Ed Shinn’s Annual Maple Showing 2010

April 14, 2010

Dear Maple Society Members and Plant Enthusiast,

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the eighth annual spring maple gathering being held at my home at the New Jersy shore on Saturday May 15, 2010. I have been growing Japanese Maples in my gardens for the last 20 years and have approximately 250 cultivars with over 400 maples planted in my gardens on just over two acres. This event is an informal gathering to provide an opportunity to talk maples and other plants and to help promote the Maple Society and build membership in out area.

I was fortunate enough to have known Dick Wolff and have some of his lesser known cultivars in my gardens as well as his more popular trees. Our mother plant of Acer palmatum ‘Orion’ was crushed by one of the snow storms. I was able to keep about one third of the tree intact and hope it survives the damage. The good news, if there was any, is that I had lots of scion wood for new grafts.

New additions to the garden this year are two island beds and many new cultivars of maples and other plants. New this year to the event is a plant sale held at the end of the day’s event.  There should be some  great plants available from some of the nurseries that help support the event.

Below is a preliminary agenda for this event:

9:00 to 10:00 Continental breakfast and check in.

10:00 Welcome and overview of the garden. Ed Shinn

10:15 Presentation, Benefits of the Maple Society.

10:30 Morning garden tour

12:00 Lunch (menu in planning) time to talk, answer questions and visit with friends.

1:30 Afternoon Garden Tour (anything you missed), refreshments, networking and silent plant auction bidding begins.

2:30 Silent plant auction ends.

3:00 Plant sale (details follow)

The spring maple viewing is free of charge but we ask attendees to bring an item for the silent aution if possible. All proceeds from the silent acution will benefit the NAB Maple Society. Attendance is limited to 50 people on a first come basis.  Please respond via e-mail to edward@eshinn.com   My garden and home are  located in  central coastal New Jersey, about one hour from NYC, Philadelphia and Atlantic City and easily accessible from major highways. Please feel free to contact me with any questions for directions.

Edward T. Shinn, 3214 Allaire Road, Wall, NJ  07719

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