RICK DARKE’S 2002 LECTURES
JANUARY 2002

01-12 The Winter Garden, Garden Gurus IV Symposium, Purchase Area Master Gardeners, Paducah, Kentucky
CONTACT: Carolyn Roof gardener@paducah.com

01-24 The 21st Century American Garden Garden Center Symposium, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
CONTACT: Dick Schneider jandick@execpc.com

01-30 Ornamental Grasses: An Artful Approach ProGreen EXPO, Denver, Colorado
CONTACT: Vikki Anderies Tel. 303-756-8028

FEBRUARY 2002

02-06 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden, PGAA Symposium:Today's Horticulture at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Dan Maffei dpmaffei@wdwells.com  Tel. 610-388-1000 ext. 507

02-03 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden and Celebrating Grasses in the American Landscape, Reiman Gardens, Ames, Iowa
CONTACT: Linda Naeve Lindanaeve@aol.com

02-23 The Art of Garden Design, Kansas City Garden Symposium: The Art of Gardening, Lee's Summit, Missouri
CONTACT: Frances Wenner Franwenn@aol.com

MARCH 2002

03-01 Living with Grasses in American Landscapes and Gardens, The Planter’s Palette Symposium 2002: Artistry in the Garden, Warrenville, Illinois.
CONTACT: Amy Reynolds, areynolds33@hotmail.com The Planter's Pallette, Tel. 630-293-1040 ext. 2

03-19 A Reverence for Place: Regional Garden Design in the Northeast and Celebrating Grasses in the American Landscapes, University of Connecticut Perennial Symposium 2002, Storrs, Connecticut.
CONTACT: Leanne Pundt, Extension Educator lpundt@canr.uconn.edu

APRIL 2002

04-02 Ornamental Grasses in the American Landscape, Calhoun County Master Gardener Association and Kalamazoo County Master Gardener Guild, Battle Creek, Michigan
CONTACT:Vi Gogel  VGogel@aol.comTel. 616-963-1448

04-06 The New Jersey Pine Barrens Landscape: Plants, People and Place,  Medford Leas Arboretum, Medford Leas, New Jersey.
CONTACT: Nancy Barkleyt bark52@yahoo.comTel. 856-424-1403

04-30 A Prescient Palette, 2nd Annual Symposium at Kykuit: "Great Garden Visions: Past Plants, Present Pleasures", presented by Historic Hudson Valley in partnership with The Garden Conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Tarrytown, New York.   Kykuit website:www.hudsonvalley.org/web/kyku-main.html
CONTACT: Susan Greenstein STGreenstein@hudsonvalley.org Tel. 914-631-8200

MAY 2002

05-16 + 17 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden, 2-day workshop and fieldtrip to Crab Tree Farm. Special Program of The Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois. Website: www.chicagobotanic.org
CONTACT:Linda Jones LJones@chicagobotanic.org Tel. 847-835-6876

05-25 The Regional Landscape of the Arts & Crafts Movement, The Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, Syracuse, New York.  website:  www.acscny.org
CONTACT: Dave Rudd, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, rudd@daltons.com Tel. 315-463-1568

06-06 Native Plants in Home Landscapes, Conference on Native Plants in the Landscape. Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania.
CONTACT: FM Mooberry, mooberry@kennett.net

06-07 Grasses and Sedges, Conference on Native Plants in the Landscape. Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania.
CONTACT: FM Mooberry, mooberry@kennett.net

AUGUST 2002

08-24 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden, Thr Mount (Edith Wharton Restoration), Lenox, Massachusetts.
CONTACT: Tel. 413-637-1899   website:  www.edithwharton.org

08-24 Living with Native Plants in the 21st Century American Landscape, 11th Annual Native Plant Seminar and Sale, Irvine Nature Center, Stevenson, Maryland.
CONTACT: Tel. 410-484-2413, website:  www.explorenature.org

SEPTEMBER 2002

09-16 Celebrating Light in the Local Landscape, University of Delaware Botanic Garden, Newark, Delaware.
CONTACT: Susan Barton email: sbarton@udel.edu

09-19 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, Virginia.
CONTACT: Tel. 757-441-5830  website: www.virginiagarden.org

09-26 Celebrating Grasses in the All-season Garden, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown, New Jersey.
CONTACT: Pamela Wilson, Tel. 973-326-7627 or 973-326-7600

09-30 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
CONTACT: Tel.402-472-2971  website:www.arboretum.unl.edu
   
OCTOBER 2002

10-03 Celebrating Native Grasses in the American Landscape, Third Annual Eastern Native Grass Symposium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
CONTACT: Johnny Randall Tel. 919-962-0522 email: jrandall@email.unc.edu

10-26 The Inside View on The Garden: Inviting the Extraordinary Into Everyday Experience, Olbrich Gardens Fall Symposium: Making the Right Connections, Madison, Wisconsin.
CONTACT: Tel. 608-246-4550  Edward Lyon elyon@ci.madison.wi.us

NOVEMBER 2002

11-16 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, New England Wildflower Society Symposium - Beyond the Decorative Garden: Ideas and Plants for Dynamic Designs.
CONTACT: Greg Lowenberg Tel. 508-877-7630  lowenberg@newfs.org

11-20 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, lecture and booksigning sponsored by The Garden Conservancy, 6pm at the New York School of Interior Design, 170 E. 70th Street, New York, NY.
CONTACT: Diane Botnick at The Garden Conservancy Tel. 845-265-2029, dbotnick@gardenconservancy.org website: http://www.gardenconservancy.org

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