Speaking of Gardening Symposium
The Garden Symposium for Horticultural Professionals and Enthusiasts
Friday, August 23 & Saturday, August 24, 2013
Registration for this event is now open. Early Bird Registration Deadline is July 1, 2013
http://www.ncarboretumregistration.org/Symposia-C164.aspx
The fee includes lectures, book signings, lunches and snacks for both days. Seating is limited and registration is required.
Nationally known horticultural experts join us for this perennially successful symposium! The program includes lectures, book signing opportunities and a live and silent auction featuring rare and storied plants!
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Rick Darke ― President, Rick Darke LLC, Landenberg, Pennsylvania
Published author, photographer, lecturer and consultant who focuses on regional landscape design, planning, conservation and enhancement and has studied North American plants in situ for over 30 years. His work is reflected in his many articles and books, including “The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest,” which received the American Horticultural Society's Book Award, the Garden Writers Association Golden Globe Award for photography, and the National Arbor Day Foundation's Certificate of Merit. His most recent book is “The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition.”
Tony Avent ― Owner, Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. and Juniper Level Botanical Gardens, Raleigh, North Carolina
Nurseryman and hosta hybridizer, international plant explorer, author and plant ‘evangelist’, Avent shares his passion for plants in many ways! Tony’s international mail order business featuring rare and unusual perennials, hostas and U.S. natives is widely known alongside Juniper Level Botanical Gardens that is home to a large collection of rare variegated agave. Tony currently serves on the USDA-ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map Revision advisory committee.
Steven A. Sanchez, ASLA ― Principal, HGOR, Atlanta, Georgia
Steve’s work is guided by an unparalleled talent for defining a project’s designated character and sense of place through the choice and use of native plant material. He oversees the planting designs for each studio in the firm including: Workplace, Campus, Community and Urban Design. His expertise ensures that each project’s unique opportunities and site requirements are met with a balance of visual identity and sustainability.
Sandy McDougle ― Founder, Sandy’s Plants, Inc., Mechanicsville, Virginia
Sandy's Plants, Inc. is a family-owned perennial wholesale and retail nursery that has been in operation since 1979 in Mechanicsville, Virginia. The company began as a hobby and has evolved into a perennial nursery that serves garden centers and landscapers in four states and boasts one of the largest selections of perennials on the East Coast. Sandy travels internationally to collect new plants for evaluation and production.
Schedule of Events
Friday, August 23, 2013
8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast Snacks
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Lecture - Rick Darke, On the Highline: the New Nature of Urban Parks and Gardens
10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Break and Silent Auction Bidding
10:45 a.m. - Noon Lecture - Steve Sanchez, Challenges to Using Native Plants in Commercial Landscapes
Noon - Lunch
1:00 to 1:30 p.m. Live Plant Auction
1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Lecture - Tony Avent, Exploration to Exploitation
2:45 to 3:00 p.m. Break and Silent Auction Bidding
3:00 to 4:15 p.m. Lecture - Sandy McDougle, Throw & Go Plants: Plants I haven't Killed Yet and my Promising New Victims!
4:15 p.m. Book Signing
Saturday, August 24
9:00 a. m. Opening Comments
9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Lecture - Steve Sanchez, The Latest and Best Native Plant Cultivars
10:30 to 10:45 Break
10:45 a.m to Noon Lecture - Rick Darke, Time and the Garden
Noon - Lunch
1:00 to 1:30 p.m. Close of Silent Auction and Results
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Lecture - Tony Avent, Gardening on the Cutting Edge
3:00 p.m. End of Symposium
This program is developed and supported by an advisory committee of WNC’s most passionate gardeners, designers and horticulturists, alongside local green industry businesses, is hosted by The North Carolina Arboretum and qualifies for PLANET, NCBOLA, PGMS and APLD continuing education credits. Participants are encouraged to visit our Speaking of Gardening Community Partner informaiton tables during breaks and lunch.
Speaking of Gardening is supported in part by our Community Partners
Wilson's Natural Landscaping, LLC