Grahame Ware: Prometheus Unchained

Date: 7:30pm-9:30pm, Sep 10, 2014

Prometheus Unchained: Exorcising Pontius Pilate So That Mountains Can Be Savoured- 

The True Fathers of Alpine Botany & Gardening in the West

A cultural and historical look at the real pioneers of alpine gardening principally Conrad Gessner, as well as Von Jacquin, Hacquet, Wulfen and Kerner. Their influence in alpinism and mountaineering. How we have arrived at where we are today bears little resemblance to the cultural reality of the 16th & 17th Centuries. 

Grahame Ware is the Bulletin Editor for the AGC- BC.  

I grew up in Surrey when it was country- woods and fields. 

Attended Simon Fraser U.- English Lit and Critical Communications major

Freelance writer/broadcaster- CBC, COOP radio, CJOR, CKVU-TV, Vancouver Magazine (under Mac Perry), etc., etc.

Humber College- Went through the Horticultural Science certificate program developed by Landscape Ontario. 

Dominion Seedhouse- Assistant Manager, Seed Division

Pacific Northwest Seed Company- Created their first mail-order catalogue

Okanagan University- Continuing Education Dep’t- horticultural instructor for many years at the Vernon campus.

Garden Designer/Landscaper- Many big projects in the Okanagan and Shuswap

Round Lake Gardens- My first venture as a plantsman. I supplied the Summerland Research Station Xeriscape Garden with most of its initial stock for their foundation plantings especially their Penstemon. My nursery was the first in the N. Okanagan dedicated to xeriscape plants. That was 20 years ago!

Species Iris Group North America- I was the Editor that transitioned their quarterly  publication to colour

Co-Author “Heucheras and Heucherellas” (Timber Press), the definitive guide to these genera and their hybrids working with leading Heuchera & Heucherella breeder, Dan Heims. It was a long research project that solved many of the mysteries and mistakes of this very popular group of plants.

Feature horticultural writer at the international level

Specialist grower of rare plants for over two decades

Owner of Owl & Stump Rare Plants