Group: Ohio Master Gardener Perennial Plant Symposium
Presentation Date/Time: Sunday January 22, 11:00am
Location: Greater Columbus Convention Center/Hyatt Regency
Contact Person/Phone: Steven Still ppa@perennialplant.org
Program: Landscaping in Drifts of One
Other Speakers: Gene Bush (Munchkin Nursery), Dr. Mary Meyer (University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum), Jennifer Benner (coauthor of The Non- Stop Garden), Paul Zammit (Toronto Botanic Garden), and Chris Hansen (Great Garden Plants)
Group: Ohio Shortcourse CENTS Show, Columbus OH
Presentation Date/Time: Monday January 23, 8:45-9:45am (grasses)and 11:15am-12:15pm (Excited about plants)
Location: Columbus Ohio Convention Center
Contact Person/Phone: Pam Bennett bennett.27@cfaes.osu.edu
Program: No More Mow - The world of Ornamental Grasses and Getting Wholesale Customers Excited about Plants
Group: New England Grows Trade Show
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday February 2, 2:00-3:00pm
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, MA
Contact Person/Phone: Kristen Dreyer, kristen@newenglandgrows.org, Program: My Favorite 100 Perennials
Group: Connecticut Hort Society Symposium
Presentation Date/Time: Saturday February 4, 9:00am-3:30pm (2 talks)
Location: Portland High School, Portland CT
Contact Person/Phone: Leslie Shields selchie1@comcast.net
Program: Perennials, New, Exciting, and Overlooked and Landscaping in Drifts of One - Residential Design for Plant Collectors
Group: Memphis Garden Club (joint meeting with Little GC)
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday February 16, 10:30am
Location: Memphis Hunt and Polo Club, Memphis, TN
Contact Person/Phone: Margaret Atkinson Rosie2475@aol.com
Program: Perennials for Year Round Interest
Group: Dow Gardens Know and Grow Seminar
Presentation Date/Time: Saturday February 18 (2 talks)
Location: Midland, Michigan
Contact Person/Phone: Elizabeth Lumbert, Lumbert@dowgardens.org
Program: Year Round color in the landscape/Ornamental Grasses
Other Speakers: Allan Armitage
Group: Chapel Hill Garden Club
Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday February 28, 10:00-11:00am
Location: NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC
Contact Person/Phone: Christine Ellestad gogirl@nc.rr.com
Program: Plants to Delights and Plants to Excite
Group: JC Raulston Arboretum Friends of the Arboretum Arrival
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday March 15, 7:00pm
Location: JC Raulston Arboretum
Contact Person/Phone: Chris Glenn chris_glenn@ncsu.edu
Program: Rednecks to Rocket Scientists - Botanizing in Alabama
Group: NCSU Perennials Class
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday March 15
Location: NCSU
Contact Person/Phone: Denny Werner Dennis_Werner@ncsu.edu
Program: Best selling perennials
Group: St. Clair Mg=s, MI
Presentation Date/Time: Saturday March 24 (2 talks)
Location: St. Clair Co., MI
Contact Person/Phone: Lisa Sharrow [bloomin@4wbi.com]810-329-3722
Program: Hostas, Perennials through the seasons
Group: Waynesboro Garden Festival
Presentation Date/Time: Wednesday March 28
Location: Waynesboro, VA
Contact Person/Phone: Dwayne Jones JonesCD@ci.waynesboro.va.us
Program: tbd
Group: Colonial Dames State Meeting
Presentation Date/Time: Monday April 16, 11:00am
Location: Umstead Hotel, Cary
Contact Person/Phone: Barbara Oherron boherron@oherronco.com
Program: tbd
Group: Raleigh Garden Club
Presentation Date/Time: Wednesday May 2, 10:30am
Location: NCSU Faculty Club
Contact Person/Phone: Maggie Larson, maggielarson@nc.rr.com
Program: It=s the soil, stupid.
Group: Central NC Chapter of American Meterological Society
Presentation Date/Time: Friday May 4, 6:30-7:00pm bar, 7:30pm dinner served, 8:15pm program
Location: Bavarian Brathaus Restaurant, Cary
Contact Person/Phone: Frank Schweimmer schiermeier@msn.com
Program: Effects of Weather on Plants
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