RICK DARKE’S 2003 LECTURES

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JANUARY 2003

01-14 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association Winter Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut
CONTACT: CNLA Tel. 800-562-0610 or Sebby Ruffino, Tel. 860-642-3081 sebby@pridescorner.com

01-15 Ornamental Grasses in the 21st Century American Garden, Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association Winter Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut
CONTACT: CNLA Tel. 800-562-0610 or Sebby Ruffino, Tel. 860-642-3081 sebby@pridescorner.com

01-17 Ornamental Grasses in the 21st Century American Garden Mid-America Horticultural Trade Show, Chicago, Illinois
CONTACT: Suzanne Spohr, Tel. 847-625-2010 sspohr@tso.net  website: http://www.midam.org/html/midwinterconf_.html

01-22 Updating Emerson: The Transcendent 21st Century American Garden, The Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, Delaware 
CONTACT: Amy Foster Tel. 302-658-6262 ext. 36 afoster@dehort.org   website: http:www.dehort.org
 

FEBRUARY 2003

02-04 Perennials Workshop (co-presented with Chris Woods), Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Conference, Penn State Conference Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Dr. James Sellmer, Tel. 814-863-2250, jcs32@psu.edu  

02-05 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Conference, Penn State Conference Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Dr. James Sellmer, Tel. 814-863-2250, jcs32@psu.edu  

02-07 The Livable Landscape: Garden Design with Habitat in Mind, New England Grows, Boston, Massachussetts
CONTACT: Charissa Sharkey  Tel. 508-653-3009 NEGrows@aol.com     website: http://www.negrows.org/

02-08 New Ideas for Natives: Diversity and Opportunity, New England Grows, Boston, Massachussetts
CONTACT: Charissa Sharkey  Tel. 508-653-3009 NEGrows@aol.com   website: http://www.negrows.org/

02-19 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest and New Trends in Ornamental Grasses for American Landscapes, Midwest Perennial Conference, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
CONTACT: Kathy Garbe Tel. 262-679-1610

02-27 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden, Middleburg Symposium, Middleburg, Virginia
CONTACT: Mrs. Childs F. Burden  ElaineBurden1@aol.com


MARCH 2003

03-01 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Rochester Civic Garden Center,  Rochester, New York
CONTACT: Susan Latoski,  Tel. 585-473-5130  rcgcsl@frontiernet.net website: www.rcgc.org

03-04 Sensing the Japanese Landscape: Old and New, and Updating Emerson: The Transcendent 21st Century American Garden, Davidson Horticultural Symposium XIX "Plants in the Company of People", Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
CONTACTS: General info: 704-896-7548, Registration: 704-892-3665 pollycb@mindspring.com  or Ann Williams,  Tel. 704-892-1963  awilliams001@sprintmail.com

03-15 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, keynote presentation for Copeland Native Plant Seminar, Delaware Nature Society, Hockessin, Delaware.  Seminar program includes optional field trip to While Creek Preserve led by Rick Darke and Melinda Zoehrer.
CONTACT: Helen Fischel helen@dnsashland.org Tel. 302-239-2334
website: www.delawarenaturesociety.org
direct link to seminar info: http://www.delawarenaturesociety.org/events/event-anc/pl-sem-sale/seminar/ev-npsem-anc.htm

03-28 In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts ans Crafts Garden, Tyler Arboretum, Media, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Kirsten Werner Tel. 610-566-9134 ext. 210     kwerner@tylerarboretum.org
website:
www.tylerarboretum.org


03-29 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, and New Trends in Ornamental Grasses for American Landscapes, Triple Oaks Nursery and Herb Garden, Franklinville, New Jersey
CONTACT: Joe Kiefer  Tel. 856-694-4272  website: www.tripleoaks.com


APRIL 2003

04-06 The Making of (the book) The American Woodland Garden, Memorial Library of Radnor Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Barbara Palmer Casini,  Tel. 610-687-1124  casini@hslc.org website:
www.radnorlibrary.org

04-12 Field to Forest: Transition in the Artful Landscape, Winterthur "Spirit of the Garden" Symposium, Winterthur Museum, Library, and Gardens, Wintherthur, Delaware.  Lecture and garden tour.
CONTACT: Call 800-448-3883 for details.
website: www.winterthur.org

