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Great Lakes Regional Perennial Symposium
The Perennial Plant Association is sponsoring a one-day perennial
symposium in Columbus, Ohio, September 11, 2008....
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PPA Central Region Perennial Symposium
The Perennial Plant Association is sponsoring a two-day perennial
symposium in Madison, Wisconsin, August 22-23, 2008....
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PPA Speakers Bureau
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The Perennial Plant Association Speakers Bureau provides a convenient location for meeting planners for trade association and university sponsored events, garden clubs, or other green industry programs to find a speaker(s) to meet their program and budget requirements.
Programs include all areas of perennials including perennial plants, perennial design, and maintenance of perennials. Please contact the speakers directly for further information. |
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| Name |
Location |
Details |
| ADAMS, DENISE WILES, PH.D. |
Dillwyn, VA |
Heirloom Perennials for Modern Gardens; How to Research Your Period Garden; Heirloom Ornamental Plants for...(pick a period of time); Designing the Perennial Garden; A History of Horticulture as Seen Through the Pages of Old Seed and Nursery Catalogs; Herbs in the Landscape; customized talks on topics relating to heirloom plants, historic gardens, herbs, or perennials. |
| AVENT, TONY |
Raleigh, NC |
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| BAGGETT, PAM |
Cedar Grove, NC |
Sizzling Tropicals for Temperate Zones; Bold Plants for Timid Compositions (50 mins.) Beauty From Chaos: A Course in Garden Design (3-4 hour class);other lectures on tropicals, perennials and garden design |
| BLUEMEL, KURT |
Baldwin, MD |
Ornamental Grasses and Their Uses in the Landscape; Perennials-Growing-Marketing-Landscape Uses |
| BOSSLEY, ROGER A. |
Jefferson, OH |
Perennial Plants and the Attraction or Repulsion of Mammals, Birds and Insects |
| COHEN, STEPHANIE |
Collegeville, PA |
Annuals; Perennials; Herbs; Designing Mixed Borders; Plants from Yesteryear; Gertrude Jekyll on Design; Bulbs. Anything to do with herbaceous plants. Talks customized for conference or audience. |
| CONLON, ROBERT P. |
Jonesborough, TN |
Made for the Shade Perennials; Beyond Hostas and Daylilies: 25 Perennials to Perk Your Store Sales; Weed-Free Perennial Gardens; Perennial Ground Covers for Difficult Garden Sites. |
| DISABATO AUST, TRACY |
Sunbury, OH |
Perennial garden maintenance; pruning; design; renovation; soils; maintenance; workshops; various plant talks (over 40 to select from). |
| DOERR, GARY R. |
Sacramento, CA |
Finding and Developing New Plant Varieties. Blooms of Bressingham - "A Tradition in Perennials Around the World" |
| DUTHIE, PAM |
Northbrook, IL |
Designing for Continuous Bloom; Designing the Mixed Border; Right Plant, Right Place; Let's Learn from the English Garden!!; Shade Gardening: Getting a New Attitude; The Gardens & Castles of Scotland; Interplanting Bulbs in the Perennial Border; Caring for Your Perennial Garden Successfully; Getting the Garden Ready for Winter; Fall into Winter Interest in the Garden |
| ECKERT, ANGIE |
Belleville, IL |
Low Maintenance Perennials; Winning Combinations (Perennials); Combinations for Continuous Perennial Color |
| FORNARI, C.L. |
Osterville, MA |
Perennial Garden Maintenance; Your Garden Shouldn't Make You Crazy; Container Gardening; Garden Design; Pruning 101; What Is Wrong with My Plant?; Plant Projects; In the Garden This Month; What Our Customers Need to Know (and how to teach it to them), Undercover Ecology (working with clients who are afraid of the 'O' word), Life Lessons From the Garden, and others. |
| GLATTSTEIN, JUDY |
Frenchtown, NJ |
Foliage for Beds and Borders; The Gardener's World of Bulbs; Annuals and Tender Perennials; Made for the Shade; Waterscaping; and many others |
| GLEAVES, CHUCK |
Mansfield, OH |
Perennials with a Presence; Orchestrating Continuous Flowering in the Perennial Border; Ohio Natives in the Perennial Garden; Seventy-five Years of Gardens at Kingwood. Many other topics such as bulbs, ferns, shrubs, trees, and garden history. |
| GLICK, BARRY |
Renick, WV |
Something Old, Something New, Something Yada Yada Yada; Woodland Wonders from the Wilds of West Virginia; Destination Helleborus; Hardy Cyclamen - A No Brainer; The Joy of Propagation or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Plant Propagation But Were Afraid to Ask. Current speaking schedule at http://www.sunfarm.com/events/events.htm |
| HAWKS, KIM |
Chapel Hill, NC |
Can speak on most any aspect of perennials tailored to your needs |
| HEATH, BRENT C. |
Gloucester, VA |
Bulbs as Forgotten Plants |
| HEFFNER, RANDOLPH A. |
Pipersville, PA |
Landscaping Wetlands with Ornamental Aquatic Perennials, Native Herbaceous Wetland Species. Major emphasis on restoration/native species, winter months. |
