From Vicki…

… An invitation to our Annual Plant Swap

by Vicki Aber, CWGS President

We are really starting to move into the pond season. Lilies are beginning toreach for the light, fish are starting to beg for food, and the fun begins.

We had a great kick off meeting for Get Wet in April. It was very well

attended and I think everyone went away with some new ideas, newinformation and/or a new lotus. Thank you to all the people who helped to

make it such a success.

The next meeting is one of my favorites - the Annual Plant Swap. We’re

back at Montview Presbyterian Church on Thursday, May 13 for this one.

The Swap is very easy. Bring any plants you have that you can spare.They can be lilies, marginals, or even terrestrial. Hey, lets get wild; if you

want to bring equipment, decorations or houseplants, go for it. I think wewill have to draw the line at trading in spouses though.

For every plant that you bring, you will be able to pick out something that

someone else brought. We have had a very wide range to choose from inthe past. You will also be asked to talk briefly about the plant(s) you

brought so the new owners will know a little about what to expect. Swap ison the honor system. If you brought in 3 things you can take home 3

things.

Are you new to the hobby or just don’t have anything to divide at this point?Come anyway. The descriptions of plants, how they are grown, and what (Continued bottom of page 7)

TheWaterGarden Journal of the Colorado Water Garden Society

Volume 27 Number 3

May 2010

IN THIS ISSUE:

May 13 Plant Swap………….….……...1

Board Members andChairpersons ………………..………...2

Treasurer’s Report ….…..…………….2

Get Wet got full …...…………………...3by Bill Powell

Bob Hoffman’s lotus technique…….4

Hybridizing Color ……………………..5by Bill Powell

Notes from the lotus growers ...….…6

CWGS Plant Sale .…….……………….6by Janet Bathurst

New and Returning Members …..….6

Seeking Pond Tour Hosts …………..7By Michael Weber

IWGS addresses challengeswith new plan ………………….……..8

- MarketPlace- Membership Application .………….9

This Year:CWGS Calendar ……………back page

Online at:

www.colowatergardensociety.org

City Park

Montview Presbyterian Church1980 Dahlia St. (Corner of Dahlia St. &

Montview Blvd. in Park Hill, Denver.)

Park along Dahlia St. or in the churchparking lot accessed from Dahlia.

Enter the Church building via the coveredportico facing Dahlia, just north of the rearsanctuary steps. (Do not enter sanctuary.)

A handicapped ramp leads from the citysidewalk to the left door at the portico.(Look for a sign on the door that reads

“Center for Immigration Services.”)

Once in the building, walk up the half flight

of stairs to level 2. Take stairs or elevatoron right one floor up to level three.

When exiting the elevator on level 3, jogleft, then right to main hall. The “GreenRoom” is on the left.

Or…look for signage for the handicappedlift if you need to avoid stairs altogether.

CWGS signage will be posted along theway. Lost? Call Bill @ 303 355-8098.

Denver Museum ofNature and Science

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Thursday, May 13 Program:

CWGS Annual Plant Swap

6:00 Potluck7:00 Plant Swap

Montview PresbyterianChurch, Park Hill1980 Dahlia Streetwww.montview.org

2010 Potluck & ProgramMeeting Location Map

THISYEARA calendar of CWGS Activities and Events:

Thursday, May 13: Potluck Dinner and Plant Swap 6:00 Potluck 7:00 Plant Swap Montview Presbyterian Church

June 6: CWGS Annual Plant Sale at DBGJune 27: Waterside Program: - Fieldtrip to Enery Water GardensJuly 18: Water Blossom Festival, DBGJuly 24: CWGS Annual Pond Tour and PicnicAugust 15: Waterside Program - Fieldtrip to DU Water GardensSep. 9: Potluck dinner and Annual Board ElectionsDec. 9: Holiday Banquet

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TheWaterGarden

c/o Journal Editor

1210 Clayton StreetDenver, CO 80206-3214

The Colorado Water Garden Society

(CWGS) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3)organization founded in 1983 toencourage appreciation and interest in

the use of water in the landscape.

