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Fuchsiologist and Blogger
Theo's essays on fuchsias have appeared in the quarterly Bulletin of the British Fuchsia Society, as well as the Bulletin of the Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France (SNHF), Section Fuchsia. He also contributes a quarterly feature from his garden for the Northwest Fuchsia Society’s publication, The Fuchsia Flash.
In September 2023, he was a keynote dinner speaker for the British Fuchsia Society’s 80th Anniversary celebration and display at RHS Malvern, the UK’s second largest garden show after RHS-Chelsea, and has spoken the the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle in 2023, 2024, and again in 2025.
Before moving to the Pacific Northwest to pursue his passion for fuchsias, Theo worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He long pursued heraldry, his other addiction, in the Department of Medieval Art & The Cloisters. His articles on The Garden in Heraldry appeared on The Cloisters Museum & Garden’s former blog, The Medieval Garden Enclosed.
The Fuchsia+Blog can be found at The Fuchsietum.com. It has posts and essays on fuchsias, as well as many other garden and plant topics that catch his attention.
President
Oregon Fuchsia Society (OFS)
Member
American Fuchsia Society (AFS)
American Horticultural Society (AHS)
British Fuchsia Society (BFS)
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (HPSO)
Int'l Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Linnaean Society of London (ALS)
Northwest Fuchsia Society (NWFS)
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Getting the Most Hardy Out of Hardy Fuchsias. Medford Gardening Club, Medford OR, Summer 2025 TBD.
2025
Hardy Fuchsias. Jewels of the Garden. Trillium Trails Garden Club, Welches, Oregon. 22 April 2025.
Fuchsia-La. The Hidden Empire of Fuchsia Species for the Garden & Greenhouse/. Plant Academy Seminar Series, Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Feb. 19-23, 2025 Seattle Convention Center. 22 February 2025.
(https://www.gardenshow.com/seminars/speakers)
Designing with Fuchsias, Fuchsia Fanciers of Centralia, Fort Borst Park, Centralia, Wash. 10 February 2025
Hardy Fuchsias. Jewels of the Garden. Garden Fever, Portland, Oregon. 10 January 2025.
2024
Perennial Favorites—Hardy Fuchsias in the Garden. Columbia County Master Gardeners Association, Oregon Sate University Extension Service Building, Columbia County, 505 North Columbia River Highway, St. Helens, Oregon, 97051. May 23, 2024.
In the Garden. On the Patio. The Versatile Fuchsia Does It All. Plant Academy Seminar Series, Portland Spring Home & Garden Show. February 21-25. Portland Expo Center, Portland OR, 25 February 2024.
In the Garden. On the Patio. The Versatile Fuchsia Does It All. Plant Academy Seminar Series, Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Feb. 14-18, 2024. Seattle Convention Center 17 February 2024.
(https://www.gardenshow.com/seminars/speakers)
Fuchsias in the City. Manhattan, New York. Fuchsia Fanciers of Centralia, Fort Borst Park, Centralia, Wash. 12 February 2024.
2023
2022-2023 Board Member and Vice-President, The Oregon Fuchsia Society.
"The Fuchsietum -A Year in the Life of a New Fuchsia Garden". The American Fuchsia Society's Annual General Meeting, Sebastopol, California. 14 October 2023.
"Hardy Fuchsias". Greater Portland Iris Society, Ainsworth House & Gardens, Oregon City, Oregon. 3 October 2023.
"Kew, Sir Joseph Banks, and George III's Sheep Stud, or, How the Fuchsia First Came to Britain. The British Fuchsia Society 85th Anniversary Celebration, RHS-Malvern Autumn Show, Great Malvern UK, 22 & 24 September 2023.
"From Fuchsias in the City to The Fuchsietum". The HPSO Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer 2023, pp. 22-24, illus.
Forkner, Lorene Edwards. Interviewed in "How to boost the ‘hardy’ factor of your hardy fuchsias in the PNW". Pacific NW Magazine, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash. 15 May 2023.
(https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/how-to-boost-the-hardy-factor-of-your-hardy-fuchsias-in-the-pnw/)
Growing Hardy Fuchsias in the Pacific Northwest, Canby Garden Club, Pioneer Chapel, Canby, Ore. 16 April 2023.
Fuchsia Species. Fuchsia Symposium, Fuchsia Fanciers of Centralia, Fort Borst Park, Centralia, Wash. 1 April 2023.
Perennial Favorites: Hardy Fuchsias in the Garden. Garden 101: Not your Granny's Plants, Ranier Room. Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Feb. 15-19, 2023. Seattle Convention Center 16 February 2023.
(https://www.gardenshow.com/seminars/speakers)
2022
"PowellsWood During Fuchsia Season with Justin Henderson & R Theo Margelony". Event at PowellsWood, Federal Way, Wash. Northwest Horticultural Society, September 2022.
https://northwesthort.org/event/powellswood-during-fuchsia-season-with-justin-henderson-r-theo-margelony/
Garden Time TV Interview. July 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHQkSKKbV8
2014
"The Garden in Heraldry: A Badge of Garlic, Please". In Season Blog, The Met Cloisters, Department of Medieval Art & The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.18 September 2014.
https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-season/2014/the-garden-in-heraldry-badge-of-garlic#:~:text=All%20sorts%20of%20plants%20have,the%20fleur%2Dde%2Dlis.
2011
"The Garden in Heraldry: The Great Oak of the Forest", The Medieval Garden Enclosed Blog, The Met Cloisters Museum & Gardens, Department of Medieval Art & The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 8 December 2011.
https://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/tag/heraldry/
"The Garden in Heraldry: “Pluck a red rose from off this thorn…” The Medieval Garden Enclosed Blog, The Met Cloisters Museum & Gardens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2 September 2011.
https://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/tag/heraldry/
"The Garden in Heraldry: From Field to Field". The Medieval Garden Enclosed Blog, The Met Cloisters Museum & Gardens, Department of Medieval Art & The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 11 March 2011.
https://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/03/11/the-garden-in-heraldry-from-field-to-field/
2010
"The Garden in Heraldry: The Lily". The Medieval Garden Enclosed Blog, The Met Cloisters Museum & Gardens, Department of Medieval Art & The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 26 April 2010.
https://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2010/04/26/the-garden-in-heraldry/
