Bulletin - Fall 1976 - North American Rock Garden Society

AWARD OF MERITANITA KISTLERIt is hard to make distinctions among the great pleasures of one'slife, but surely one of them is the privilege of writing about someonewho for the last twelve years has been not only a very close personalfriend, but also a mainstay and staunch supporter of all programs of theDelaware Valley Chapter.Anita Kistler in her gardenFrom the initial days of the chapter s development, Anita Kistler wasalways there. In every organization there is someone whose competence iscontinually taken advantage of. Anita has displayed her organizational abilitieswith the forming of the chapter, with three Eastern study weekends, andwith a National meeting. She has written many articles on alpines, theircare and culture, for our ARGS Bulletin as well as for the magazine ofthe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, The Green Scene.As chairman, co-chairman, or willing helper she has been instrumentalin the success of the Delaware Valley Chapter's exhibits at the PhiladelphiaFlower and Garden Show.Her own garden and Alpine house are things of wonder. The gardenhas grown over the past years to the point where it now occupies almost151