Here's a couple of teaser pics for the morning of day 2 -- a few overviews of Glacier's End. I'll be the first to admit that I'm an insatiable collector but somewhere along the way I've developed a bit of an artistic flair. I really enjoy showing the place off. Come on over and enjoy it!

This post was edited by Glaciers-End on Sun, Jun 9, 13 at 22:47

That is so cool Dave, Please take plenty of photos to document what sounds like an awesome occasion....... '5 star locations'....and the auctions sound mysteriously cool as well. You guys are lucky!!!
`Al

What a great occasion to be looking forward to.

Dax

Sounds great Dave.Though I only live down the I-5 a couple of hundred miles it'll be my first time to see yours
and others gardens.If by chance folks may be flying in and
wish to spend some time in PNW beyond the occasion
would you consider pointing out some additional destinations and conifer related sight-seeing.Thanks,Doug

Absolutely Doug! (BTW it's always good to hear from the NW Regional Director, LOL)

Within a couple hours drive in opposite directions from Olympia are 2 National Parks, Mt Rainier and Olympic, each with a staggering and diverse array of conifers. We don't call the place the Evergreen State for nothing.

If any out-of-state attendees want help planning an add-on adventure, simply private-message me and I'll help put something together for you.

~Dave

Can't wait to see all the gardens, Dave! Thank you for arranging this. Jan and I are going to fly into Portland and see the new plantings at the Oregon Garden first, then drive up to Olympia. Looking forward to it.

Anyone from other parts of the country who has not been to the PNW (or even if you have!) - consider joining us. And if you're not an ACS member, well, we have ways of taking care of that!

Sara

A little over an hour north of Olympia is the South Seattle Community College and its small arboretum with the half acre+ rock garden we helped to create with over 300 dwarf and compact conifers. Many are quite impressive since the garden has been planted for some time now.

Bob

Thanks for including that info Bob.We were trying hard to schedule SSCC on the tour as its more than worthy of a visit.I might add that speakers,presentations and the like
were discussed in the planning process but we thought attendees might have more fun socializing and talking about their own interests with fellow coneheads.Doug

Dave your gardens are beautiful. You've done excellent with your choice of colors and textures and balance. I'm envious of those able to see it in person.

Bob that is a gorgeous shot. Truly inspirational.
Cher

I'll proudly be welcoming ACS members and conifer nuts to my little arboretum as well. It's an honor, especially for someone so new to the hobby and to host with gardens like Coenosium, Albers Vista and Glacier's End should give the people a LOT to look at.

I'm also thrilled to see Dragonfly Farms included as well as this is probably the largest single inventoried nursery I have ever visited, particularly in conifers with over 1,000 cultivars available for sale. I have been personally helping Heidi make some selections and she's ran wild on her own as well - there's just of ton of plants to see. Combined with Bob's newest and best dwarf/miniature offerings at Coenosium, this should be a huge bounty to whomever brings their extra conifer allowances.

Here's a few teaser shots of my gardens, 'Hobbiton', in which I proudly grow 1,720 different cultivars(and counting).

A spot to take a rest. There's no more comfortable hammock on earth. No really, it's epic comfortable!

Another spot to rest, even if it's less than comfortable!

Thanks a ton for setting this all up Dave, it's a LOT of work.

See you soon,

-Will

I'm bumping this one back to page one and am making the announcement that the moment you've eagerly awaited has finally arrived.

Here's a link to the brochure and registration form. I know many of you have been climbing the walls, anxious to register for what is going to be a memorable event.

~Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: ACS (WR) Conference Brochure

I'm sending mine in! Already got the hotel taken care of.

Sara

Dave,did I hear something about a specially concocted brew made especially for this inauspicious
occasion or was that just another one of my beer dreams?Doug

Hi Doug,

Drool isn't good for the keyboard. Ya just gotta wait 'til September. LOL

Mmm. Conifer-based libations.

This post was edited by Glaciers-End on Sat, Jun 22, 13 at 23:24

I'm pining to know what it is....

Ooooo... Spruce beer?

Isn't gin a conifer libation?

Pinus peuce has also been implicated as a suspect.

Hummm,perhaps a Macedonian spirit of some sort?The plot thickens.

not as HUGE as if i were there ...

but i am sure you guys can make it huge enough.. w/o me ,....

ken

ps: my garden story .. for what its worth.. lol .. the eastern Europeans made their clear white lightening drink from their potatoes... vodka and all ... and those darn british and their love of the juniper [green man and all that celtic lore] ... threw in some berries and made it gin ... all made up.. i am sure ...lol.. [and the Irish/Scots skipped the potato and aged it in oak.. and came up with the brown version of lightening ... and the Italians.. skip it all and wallowed around in rotting grapes ... see.. who expected these brilliant insights... lol ...]

pps: and i will yell.. i said ... FOR WHAT ITS WORTH ... lol .. yeah ... i know.. not much ...

Here is a link that might be useful: link -- useless facts for the day ....

Hi all, we just approved yet another reason to start attending these yearly conferences.

THE ACS(WR) CONIFER OF THE YEAR!

Each year our region will select a cool, relatively new, and still hard to find cultivar and offer it to the conference attendees for a nominal price.

This year's selection is Picea pungen 'Ruby Teardrops.' We picked up a good-sized block of 2nd-year grafts and will be offering them to conference attendees for the crazy low price of $20.00. In addition we scored a more mature 3# specimen that we'll be putting up for auction.

If you haven't sent your registration in yet, what are you waiting for?

~Dave
Glacier's End Arboretum
Organizing Committee for this year's ACS(WR) Conference

Time to bump this up again.

I'm excited to say that we've reached our initial registration goal of 50 people. The excitement for this event is palpable. I've got a feeling we're going to carry this experience forward for a long time. If for some reason you haven't done do yet, we're holding registration open until September 6th. See below to the link on the new ACS website.

Need some more incentive? A little bird told me that a 3-gallon specimen of this tree may possibly get featured in the verbal auction. (Thanks for the pic, Edwin).

Two weeks from tomorrow, we get this party started!
~Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: link to conference info and registration

Filips golden teardrops on American soil?You didn't get into that special brew did you Dave?D.

Doug, it's 'Filip's Golden Tears' :0)

This one fits in everyone's garden, if grafted on the right DR understock...

Can't wait!

We've got quite a group coming from California - I think that there are 12 of us.

Sara