Journal 17 Summer 1999
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Heidi Gildemeister

Apart from general news about all the branches of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY and contributors to the journal there is an account of a plant event in Courson, south of Paris.

 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY was generously offered a free stand and an ample number of plants were donated by a member.   

The letter is illustrated by a drawing of the  MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY stand at Courson  by Dave Cooper

Journal 17
UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM
By William Grant

This article is illustrated by a drawing by John Jefferis of Leucospermum cordifolium, an Australian plant.

I quote

“the University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum now contains the largest collection of Australian plants outside their native habitat”

And as a bonus, A stamp issued in 1977 by South Africa of Leucospermum cordifolium. 

Wisteria

A postcard sent to me a while ago depicting a Wisteria covered cottage in the Lake District, U.K.

As you can imagine Wisteria is mentioned in many issues of
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN

I chose to read A MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN IN NORTH DEVON
 by Alasdair  Forbes
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 18 Autumn 1999

A Tamarix tree and an Olive tree

Next to the sea, here in Corinth, there is a pedestrian area lined on both sides with coffee shops, tavernas and eateries. The Tamarix trees were planted several years ago, suffer rigorous pruning sometime in the winter and become these lovely shaped trees in the summer. This year there has been a group of Gardeners pruning the offshoots of the trees and cutting the grass wherever it is.

The poor Olive tree in a pot was installed by one of the coffee shops which closes for the winter and the poor tree left to its own devices which means only getting any water if and when it rains

The first photo was taken in 2019, the tree in the pot had already been there for a couple of years
The next two photos were taken on the 5th October and 25th October 2023.

The Tamarix trees, near the coffee shops, were pruned as they were shedding their tiny seeds and covering the tables, a photo opportunity I lost.

Dahlia in a garden in Waterloo, Canada.

A friend of mine sent me this photo so I thought I would share it with you.