To learn more, visit us at

www.colowatergardensociety.org

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2 ClubGovernance

2010 Committee and Event Chairs:

Newsletter Editor

Bill Powell 303.355.8098

Newsletter AssemblyGary and Joyce Blubaugh 303.989.4464

MembershipKen Lange 303.393.8410Bill Bathurst 303.421.1144

ProgramBill Bathurst 303.421.1144

Publicity & OutreachJim Arneill 303.843.9619Marge Oleson 303.989.4809

EducationCyndie Thomas 303.755.1885

Get Wet EventJim Arneill 303.834.9619

CWGS June Plant SaleVicki Aber 303.423.9216Janet Bathurst 303.421.1144

Dorothy Martinez 303.279.3137

Pond Tour / PicnicMichael Weber 303.322.6769Jim Wohlenhaus 303.429.9119Dorothy Martinez 303.279.3137

Water Blossom Festival

Duff Kerr 303.871.0336Marge Oleson 303.989.4809Bill Powell 303.355.8098

Holiday BanquetDorothy Martinez 303.279.3137Michael Weber 303.499.6578

WebPage / ArchivesBill Bathurst 303.421.1144Janet Bathurst 303.421.1144

DBG Plant Sale & VolunteersBill Powell 303.355.8098Marge Oleson 303.989.4809

2010 Board of Directors:

President

Vicki Aber 303.423.9216

Vice PresidentJanet Bathurst 303.421.1144

SecretaryBill Bathurst 303.421.1144

TreasurerJim Wohlenhaus 303.429.9119

Members-At-LargeBrenda Parsons Hier 303.278.2106

Peter Hier 303.278.2106

Marge Oleson 303.989.4809

Jim Arneill 303.843.9619

Bill Powell 303.355.8098

Michael Weber 303.322.6769

Lynn Jewett 303.671.7964

Dorothy Martinez 303.279.3137

Please Note:

Opinions expressed by authors in this publication are their own.Products reviewed and/or advertised are not specifically endorsedby CWGS. Please contact Bill Powell, Newsletter Editor, to obtain

permission to reproduce materials published in The Water Garden.Reproductions should credit CWGS and the author.

The Water Garden is published eight times a year and is madeavailable to current members both in printed form and online. Pastvolumes of The Water Garden are archived online at:

www.colowatergardensociety.org

The Water Garden is the official

journal of the Colorado Water

Garden Society (CWGS)Copyright © 1983-2010

CWGS Treasurer’s Report:

As of April 25: $11,606.24Changes are underway…Unless you have specifically requested continuedreceipt of The WaterGarden in paper form, you willnow receive it electronically.

To request a change or to report a problem with

downloading of the electronic journal, reply to BillBathurst at:

Bill.Bathurst@colowatergardensociety.org.

Need to join or renew?…… The application is on page 9

Does CWGS have your current email address? Ifyou’re not sure, contact us.

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“Get Wet” got full!

A balmy night drew large attendance to learn aboutAquaponics, Bowl Lotuses, and local water gardeningresources by Bill Powell

Get Wet, the Society’s signature spring event, drew a capacity crowd,filling Denver Botanic Gardens’ Gates Hall on the evening of April 8.Prior to the program, vendors from area nurseries and pond-relatedbusinesses lined the foyer outside, answering questions on topicsranging from fish care to water quality. At 7:00 Club president VickiAber introduced the program speaker Sylvia Berstein who gave acondensed, but fascinating, introduction to the rapidly developinggardening discipline of Aquaponics.

Aquaponics is a recent hybrid of hydroponic (soil-less) gardening andaquaculture (fish culture). Integrating the advantages of both practices,aquaponics is a technologic “Reese’s Butter Cup” Sylvia explained.Each of the component parts “makes the other better.”

From the hydroponics industry aquaponics has incorporatedadvantages of soiless culture, fast crop production and controlledgrowing conditions. From aquaculture hydroponics embracedsustainable fish production. Together, aspects of these independentpractices that were problematic were turned to advantage by integratingthe two and replicating the natural systems that occur within pondsystems.

As you can imagine, plants grown hydroponically in sterile mediarequire continuous feeding because they depend entirely upon waterborne nutrients. The source for these water-soluble fertilizers wasinitially from the petroleum-based conventional fertilizer industry. Withthe growth of public interest in sustainable and non-polluting organicgardening, a search was begun for a more natural source of plant food.Meanwhile modern fish farming was doing a lot to develop a recurringsource of fish protein, thus helping to preserve wild populations;unfortunately aquaculture was also producing a lot of excess fish wasteand going through volumes of fresh water.

Combining the two disciplines by emulating the biochemistry weobserve in our ponds, aquaponics uses the excess ammonia generatedfrom fish husbandry to feed crops raised hydroponically. Ammonia-enriched fish water is cycled through external planting beds, feedingcrops organically while cleansing the water, which is returned to the fishtank as part of the closed-loop of the aquaponic system. Only a fractionof the water used in conventional gardening or aquaculture isconsumed, but food production (of both plants and fish) is increased.

