Our July meeting was held in the "Grand" room complete with palm trees, tiki houses and other tropical decorations. After a bit of socializing, we discussed the up coming Show and Sale (number seven!). Maynard has arranged the space and insurance with East Hills Mall and will organize a meeting of interested members in early September. We will need to find a new source for sale plants because Woody will not be selling plants this time. Sidney volunteered to do the publicity again this year. Then some members shared photographs and stories of their recent travels. Les and Donna showed slides of the various gardens they visited on their trip through Italy. Maynard showed some slides of his (with Stephen, Rob and Woody) trip to Chile. The meeting concluded with discussions about the plants members brought for exchange. Many members left with new plants for their gardens and/or collections.

[Thanks to Maynard for writing this!]