The American Conifer Society’s Northeast Region Annual Meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Rochester Airport, Rochester, New York, on Friday through Sunday, September 19 – 21. Rochester was the host city for 2004 Regional Meeting and several new conifer gardens have emerged to welcome attendees. Co-chairs Elmer Dustman and Jerry Kral are planning an event that they promise will showcase over 600 conifer cultivars including dozens of unusual ginkgos in the gardens to be visited. Program details will follow at  http://northeast.conifersociety.org/events/event/2014-ner-annual-meeting/ but save the date for a fall visit to Rochester when the ACS transforms the Flower City into Conifer City. Registration forms and meeting brochure will be published on the above website when available.  The Highland Park Pinetum will be visited, but for a picture filled preview of the itinerary, which will include a number of Olmsted designed parks, link to http://northeast.conifersociety.org//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/Preview-of-Rochester-Meeting.pdf.