Sylvia’s quick glimpse into the world of aquaponics, like this summary,could only hint at the many commercial and home gardeningapplications to which this new discipline is now being applied. Althoughmost aquaponic setups tend toward the Rube Goldberg industrialaesthetic (lots of plastic pipes and tanks), some people are nowbeginning to incorporate the idea into more naturalistic ponds. Thereare attractive possibilities that await the eye of the water gardener.

(continued on page 4)

Photos by Bill Powell

Folks gather in thelobby court to talk withlocal vendors

The audience begins toassemble in Gates Hall(above.)

Sylvia Bernsteinaddresses a full house(below.)

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Get Wet got full (continued from page 3)

Several of us left the program intrigued with ways we might incorporateaquaponics in our own backyards.

Following Sylvia’s presentation, DBG Water Garden Curator JoeTomocik gave a quick overview of current work underway with theaquatics collection in the Gardens, and club member Joe Mascarenastreated everyone to striking images (many taken by him) of lotus. Joe’sbeautiful photographs were the perfect introduction to lotus fancier BobHoffman’s explanation of his own system for jump-starting the growth oflotus in cool weather…outside! (Bob’s similar method for over-winteringtropical lilies outside was discussed in some detail in The Water Gardena season or so ago. Those of you who bought one of the bowl lotusesat the Club’s presale might want to try Bob’s technique. See the boxbelow.

Get Wet concluded with thanks from event organizer Jim Arneill and around of door prizes. The audience adjourned to the foyer to claim thelotus and Marsh Marigolds they had pre-ordered and to continuediscussions with vendors and our “Ask The Experts” panel as theevening drew to a close.

Our Thanks to…

Get Wet programproviders:Sylvia BernsteinJoe TomocikJoe MascarenasBob Hoffman

Local vendorsrepresented at Get Wet:Arapahoe AcresBR&D Lancscape, Inc.Colorado AquaponicsJared's NurseryNick's Garden CenterRocky Mountain Koi ClubTrue Pump & Equipment

Special thanks to…

The folks at Enery WaterGardens who assisted theCWGS Plant SaleCommittee in ordering andhandling the MarshMarigolds and the uniquebowl lotuses that wereshipped in from China forthe special pre-saleassociated with Get Wet.

…And also, we thankDenver Botanic Gardensand the Board of CWGS forproviding the logisticalsupport necessary to stageGet Wet.

Bob Hoffman’s technique for speeding the growth oflotus outside during cool weather:

1. Plant the lotus tuber in a small non-draining pot. Barelycover the tuber with garden soil and flood the remainder ofthe pot with water to a depth of several inches. Place on asouth-facing exterior porch that’s covered to prevent latesnows from falling onto the plants.

2. Float a small aquarium heater in the water to the side of thetuber. Set it on the lowest setting to mitigate water/soiltemperature on cool nights. You might want to temporarilycover the pot on a cold night.

3. By the end of May you should have aerial (i.e. elevated, notfloating) leaves. Remove the heater and set the floodedplanting pot within a larger basin containing water. The extramass of the surrounding water will continue to buffer thethermal swings to which the lotus would otherwise beexposed. With luck you should have flowers by June.

Some Sources for further information aboutAquaponics along the front range:

Aquaponicscommunity.com – a local community site composed ofand supported by aquaponic advocates and practitioners.AquaponicGardeningBlog.com – Sylvia Bernstein’s personal blog.TheAquaponicSource.com – Sylvia’s commercial website which iscurrently under development. She hopes to have it up and runningsoon, offering products and content.ColoradoAquaponics.com – Providing and supporting the designand construction of Aquaponic systems.

Joe Tomocik, Curator ofDBG’s water gardens, atGet Wet …in a suit!

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Hybridizing ColorHow the chance encounter of two men in 1889 changedboth painting and water gardening in the Twentieth century

by Bill Powell

The crossing of their interests, a fertilization of dissimilar backgroundsand occupations, now seems predestined, but when the painter ClaudeMonet walked into the display of colorful waterlilies at the Parc deBagatelle, his eventual long association with horticulturalist Joseph BoryLatour-Marliac would have seemed unlikely.

