RICK DARKE’S 2005 LECTURES & EVENTS
JANUARY 2005

01-13 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Kentucky Landscape Industries Conference, Louisville, Kentucky
CONTACT: Robert McNiel, University of Kentucky, Tel. 859-257-8903   rmcniel@uky.edu

01-13 Growing Trends in Ornamental Grasses, Kentucky Landscape Industries Conference, Louisville, Kentucky
CONTACT: Robert McNiel, University of Kentucky, Tel. 859-257-8903   rmcniel@uky.edu

01-20 Rose Valley's Landscape in the Larger Context, The Life of Rose Valley lecture series presented by The Rose Valley Folk at The Old Mill, Rose Valley, Pennsylvania.
CONTACT: The School in Rose Valley tel 610-566-1088 or visit www.theschoolinrosevalley.org

01-26  The Livable Landscape, Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association, Newport, Rhode Island
CONTACT: Lynda Martel lcmartel@cox.net

01-27 The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest, Georgia Green Industry Association Annual Meeting
CONTACT: Sherry Loudermilk  Tel. 706-632-0100  sherry@ggia.org
WEBSITE: http://www.ggia.org


FEBRUARY 2005

02-09 The Livable Landscape, Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
CONTACT:  William Lloyd  wmlloyd_5594@msn.com  

02-19 Grasses in the Global Garden, Santa Fe Greenhouses / High Country Gardens,  Santa Fe, New Mexico
CONTACT: David Salman DSSFG@aol.com or Ava Salman ava@highcountrygardens.com
WEBSITES:  event details:  
http://www.santafegreenhouses.com/events/index.html catalog:  http://www.highcountrygardens.com

MARCH 2005

03-11 The Luminous Landscape: Darke on Light,  Midwest Gardening Symposium, co-sponsored by the Morton Arboretum and Fine Gardening magazine, in Lyle, Illinois
CONTACT: Jan Little,  The Morton Arboretum, jlittle@mortonarb.org Tel. 630-719-2459

03-12 Designing a Regional Woodland Garden and Gardening Wisely with Native Grasses and Sedges,  York County Master Gardeners' Garden Wise symposium, York, Pennsylvania
CONTACT:  Connie Schmotzer, Penn State Cooperative Extension,  717-840-7408 or email
cxs51@psu.edu


APRIL 2005

04-15 The Livable Landscape, keynote address, conference on Water and our Changing Landscape: Perspective from the Wild and Scenic White Clay Creek Watershed, at the University of Delaware, Clayton Hall, Newark, Delaware.  
CONTACT: Linda Stapleford, White Clay Creek Wild & Scenic Program Administrator, tel 302-731-1756 or email RiverAdministrator@WhiteClay.org
WEBSITE:
http://mercury.ccil.org/~wcc_ws/#Symposium


JUNE 2005

06-08 Garden Walk & Talk in the morning through the plant collections and gardens at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, followed by an evening appearance as "plant expert / guest auctioneer" at A Rare Affair: A Collector's Auction of Rather Unique Plants
CONTACT: tel. 847-835-8261

WEBSITE:
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/school


AUGUST 2005


08-18 Designing with Natural Light  and The Livable Landscape, APLD (Association of Professional Landscape Designers)  Summer Conference, "Reaching New Heights: Challenges for the Landscape Designer", Salt Lake City, Utah
CONTACT:  APLD phone 717-238-9780
WEBSITE:
http://www.apld.com/contact/index.asp

08-20 Grasses for Livable Landscapes, Irvine Nature Center's 14th Annual Native Plant Seminar & Sale, Stevenson, Maryland.
CONTACT:  phone: 410-484-2413
WEBSITE:
http://www.explorenature.org


SEPTEMBER 2005

09-03 Creating the Livable Landscape: An Ethic for Ecological Gardening, New Zealand Landscape and Garden Design Conference 2005, Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
CONTACT: Jenny Taylor
jennytaylor@iconz.co.nz
WEBSITE: http://www.bloomings.com.au/infonz.htm


09-04 The Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Forest, New Zealand Landscape and Garden Design Conference 2005, Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, Auckland, New Zealand  
CONTACT: Jenny Taylor
jennytaylor@iconz.co.nz
WEBSITE: http://www.bloomings.com.au/infonz.htm

09-10 Creating the Livable Landscape: An Ethic for Ecological Gardening, Australian Landscape and Garden Design Conference 2005, Camberwell Centre, Camberwell (8 km east of central Melbourne), Australia
CONTACT: Warwick Forge warwick@bloomings.com.au

WEBSITE: http://www.bloomings.com.au/infooz.htm

09-11 The Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Forest, Australian Landscape and Garden Design Conference 2005, Camberwell Centre, Camberwell (8 km east of central Melbourne), Australia
CONTACT: Warwick Forge warwick@bloomings.com.au

WEBSITE: http://www.bloomings.com.au/infooz.htm


OCTOBER 2005

10-04 The New Jersey Pine Barrens: The Garden State's Best Garden, International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) Eastern Region Annual Meeting, Tropicana Casino & Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey
CONTACT: Margot Bridgen, Secretary/Treasurer, tel. 631-765-9638, email:
ippser@earthlink.net
WEBSITE: http://www.ipps.org/EasternNA/meeting.htm

10-07 The Livable Landscape: Retaining Relevance in an Age of Change, American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, "Second Nature: Rediscovering Ecological Harmony in the Garden" Mt. Cuba Center, Greenville, Delaware
CONTACT: Eileen Boyle, tel. 302-239-4244 email:
eboyle@mtcubacenter.org
WEBSITE: http://www.mtcubacenter.org/aabga_meeting.htm


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