DATE: Thursday, February 4
PRESENTATION: Grasses for Livable Landscapes
TIME: 9:30am
EVENT: Northwest Flower & Garden Show
LOCATION: Washing State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington
WEBSITE: http://www.gardenshow.com/seattle/seminars/seminarschedule.cfm?submit=1
CONTACT: Janet Endsley, Seminar Manager,  janete@otshows.com

DATE: Wednesday, February 10
PRESENTATION: Elements of Creative Gardening: Experience, Observation, and Imagination
TIME: 7:30pm
EVENT: Henry Schmieder Arboretum Special Event
LOCATION: Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylavania 18901

DATE: Friday, February 19
PRESENTATION: The Arts & Crafts Garden: Authentic, Livable, Ecological
TIME: 9:00pm
EVENT: The Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference (evening lecture)
WEBSITE: http://arts-craftsconference.com/
LOCATION: The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28804
CONTACT: Bruce Johnson, Conference Director  bj1915@charter.net

DATE: Sunday, February 21
PRESENTATION: The Art & Craft of Wild Gardening
TIME: 12:30pm
EVENT: The Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference (small group discussion)
WEBSITE: http://arts-craftsconference.com/
LOCATION: The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28804
CONTACT: Bruce Johnson, Conference Director  bj1915@charter.net


MARCH 2010

DATE: Saturday, March 13
PRESENTATION: The Wild Garden in the 21st Century
TIME: 11:00am
EVENT: Winterthur Bank to Bend Lecture
WEBSITE: http://www.winterthur.org/calendar/garden_programs.asp
LOCATION: Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, 5105 Kennett Pike (Rt 52) Winterthur, Delaware 19735
CONTACT: Chris Strand, Director, Winterthur Garden & Estate cstran@winterthur.org
REGISTRATION: To register, call 800.448.3883 or 302.888.4600

APRIL 2010

DATE: Saturday April 10
EVENT: booksigning 11am to noon at Earthfest 2010 at Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm
LOCATION: Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, 970 Garden Park Drive, Allen,Texas 75013
WEBSITE: www.watterscreek.com

DATE: Saturday April 17
PRESENTATION: The New Wild Garden: Dynamic, Livable, Ecological
EVENT: Cape Cod Horticultural Conference
LOCATION: Barnstable High School Performing Arts Center , 744 West Main Street, Hyannis, Massachusetts
CONTACT: 508-375-6690
DOWNLOAD LINK for Conference brochure: http://www.capecodextension.org/docs/horticulture/final%20brochure.pdf

DATE: Wednesday April 21
PRESENTATION: Elements of Creative Gardening: Experience, Observation, and Imagination
TIME: 7:30pm
EVENT: Henry Schmieder Arboretum Special Event
LOCATION: Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylavania 18901
CONTACT: Barbara Muse, Delaware Valley College barbara.muse@delval.edu

AUGUST 2010

DATE: Friday August 20
PRESENTATION: The Wild Garden: Putting Real Wildness to Work in Your Home Habitat
LOCATION: Chatham University, Pittburgh, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Nancy Knauss, Penn State Extension of Allegheny County, 412-473-2545 njk12@psu.edu


SEPTEMBER 2010

DATE: Thursday September 23
PRESENTATION: All Things Wild and Sustainable in the New Global Garden
EVENT: Lurie Garden in Millennium Park special lecture
LOCATION: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
CONTACT: Bonnie Tawse, Coordinator of Environmental Programs, The Lurie Garden, 312-742-5519 bonnie.tawse@cityofchicago.org

DATE: Friday September 24
PRESENTATION: The Nature of Wild Gardens: What is Wild, and Why it Matters
EVENT: Chicago Botanic Garden symposium
LOCATION: Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois
CONTACT: Beth Pinargote, Manager of Symposia & Special Programs, 847-835-8278, bpinargote@chicagobotanic.org

OCTOBER 2010

DATE: Friday October 1
PRESENTATION: The Art and Ecology of the New Wild Garden
LOCATION: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
CONTACT: Amanda Martin, Deputy Director of Education martin@fwmoa.org

DATE: Saturday October 9
PRESENTATION: The Layered Landscape
EVENT: Society of Garden Designers Autumn Conference "From Concept to Canopy - Trees in Time, Space and Place"
LOCATION: Imperial College, London
CONFERENCE WEBSITE:  http://www.sgd.org.uk/Conference_Autumn_2010.aspx 

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