In 1889 Monet was already a noted painter. His title for an earliercanvas “Impression, Sunrise” had given name to an influential group of“Impressionists” who sought to render fleeting moments of nature inquick, colorful strokes. Depiction of form had become of secondaryinterest. Monet had taken to painting repetitive series of single images.Haystacks, rows of poplar trees, and even the Rouen Cathedral hadbeen his subjects over and over again, frequently painted fromunchanging vantage points. The subjects may not have changed, butthe paintings varied dramatically in color with the changing light.

When Monet saw Latour-Marliac’s gaudy display of hybridized lilies, thepainter found a new subject form, one that came conveniently pre-packaged in vibrant color. But without realizing it at the time, Monethad also found a new media to master - water gardening. Painting andwater gardening were both changed as a result.

At the time of the Paris 1889 Exposition Universelle, Joseph BoryLatour-Marliac was well established as a hybridizer of waterlilies. Hehad started his nursery in 1875 near the family estate in southwestFrance. Although Latour-Marliac could have only seen one waterlily asa boy, (the white N. alba) because that was the sole water lily known inEurope at the time, he like his family had an interest in rare plants. Asan adult he began to collect other waterlily species from the Americasand Asia.

Latour-Marliac imported a range of colorful lilies, but more significantlyhe perfected hybridization. Growing his plants at first in a series of winecasks and later in ponds that he constructed, Latour-Marliac quicklydeveloped several dozen hybrids that vastly increased the flowershapes and colors beyond those available in the species plants he hadcollected. He found that well-to-do homeowners would pay handsomelyfor his unique hybrids, so he developed a business to fund his research.The very first commercially viable waterlily was, in fact, the MarliaceaChromotella, a lovely yellow blooming lily hybridized by Latour-Marliac.The cultivar remains popular and is still marketed.

As the extraordinary Tour Eiffel approached completion in preparationfor the Paris exposition, Latour-Marliac seized the occasion to promotehis collection of waterlilies to a public primed for the next new thing,whether it was the giant metal tower that loomed over Paris, Javanesegamelan music, or the female sharp shooter Annie Oakley – allheadliners at the exposition. Marliac shipped (and then shipped again)plants by rail to Paris from his nursery in Le Temple-sur-Lot. The firstshipment was thought lost on route. The plants were found weeks later (continued bottom of page 8)

“All my money goes intomy garden…I am inraptures.”

Claude Monet

N. Gloire du Temple-sur-Lotbelow, one of the hybrid hardylilies developed by JosephBory Latour-Marliac, is stillmarketed and will be sold atthe DBG May Plant Sale.

Painter Claude Monet

(above center) seen in frontof his famous “Japanese”bridge.

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Notes (we hope) fromthe lotus growers

Last year CWGS founding member Mary Mirgon proposedduring the Water Blossom Festival that we survey howmembers fared with the lotus they bought from the Clubsale earlier in the spring. We asked, but it was late in theyear and we didn’t get many responses.

This year we’re putting you on notice early! JanetBathurst, the Chair of the Spring Plant Sale Committee,has solicited a solemn promise from each of you whobought a bowl lotus during the recent sale. We want toknow how your lotus grew. Did it bloom? What did it looklike? (A photo would be great!) Give us the “skinny”, goodor bad.

There really IS a serious purpose to our heckling. Most ofthe bowl lotuses we imported from China are untried alongthe front range. Even Denver Botanic Gardens isunfamiliar with them. The Garden is participating in thestudy and Water Garden Curator Joe Tomocik endorsesthe idea of collecting all the information we can from clubmembers about their experience. If we combine enough

responses, we may learn something about the care ofthese unique plants in out climate.

Janet will be checking in with you from time to time aboutyour lotus growing. And, remember, if you have questions,be sure to pose them to the club via Janet Bathurst onlinevia janet@colowatergardensociety.org or by phone(303) 421-1144.

CWGS Plant SaleSunday, June 6 - roof top ofparking structure at DBG

Mark your calendars - the annual CWGS plant sale is onlya month away. This year the sale returns to the DenverBotanic Gardens. The plant sale will be Sunday, June 6

th

and will be held on the roof top area of the new parkingstructure, making it that much easier for you to drive awaywith great deals!

Members will be admitted at 8:00 am and the generalpublic is welcome to shop at 9:00 am.

The plant sale committee is in the final process ofcompleting the plant list. I would like to thank everyone

who shared your plant ‘wish lists’. We are ordering bothtropical and hardy lilies and marginals. The goal of thesale is to offer hard-to-find and novel plants in an attemptto broaden the diversity of our ponds and bogs. The finalplant order list will be available on the club’s websitewww.colowatergardensociety.org in mid-May so you canresearch the plants and plan your purchases.

