He has treated Victoria-Adventure readers to several galleries illustrating the diverse results of offspring from a single hybridization. Though Pairat has already selected several of these seedlings
for naming (see New Introductions),
others are quite beautiful and unique as well. Pairat invites
WGI members select another one for naming! See this page for
details – We will announce the results in our next Update and on the WGI site. Spotlight Beginning in September, we will introduce three new features
to the web site. Each month we will spotlight a water garden
club, a botanic garden with aquatic displays, and a new waterlily.
See this page to nominate the club, botanic garden with aquatic
displays, and new waterlily you want us to feature -- In The News Pondkeeper Magazine features WGI and our Truly Named waterlily certification program in its current issue. Events Pondapalooza is a must attend for the trade July 28-August 3. Meet Alan Montour at the WGI booth and be sure to attend Charles Thomas’ compelling presentation “Waterlily Identity Theft: Turning the Tide” at 10:00 am August 2. This National Pond Expo & Conference will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA Travel With Lilypons to France September 7-18. See fabulous and historic water gardens including Monet’s Giverny and Latour-Marliac’s nursery at Temple-sur-Lot, with time in Paris and the French Riviera. Please write us any time with suggestions for how we can make WGI better for you! Kit Knotts |
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Well-known aquatic plant nurseryman Paul Stetson died June 3 at the age of 83. View or sign the Guest Book until it closes July 5. We have not had a report from Bennetts Water Gardens but are sure that your letters will have a huge effect on the final outcome. Time Short for Threatened Garden! With summer unofficially already going strong in the northern hemisphere, we want to remind you of some fabulous upcoming events. Waterlily Days at Walderbach, Germany, takes place July 1 and 2, followed by a bus tour to Italy. Gesellschaft der Wassergarten-Freunde sponsors both. The IWGS 2006 Symposium July 19-23 in Florida provides you the opportunity to meet many WGI members. The program includes visits to WGI members Dania Beach Water Gardens, McKee Botanical Garden, and Paradise, the oceanfront garden of Kit & Ben Knotts. If you’re in the trade, you can’t miss Pondapalooza July 28-August 3. WGI Editor-in-Chief Charles Thomas will speak about our “Truly Named” waterlily certification program and Alan Montour will be at our booth in the trade show. All summer long, you can see the gorgeous Charles Winch Collection at New Orleans Botanical Garden. Of course, you can find these and many more regional events in the WGI Calendar. We have nearly 600 members in 43 countries! Our Directory of Botanical Gardens with Aquatics Displays features 203 gardens in 58 countries, and our Directory of Water Garden Clubs lists 73 groups in 7 countries. Be sure to add your garden or club if it’s not yet listed! Not all are WGI members so please encourage them to join! If you have misplaced your codes to access the Members Only section, write us. And as always, if you have ideas or suggestions for how WGI can serve you better, please let us know! Kit Knotts |
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WGI Membership is now over 400 Founding and Charter Members in 38 countries! Please remind friends, correspondents, clubs, and botanic gardens to join during the limited Charter enrollment period. The more members we have, the stronger our ripples in the Big Pond, and the more effectively we represent you. While on statistics, in the month of March the WGI/V-A web sites exceeded one million hits, really notable as we are still approaching our peak months. Probably more significant is that there were nearly 250,000 page views and more than 62,000 user sessions. Since our last Update, you will find new pages in the Pond Fish section and in For Beginners. Galleries from our Truly Named Certifying Members continue to expand. Directories of botanic gardens and clubs, as well as the calendar of events, are much more extensive. We welcome continued additions. Site content is growing rapidly so we have added a Site Map here - http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/site_map.html WGI Goes to Pondapalooza! The terrific National Pond Expo & Conference for the trade takes place July 28-August 3 and WGI will be there! Editor-in-Chief Charles B. Thomas will speak about our Truly Named Certification Program. If you would like to volunteer to help staff our booth, please write us at the address below for details. Pondapalooza takes place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center & The Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Ponds Magazine Features WGI Members The Spring issue of Ponds Magazine features Italian member Gianluca Bonomo and his delightful obsession with water gardening. Rich Sacher authors “Swap It Top Me”, some do’s and don’ts for your extra plants. Please remember that your ideas, opinions and critique are always welcome. Write us! Kit Knotts |
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Members overwhelmingly approved the three proposals put before you since our last WGI Update. We have proceeded with two of them and the third is in the works. Truly Named WGI ©, our certification program, is ready
to go. WGI’s International Checklist of Waterlily Names is also
ready. http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/checklist/intro.html
Proposal #3 related to supporting, for now, tours and meetings already planned by others. As we find them, or they find us, we will make that information available to you. You will find an extensive list of Water Garden Books here
– http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/books.html
If you haven’t yet read the WGI Journal Online, don’t
miss this premier issue! Write us if you have misplaced your
access codes as it is for members only. Our listings of Clubs and Botanic Gardens with Aquatics Displays have been greatly expanded. They are linked from every page. You will soon find new sections for beginner water gardeners and about fish for your ponds. Other projects voted high priority in the first poll of members are in the works. Between these more-or-less monthly email updates, you can check New & News, which is updated frequently. If you would prefer not to receive these updates, reply to this mail with No in the subject line and we will remove you from the distribution list. Please feel free to write us at any time with suggestions for making WGI better! Kit Knotts |
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Hi WGI Founding Members! Here is your first Water Gardeners International Email Update. We are combining your desires, as you indicated in the voting that accompanied your membership application, for email notification of new issues under consideration and/or for an email newsletter. Expect an update monthly, more often if issues require your attention. Not all of you answered these questions. If you would prefer not to receive the regular update, reply to this mail with “No” in the subject line and we will remove you from the distribution list. The Members Exclusive section of the web site is now full of great pages. Probably the most exciting is the WGI Journal Online Volume 1 Number 1. Access it directly by clicking HERE. You will also find the Founding Membership List, results of the first Members Poll and a new poll with several proposals for your consideration. Access these pages with the User Name and Password that we emailed in your membership confirmation. If you have misplaced them, write us at info@watergardenersinternational.org and we will provide them as quickly as possible. New & News serves as our Online Newsletter and is updated regularly with issues and subjects we think interest water gardeners. It also announces new content on the WGI web site as well as on our partner site Victoria-Adventure.org. Whenever you visit the web sites, be prepared to discover compelling and diverse pages, both new and updated. Some of them need your input! Please don’t hesitate to contact us at any time with complaints, ideas, improvements. Thank you for joining WGI! We trust that it will serve you well. Kit Knotts |
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