The Magnolia Society International 2012 Annual Meeting will be held in Sonoma Valley, Northern California, March 2-4. If you have not been to Quarryhill Botanical Garden this is a meeting not to be missed! They have one of the finest collections of wild collected Asian plants in the world. We will also have inside access to the world renowned Berkeley Botanical Garden and San Francisco Botanical Garden (cf recent news on Magnolias at http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/mailings/11-12/assoc-curator.html) Please plan to join the post-meeting tour of gardens and wineries on March 5.
Hosted by Antoine Kremer (INRA), the 7th International Oak Society Conference will take place in the Agora Haut Carré University of Bordeaux Conference Center).
The Pre-Conference Tour ends in Bordeaux early in the afternoon on 29 september (participants must arrive on 25 september in Paris).
A welcome cocktail as well as conference registration are scheduled for 29 september (early evening) and the Conference begins the following morning.