Along with the ordered plants, we rely on and appreciateplant donations. As you split your marginals, lilies, andlotus, save the extras and bring them to the plant sale soeach plant can find a good home. Please bring plantdonations to DBG on Saturday, June 5

th, any time between

8:00 am and 2:00 pm.

The plant sale is really a two-day event. On Saturday,June 5

th, the plants will be packaged, labeled, organized

and priced for the sale on Sunday. We need volunteers tohelp on both Saturday and Sunday. Volunteering at theplant sale is a wonderful way to meet people, learn aboutplants, and help the society. Please contact anyone on the

plant sale committee if you would like to help on either day.

I look forward to seeing everyone volunteering and/orshopping at the plant sale. Remember, everything is firstcome, first serve and the best selection is early on Sunday.

Janet Bathurst for the 2010 Plant Sale Committee

NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS FOR APRIL

Thanks…and welcome!

Janice BarbeeMorrison, CO

Chris & Sue BlakesleeCentenial, CO

Gary & Joyce BlubaughLakewood, CO

Joanne BowenBoulder, CO

Mary Brengosz & Dave FifieldAurora, CO

Bill & Brenda HenleyLouisville, CO

Tom Herbst and Ann HabegerAurora

Melba JohnstonLakewood, CO

Jan & Dave O’DellHighlands Ranch, CO

Marge OlesonLakewood, CO

Mary PurdyBoulder, CO

Joseph SpringerLakewood, CO

Jim & Beverly WohlenhausWestminster, CO

Joseph & Melissa ShopnitzLoveland, CO

The 2010 CWGS Plant Sales Committee:

Janet Bathurst 303 421-1144 Vicki Aber 303 423-9216 Dorothy Martinez 303 279-3137 April Hough 303 499-6578

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Seeking Pond Tour Hosts and SitesOur tour and picnic is July 24

OK, I know it's only May and you have been hard at work in your yardand things are starting to bloom. It has been a great spring for bulbs and

flowering trees. In fact, this is turning out to be one of the prettiest Springs Ihave seen in my five years living in Colorado. Think ahead a few months... …It's now Saturday, July 24, 2010 and your water garden has never lookedbetter. Your lilies are in bloom and many of your perimeter plants are ready togive a beautiful display of vibrant color. Even the fish are getting fat and arealways hungry. (I think of mine more as pigs than fish).

If you live in the northwestern part of Denver and its suburbs, you should bethinking about putting your pond or water feature on the 2010 CWGS PondTour. We don’t care if your display is new or old, big or little. Yourinstallation may be the exact size or type someone is considering for their yard. Each and every pond and water feature, including YOURS, can be aninspiration to someone.

How YOU can participate…I am looking for ponds and water gardens to be on the July 24, 2010 CWGStour. It's fun and enjoyable to show off your labor of love. Get something backfor all that planting, fertilizing, cleaning, feeding, and fussing over your gardenpond. Let others in the club enjoy your labors. Your feature is different andunique. Share your experiences and meet others with similar interests.

The club is planning the 2010 Tour to be on the northwest side of metro Denver(roughly west of I-25 and north of Colfax). Residents of Edgewater, Wheat

Ridge, Applewood, Golden, Arvada, Westminster and Broomfield, considerparticipating! Call or email Michael Weber at 303-322-6769 or email:webbbaum@gmail.com to discuss the possibilities. It's fun to show yourdisplay; each one is distinct and offers a particular climate and variety of plants. Why not show yours?

The tour will last from 11 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, July 24. The tour is followedat 5 PM by a picnic at a pond in the area (location to be announced). During

the picnic we will have door prizes, including lots of new and different watergarden plants. Each pond owner on tour will receive a free one-yearmembership to CWGS as well as the fun of showing their labor of love. CallMichael to discuss possibilities.

Michael Weberwebbaum@gmail.comcell 303 748 8533

An invitation to ourAnnual Plant Swap (continued from front page)

works in our specific environment is worth the trip.Usually some people bring more items than they takeso there are often plants left after everyone whobrought something has picked. These plants are putup for grabs for the people who didn’t have anything tobring or would like to have an extra or two.

Please respect the church’s carpet and bring plants inwatertight containers. You might also plan onadditional containers to take your new plants home in.

We will have plant tab fertilizer and a limited number ofpots for sale.

