{"id":7780,"date":"2012-02-13T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:21:31","slug":"blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/02\/blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweeting the Alps &#8211; Tonight, in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Hort\" border=\"0\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Screenshot2012-02-13at8.48.35AM.png?resize=640%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Matt Mattus Speaking at Horticultural Society\" width=\"640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Screenshot2012-02-13at8.46.34AM.png?resize=400%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Murren, Switzerland\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Screenshot2012-02-13at9.13.33AM.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Wengen, Switzerland\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nAs a guest of the Manhattan chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society, I will be presenting &nbsp;talk and slide show on some recent trips to the Alps of Italy, Switzerland, France and Austria. Common &nbsp;destinations for many alpine plant enthusiasts for over 150 years, my take it a little different &#8211; using technology, digital cameral, new recording devices and mobile tech, we are discovering a new way to share images via Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, plant enthusiast forums &nbsp;and more.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Primula auricula near the North Face, Switzerland\" border=\"0\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Screenshot2012-02-13at9.07.29AM.png?resize=640%2C474&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Primula auricula on mountain\" width=\"640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Primula auricula on the slopes of the Eiger, Engadine, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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