Monday, February 7 11:00 a.m. VIA ZOOM

MEETING AGENDA

• Approval of January Minutes

• “The Wonder of Witch Hazels,” Chris Strand, Winterthur Museum and Gardens

• GCA Honorary Member - Lynn Carbonell

• Founders Fund - Peggy Barton

• Other Business

Program: Chris Strand, Winterthur Museum and Gardens - Witch Hazels

Chris is the Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO of Winterthur . He has written articles on witch hazels for the American Horticultural Society’s magazine American gardener and also for
the Royal Horticultural Society’s New Plantsman. Before coming to Winterthur, he was the Director of Green Spring Gardens, a 27-acre public garden in Alexandria, Virginia, where he established the National Collection of witch hazels. As part of that, Chris received a grant to collect and document witch hazel cultivars in Europe along with Tony Aiello of the Morris Arboretum. Chris has also worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Callaway Gardens, and the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Hostesses: Horticulture Committee