Projected onto the screen behind the speaker, a little girl in a yellow dress stands knee-deep in muddy water, with Larry’s favorite lily towering over her. She holds a Cabbage Patch Kid, the trendy doll that came and went quickly in the ‘80s. Her blond hair twists. She is not smiling.
Each spring I drive over 110 miles to Anthony Shoals in Georgia to see a large and impressive colony on the Broad River. Georgia isn't as bare as many think. Check out a feature I wrote about the rocky shoals spider lilies at Anthony Shoals ... https://tompoland.net/2010/08/24/anthony-shoals-lives-on/
My father, Tom Poland, has written extensively about these flowers and is committed to their preservation. You can find his Substack here: https://tompolandwriter.substack.com. I'm also publisher of a magazine titled Backroad Portfolio and the spider lilies at Landsford Canal State Park are featured on our latest cover. https://backroadportfolio.substack.com/p/botanical-royalty
When I lived in NC I would always drive down to the Catawba River in May to paint these lillies as they bloomed. They are so beautiful .. like drifts of snow on the river… I am glad to hear that there is an effort to save them. Thanks for letting us know.
Jenks, this report on the cahaba conference & how the lily is doing is highly useful. Thank you for the report. This also got me thinking, Why wouldn't we do a conference like this for any other single plant of great significance? A wild quinine conference? Or for that matter, a crinum conference. (Those probably already exist?)
I don’t have that, but I have done a cool Crinum conference before and that awesome writing about place that you did. Tomorrow we have our native/ invasive conference.
I mean, I have all the funding, but at least I have a place to make small gatherings, very specific discussions cool!
thank you so much! this was really interesting and would never have been on my radar!
Each spring I drive over 110 miles to Anthony Shoals in Georgia to see a large and impressive colony on the Broad River. Georgia isn't as bare as many think. Check out a feature I wrote about the rocky shoals spider lilies at Anthony Shoals ... https://tompoland.net/2010/08/24/anthony-shoals-lives-on/
My father, Tom Poland, has written extensively about these flowers and is committed to their preservation. You can find his Substack here: https://tompolandwriter.substack.com. I'm also publisher of a magazine titled Backroad Portfolio and the spider lilies at Landsford Canal State Park are featured on our latest cover. https://backroadportfolio.substack.com/p/botanical-royalty
Thanks! Nice to 'meet' y'all!
Thank you!
Thanks for writing this. Our latest cover features the Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies at Landsford Canal State Park, photographed by Robert Clark for a feature in that issue by Tom Poland. https://www.backroadportfolio.com/spring-2024 We also recently shared Tom's story on our Substack here: https://backroadportfolio.substack.com/p/botanical-royalty
When I lived in NC I would always drive down to the Catawba River in May to paint these lillies as they bloomed. They are so beautiful .. like drifts of snow on the river… I am glad to hear that there is an effort to save them. Thanks for letting us know.
Thats the second largest colony. I dont know the history of how that became a state park but a heartfelt thanks to the visionary folks who did it.
Fascinating info - it's always good to know the background and history of the plants we see and love.
Jenks, this report on the cahaba conference & how the lily is doing is highly useful. Thank you for the report. This also got me thinking, Why wouldn't we do a conference like this for any other single plant of great significance? A wild quinine conference? Or for that matter, a crinum conference. (Those probably already exist?)
well, this one did have tremendous funding!
I don’t have that, but I have done a cool Crinum conference before and that awesome writing about place that you did. Tomorrow we have our native/ invasive conference.
I mean, I have all the funding, but at least I have a place to make small gatherings, very specific discussions cool!