PAUL W. MEYER

Remembered him as member of Springfield Township planning Commision

I only learned of Mr. Meyer´s passing today. I knew him during the many years I served as a volunteer at Morris Arboretum. I was able to see firsthand his impact on the Arboretum. He nurtured it as if tending his own garden. He was a warm and generous man and treated everyone as a friend. His death is a great loss to the Philadelphia community.

Paul Meyer appears in an interview for cable tv ch 66, There and Here, now on YOU tube, in which we discuss his plant gathering trips in China. I was introduced to the botanical garden in Nanjing when I taught there in 2005-6. Paul had collaborated with the director. Paul was a passionate plantsman and wanted to share his knowledge and travels which were very inspiring to members who participated in the many special programs in which renown lecturers shared their experience ..for me the...

Worked with Paul back in the late 80s. I was program director of our local chapter of PLNA, as it was called then. We needed a speaker for our dinner meeting to talk about the use of perrenials in landscape design. I talked with Paul on the phone and he came up to Wilkes-Barre and gave us a very resourceful talk about the coming use of perrenials in landscaping. What a knowledgeable speaker. He got all excited about the perrenial boom which is still going on in 2023. He was a pleasure to meet...

A great loss to the earth. WEK

I worked at Morris from 2000 to 2007 maintaining the website. Paul was the first person I met when I walked in for my interview. He was always so gracious, knowledgeable, and kind. I am terribly sorry for your loss. He built such an enduring legacy.

Paul was one the leading and Internationally renowned horticulturists and plant collectors in North America. I first met Paul when he was working at the Sir Harold Hillier Garden and Arboretum and maintained contact with him ever since. I can still remember bumping into Paul and his expedition team on a ferry bound for the island of Ullungdo, off South Korea where we spent lots of time talking Korean plants. He was fun and very generous with his time and knowledge of the plant kingdom and I...