04-30 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest,  Free Library of Philadelphia Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Margaret Brunton, soutraaisle@hotmail.com Tel.215-248-0977   
website:
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/branches/brnlist.taf?_function=detail&buildloc_uid1=72


MAY 2003

05-16 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, Maryland
CONTACT: Ellie Altman ealtman@intercom.net Tel. 410-634-2847, ext. 10  
website:
www.adkinsarboretum.org/symposium.htm


JUNE 2003

06-05 The Art that is Life: Rose Valley Architecture, Landscape, and Community, Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: scott@swarthmore.edu    Tel. 610-328-8025
website:
http://www.scottarboretum.org/pages/events.summer.html

06-25 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Polly Hill Arboretum, West Tisbury, Massachussetts
CONTACT: Melinda Rabbitt DeFeo  melinda@pollyhillarboretum.org
Tel. 508-693-9426
website:
http://pollyhillarboretum.org

06-29 Lessons from the Arts & Crafts Garden: Global Views from Local Landscapes, Newport Flower Show (at Rosecliff), Newport, Rhode Island
Tel. 401-847-1000 ext. 150  events@NewportMansions.org
website: http://www.newportmansions.org/flowershow/


JULY 2003


07-18 Color and Architecture in the Regional Woodland Garden, Woody Plant Conference, held at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: registration through Longwood Gardens Tel. 610-388-1000 ext. 507
website: http://www.longwoodgardens.org


AUGUST 2003


08-07 Enhancing Delaware Highways: A Cooperative Study in Roadside Vegetation Management Using Regional Native Plants, Invasive PlantsConference: Issues, Impacts and Action, held at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
CONTACT: Jan McFarlan jlm@pobox.upenn.edu Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Tel. (215) 247-5777 ext. 159
website: http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/invasiveplantsconference03.html

SEPTEMBER 2003


09-13 Introduction and Overview, Regional Invasive Plants Conference, Backyard Invaders: Plants In and Out of the Garden, held at the Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, Delaware
CONTACT: Amy B. Foster afoster@dehort.org Delaware Center for Horticulture
Tel.(302) 658-6262 ext. 36
website: http://ag.udel.edu/extension/events/InvadersConf

09-29 Designing the Woodland Garden: A Workshop with Rick Darke and Friends, New England Wildflower Society Professional Symposium with co-presenters Bill Cullina and Cheryl Lowe, Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachussetts.
CONTACT: Greg Lowenberg glowenberg@newfs.org
Tel.(508) 877-7630 ext. 3301
website: http://www.newfs.org
direct link to program listing: http://www.newfs.org/gardening.htm#GARDENING

09-30 The Transcendent 21st Century American Garden, The Sedgwick Gardens at Long Hill 2003 Horticultural Lecture Series.  Held at the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
CONTACT: Lillabeth Wies, Superintendant, Long Hill Reservation,  longhill@ttor.org
Tel.  978-524-1871

OCTOBER 2003

10-02 and 10-03 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Chicago Botanic Garden 13th Annual Perennial Plant Symposium: "Nurturing Nature".
CONTACT: Beth Pinargote bpinargote@chicagobotanic.org
Tel. 847-835-8278
website: http://www.chicago-botanic.org/symposia/perennialplants.html

10-27 Transitions in the 21st Century Landscape: From Field to Forest, sponsored by Chapel Valley Landscape Company, held at Meadowlark Gardens, Vienna, Virginia. Open to landscape architects and designers from the DC/Baltimore/northern Virginia area.  Contact Sherri Bartin for details.
CONTACT: Sherri L. Bartin, Director of Marketing sherrib@chapelvalley.com
Tel. 703-406-0802 ext 25

NOVEMBER 2003

11-11 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Horticultural Society of Maryland, held at Loch Raven High School, 1212 Cowpens Road, Towson, Maryland.
CONTACT: Carla Moose   email: carla@chesapeakedigital.com   Tel. 410-769-8182
website: www.mdhorticulture.org

 
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