High & Dry in the Chinook Zone: 2026 North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) Conference & Annual General Meeting
Come celebrate rock-loving plants and rock gardens on the western edge of the Northern Great Plains, within sight of the Rocky Mountains. The conference theme reflects conditions enabling and frustrating rock gardeners in Calgary. Owing to its elevation (1045 m, 3400 ft) and associated cool nights, Calgary provides favorable conditions for rock and alpine gardens, despite the challenges of warm, drying winds (Chinooks) punctuating otherwise cold winters. These conditions allow the cultivation of plants from many steppe and alpine regions, especially those that benefit from (or tolerate) dry summers.