| HEGER, MICHAEL |
Chaska, MN |
Numerous possibilities related to perennial flowers |
| HEIMS, DAN |
Portland, OR |
New Perennials from Around the World, Shade Gardening, Heuchera and its Allies, Unusual Foliage & Variegated Plants, Japanese Plant Mania, Getting a Plant to Market, 4 Great Genera, and Colorful Companions. For more info: http://www.terranovanurseries.com/pages/danspeak.html |
| HERMAN, ROBERT |
New Hartford, CT |
New and Underused Perennials; Perennial Design with a Continental Flair-How Europeans Use Perennials; The European Influence - Perennial Plant Breeders & Nurseries; The Countess von Zeppelin and Her Perennial Plant Nursery; Life in a German Perennial Plant Nursery - Apprenticeship, Training, Philosophy and Plant Culture |
| IVERSEN, RICHARD |
Astoria, NY |
The Exotic Garden: Designing with Tropical Plants in Temperate Climates; A Passion for the Gardenesque; Artists& Their Gardens: A.J. Downing & the Hudson Valley Landscape; and many others |
| KIERSTEAD, SUSAN |
Amherst, NH |
Color in the Shade All Summer Long; Fabulous Grasses; A Perennial for Every Location; or one to fit the needs of the audience |
| KOSTECKY, JOANNE |
Allentown, PA |
Now that you've designed it, how will you sell it? (Lecture for Professionals) |
| LIBERTO, RICHARD |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Plants For All Season; Selecting The Best Trees and Shrubs; The Good, Bad and Ugly of Landscape Design; The Beauty of Ornamental Grasses; The Arts & Crafts Garden in America; In Harmony with Nature; American Plants for American Gardens; The Naturalistic Landscape; Autumn Leaves; Spring Blossoms; The Spirit of the Garden; New Perennials for the Season; Perennial Pleasures; Trees in the Landscape; The Big, Bold and Beautiful: Foliage Texture and Form; Plants for All Seasons; The Winter Landscape; Inviting Small Spaces |
| MATHIS, WILLIAM |
Doylestown, PA |
“Gardening with Hardy Perennial Orchids” |
| MCGLADE, DENNIS C. |
Philadelphia, PA |
Design of gardens or features within gardens; garden history. Lecture can be customized to interests of group. |
| MENDEZ, KERRY ANN |
Ballston Spa, NY |
Tips for a Low-Maintenance, High Impact Perennial Garden; EXTREME, Low-Maintenance Perennial Gardening; Gardening Without Guesswork: A Designer’s Trade Secrets for Buying, Planting and Picking Phenomenal Perennials; Great Gardens and Landscapes by Design; Outrageous Garden Design with Foliage; The Art of Shade Gardening - Seeing Your Way Out of the Dark. |
| MENNEN. LORRAINE |
Kettleby, Ontario |
Passion for Perennials; Landscaping for Real Family Living; Perennials for Specific Purposes; Perennial Gardens with Healthy Biodiversity |
| PISOR, ELLEN W. |
Leland, MI |
Gardening in Fall/Ornamental Grasses; Winning Combinations; The New American Garden |
| SCHWARTZ, BOBBIE |
Shaker Heights, OH |
A Natural Duo: Perennials and Bulbs; Color in the Landscape; Color in the Shade with Herbaceous Plants: Perennials, Vines and Ornamental Grasses; Design and Maintenance of Perennial Gardens; and many others |
| SKRZENTA, LAURIE |
Downers Grove, IL |
Hooked on Hostas; Peonies, the King of Flowers; Daffodils to Know & Grow. Garden tours of Laurie's Landscape - 200+ peonies (May, June), 500+ hosta (all season), by appointment only. Deposit required. |
| SPRINGER, LAUREN |
Masonville, CO |
The Year - Round Garden; The Layered Garden - Having It All in a Small Space; New Trends in Color-Color in Context; The Resonant Garden - Blending the Natural and Personal Landscape |
| TALMAGE, ELLEN |
Riverhead, NY |
Native Plants of Long Island; Children's Gardening; Perennials (various topics); Marketing Perennials |
| THOELECKE, TIM, APLD, ASLA |
Glenview, IL |
Many design topics. Landscape construction. Design business issues. |
| TREADWELL, ANGELA |
Chesapeake City, MD |
Free the Roses; Not Your Grandma's Cutting Garden; Fido Friendly Borders |
| TYLER, DICK AND JUDITH KNOTT |
Clarksville, VA |
Gardening in the Shade:Staying out of the sun can be fun! Gardening with Hellebores: How to use hellebores successfully in the garden. Growing Hellebores for Profit: A nurseryman's overview with production tips. Hellebores Today, What's New and Exciting:The latest in breeding and tissue culture. Helleborus species for American Gardens: Growing species hellebores in the garden. 2003 A Hellebore Odyssey: Slides and tales of visits with top breeders in UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. 2004 Hellebore Homeland, The Balkans: April 2004 visit to Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Bosnia studing hellebore species. |
| WALLISER, JESSICA |
Beaver, PA |
The New American Cutting Garden; Forgotten Garden Combinations; Creating a Cutting Garden for Four Seasons; Old-Fashioned Annuals;The Digs on Dirt' Organic Ornamentals Made Easy; Organic Vegetable Gardening; Made in the Shade; Garden Maintenance Simplified; plus many more custom topics available. |
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