Group: New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association
Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday January 22; afternoon and Wednesday January 23; morning
Location: New Jersey Convention Center, Edison NJ
Contact Person/Phone: Jan Traynor jtraynor@ccm.edu
Program: Landscape Design on Tuesday; Nuts and Bolts of the Nursery Business on Wed am.
Group: NCSU Perennials Class
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday February 7
Location: NCSU, Fox Bldg
Contact Person/Phone: Dr. Dennis Werner, NCSU
Program: Best Selling Perennials
Group: North American Rock Garden Society, Piedmont Chapter
Presentation Date/Time: Saturday February 16; 10:00am
Location: JC Raulston Arboretum, McSwain Center
Contact Person/Phone: Bobby Ward NARGS@nc.rr.com
Program: Mining the Balkans for Great Plants
Group: Southern Appalachian Plant Society
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday April 11; 7:00pm
Location: Kingsport TN
Contact Person/Phone: Nina Hedrick hendrick@chartertn.net; 423.239.9604
Program: New, Exciting, and Overlooked perennials
Other Speakers: 17 other speakers
Group: Mid-Atlantic Garden Fare
Presentation Date/Time: Friday April 12; morning and afternoon
Location: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abington, VA (sponsored by Washington Co. Va Mgs)
Contact Person/Phone: Nancy Estes calico575-booklovers@yahoo.com, 423.652.7460
Program: tbd
Group: Charlotte Garden Club
Presentation Date/Time: Monday April 15; 7:30pm
Location: Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
Contact Person/Phone: Larrie Sweet larriesweet@bellsouth.net, Home 704.332.0092/ Cell 704.236.5275
Program: tbd
Group: NC State Master Gardener Convention
Presentation Date/Time: Friday June 7; morning
Location: Union County, NC (Charlotte area)
Contact Person/Phone: Suzanne Wilkerson suzanne@avertenergy.com
Program: It's the Soil, stupid
Group: Direct Gardening Association
Presentation Date/Time: Monday July 22; 2:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Hilton Hotel, Burlington VT; airport there
Contact Person/Phone: Shanan Molnar smolnar@asginfo.net
Program: plants for mail order
Group: Bonfils Stanton Lecture Series
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday July 25; evening + Friday morning workshop
Location: Denver Botanic Gardens, CO
Contact Person/Phone: Sarah.Olson@botanicgardens.org
Program: Exploration to Exploitation - the Road from Discovery to Market on Thursday evening, then workshop on Friday morning
Group: Southern Nursery Association Southern Plant Conference
Presentation Date/Time: Monday August 5 Conference runs 9-5pm
Location: Georgia International Convention Center by Hartsfield Atlanta Airport
Contact Person/Phone: Danny Summers, dsummers@sna.org
Program: New Plants
Group: Speaking of Gardening Symposium
Presentation Date/Time: Friday August 24; 1:30-2:45pm and Saturday August 25; 1:30-2:45pm
Location: Asheville, NC
Contact Person/Phone: Therese Figura, BB Barns, 828.650.7300
Program: tbd
Other Speakers: Rick Darke, Sandy McDougle, Steve Sanchez LA.
Group: JC Raulston Arboretum Friends Lecture
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday September 5
Location: JC Raulston Arboretum, NC
Contact Person/Phone: Chris Glenn chris_glenn@ncsu.edu
Program: It's the Soil, Stupid
Group: Elizabeth Miller Garden Lecture Series
Presentation Date/Time: Thursday, September 19; 7:00pm
Location: Seattle, University of Washington, Meany Hall
Contact Person/Phone: Richie Steffan richies@millergarden.org, Garden 206.362.8612/ Cell 253.508.0047
Program: tbd
Group: Cincinnati Hosta Society
Presentation Date/Time: Saturday October 12
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Contact Person/Phone: Judy Taes 513.474.4759
Program: Old and New Hostas
Group: Durham Garden Forum (open to public)
Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday October 15; 6:30-8:00pm
Location: Duke Gardens, Durham, NC
Contact Person/Phone: Jan Little janice.little@duke.edu
Program: New and Unusual Perennials
Group: Encore Program, NCSU
Presentation Date/Time: Wednesday November 13
Location: McKimmon Center, NC State University, Raleigh
Contact Person/Phone: Robert Shertz, shertz1@mindspring.com
Program: Plant Exploration in the Balkans
