Horticulture Magazine Symposium

Personal Gardening: Real Lessons from Designers' Own Gardens

Horticulture Magazine Symposium
Thursday, February 17, 2005
  9 a.m.– 4 p.m.

To Register Call:  608-246-4550 
$129 general public
$119 Olbrich Botanical Society members

The best gardens transcend the seasons. But where do you start to design and plant so that every season offers excellence? And how can you expand the pleasures of a favorite time of year? Join Horticulture magazine at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for this annual symposium, which brings experts from around the country. Discover the practical lessons designers have learned in developing their own gardens – their successes, their failures, their favorite plants, and their most treasured moments of the gardening year. See the results of their efforts as they explain how they celebrate their favorite seasons in the garden. For further information or to register, call Horticulture magazine at 877-436-7764. Fee includes a continental breakfast and buffet lunch from Chez Vous Caterers. The cost is $119 for Olbrich Botanical Society member and $129 for the general public.

Speakers and topics include: Gordon Hayward on Learning from 20 Years and Four Seasons in My Own Garden; C. Colston Burrell on How I Finesse Hot Summers, Cold Winters, and My Passion for New Plants; David Culp on Why I Like Winter: My Favorite Flowers and Forms in the Late Winter-Early Spring Garden; Paul Cappiello on Making Magic with Dogwoods –Versatile Plants That Add Charm to My Garden in All Seasons; Nicholas Staddon on Selecting the Best of the Four-Season Plants. This is a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of experts from around the country in one day.