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This weekend I am attending the Annual Meeting of the North American Rock Garden Society being held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Having never been to either Santa Fe or even New Mexico for that matter, I discovering why so many artists and creative people love this city. It’s unique Pueblo style architecture with adobe brick and stucco is amazing, not to mention the food, the people, the weather and the chili’s.<\/p>\n

As some of you already know, I am so proud to have been elected as the new president of NARGS this weekend, and I am so excited to have been both nominated and elected into this two year term with such a respected plant group as the North American Rock Garden Society. In many ways, I feel so un qualified as there are many expert gardeners more qualified than I, as the membership includes some of of the finest botanists and plant enthusiasts of any plant group, but I understand the mission at hand – revitalizing, re-energizing and perhaps reinventing a group of smart, passionate and dedicated plant people and leading the way for a brighter future. Something many plant societies will need to address in the coming years. I cannot make many big promises, but I can and will tell the membership that I will do my very best to inspire and bring a positive energy to the group.<\/p>\n

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\nThe adobe architecture in and around Santa Fe keeps authentic, much like parts of New England.<\/p>\n

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\nI am very busy here, as meetings and hikes continue every day, but I thought that I might share some images – with very little text. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Centranthus ruber  growing in a border in front of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Street markets around Santa Fe feature exactly what one would expect in such an alley.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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NARGS members gather at a trail head for one of the many hikes, botanizing the mountains of Sangre de Christo in New Mexico.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The view from – of all things, the hot tub at one of the private homes we visited.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Many Salvia thrive in the arid, desert-like climate which still gets snow in the winter, but hot, dry drought in the summer. These plants were in the gardens at the home of a NARGS member.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This Erodium, related to the geranium, blooms in the bright shade. Not many alpine plants bloom in August, but the Erodiums do.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This Saliva azurea was stunning! I wonder if I could grow this blue beauty in my greenhouse?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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A Cyclamen hederifolium in New Mexico? If sited right, many zone 5 plants can grow here if a bit of water is offered. Besides, this climate in not unlike that of Turkey or the Steppes of Asia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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