Don’t forget: we will eat before the swap so plan onjoining us for the pot luck at 6:00 pm. (The clubprovides the drinks and tableware. Just bring a dish ofyour choice to share.)

The swap starts at 7:00 pm. If you can’t make it for thefood, that’s ok. Just come for the swap.

This year’s pond tourwill be on thenorthwest side ofmetro Denver. Waterfeatures of all kindsand sizes are welcome… and needed!

Michael’s pond was onthe tour last year. above)The 2009 picnic (below.)

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depicted in Japanese block prints. Eventually heconstructed an arching wood bridge planted with

wisteria. The reflection of that iconographic bridgereflected in dark water ablaze with Marliac waterlilies is

now as fixed in the public mind as it was on thenumerous canvases that Monet completed of his water

garden prior to his death in 1926.

Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac died in 1911 by which timehe had produced over 110 waterlily cultivars. Most are

still sold today, among them N. ‘Sioux’ (1908),Comanche (1908), Gonnere (1914), Chomatella of

course, N. ‘Carnea’ N. ‘Helvola’, and ‘Gloire du TempleSur Lot,’ which incidentally will be marketed – if the

shipment isn’t lost on route! – at the Aquatic booth inthe DBG May Plant Sale. The sale should be underway

about the time you receive this newsletter.

Monet’s gardens at Giverny, including his famous pondand reconstructed bridge, have been restored and are a

popular destination not only for art lovers, but also forgardeners. Visit http://www.giverny.org

Latour-Marliac’s nursery continues today. It offers over

200 varieties of waterlilies, many of them introductions

hybridized by Marliac himself. You can visit the nurseryonline – and even order - via http://www.latour-

marliac.com

.

Hybridizing Color (continued from page 5)

In perfectly good shape – a testament to the hardiness

of waerlilies Latour-Marliac later observed.

Latour-Marliac’s colorful display in the Parc deBagatelle electrified the public and, at some point during

the summer, it entranced Claude Monet. He claimedlater never to have intended to paint the plant, but

perhaps he subconsciously knew he should have thisperfect new subject matter close at hand because

Monet contracted with Latour-Marliac to ship a selectionof plants to the painter’s home in Giverny where Monet

had recently purchased a neighboring property that wascrossed by a small stream. He later recalled:

“There was a stream, the Epte, which came down form

Gisors on the boundary of my property. I opened up aditch so that I could fill the little pond that I had dug in

my garden. I love water, but I also love flowers. That’swhy, when the pond was filled, I wished to decorate it

with plants. I took a catalogue and made a choice anyold how. That’s all.”

Apparently, building the pond required the intercessionof the prefecture. Monet’s neighbors opposed the idea,

fearing that the strange, alien plants might poison thewater. Monet persisted, allowing the pond to spread

along natural contours and to assume an irregularshape that reminded him of the meandering water

International Waterlily and WaterGardening Society (IWGS) addresseschallenges with a new plan foroperations

Members of the IWGS recently received news that theSociety is changing its operations to deal with difficult

financial realities.

The IWGS is the world’s oldest formal internationalwater gardening society. Formed shortly after the

Colorado Water Garden Society was created, the IWGSis also a non-profit society with educational goals, but

with the much larger mandate of stitching together theinterests of water gardening fanciers, clubs, and aquatic

endeavors worldwide. In addition to their Journal,

online aquatic resources, and annual Symposia, theIWGS has long supported research and development of

new waterlily hybrids through its yearly plant trials.

Historically, membership in the IWGS has beenavailable both to individuals and organizations who help

to support Society operations though payment of annualdues. However the IWGS has dependedlargely upon corporate sponsors for the bulk of its

cash flow. That source of funding is now much

reduced.

To address the financial challenge, the IWGS isproposing to offer group membership to “local regional,

national, & international Pond, Koi, Water Gardening, &allied Clubs for a very reasonable membership fee.”

Individual members of these IWGS memberorganizations will now be considered de-facto individual

members of the IWGS with the rights to attend IWGS

symposia and to access the member’s area of thewebsite and journal. It’s hoped this expansion of

membership rights will increase membership and allowthe IWGS to generate more funds from advertisers and

corporate sources.

Because CWGS is an affiliated water gardening club ofthe IWGS, the institution of these proposed membership

changes within the IWGS will extend IWGSmembership benefits to all CWGS members.

The time frame for the change is undetermined, but

we’ll keep you posted on the IWGS and its plans tomake its extensive resources available directly to you.

To learn more about the IWGS, visit www.IWGS.org.

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