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01-04 The Livable Landscape, Minnesota Green Expo,
Minnesota Nursery
and Landscape Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
CONTACT: Meaghan Phelan, MNLA Education
Director meaghan@mnla.biz
tel 888-886-6652 / 651-633-4987
WEBSITE: http://www.minnesotagreenexpo.com/
01-05 Digital Photopraphy, Minnesota Green Expo,
Minnesota Nursery
and Landscape Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
CONTACT: Meaghan Phelan, MNLA Education
Director meaghan@mnla.biz
tel 888-886-6652 / 651-633-4987
WEBSITE:
www.minnesotagreenexpo.com/
01-05 Ornamental Grasses, Minnesota Green Expo,
Minnesota Nursery
and Landscape Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
CONTACT: Meaghan
Phelan, MNLA Education Director meaghan@mnla.biz
tel 888-886-6652 / 651-633-4987
WEBSITE:
www.minnesotagreenexpo.com/
01-09 A Gardener's Conversations
with the Woods, Special Lecture Series: The American Landscape: Nature and
Place, with Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Co-sponsored by the New York
Botanical Garden, New York Historical Society, and the Foundation for
Landscape Studies, held at the New York Historical Society, New
York, New York.
CONTACT: New York
Botanical Garden, tel 718-817-8747
WEBSITES:
NYBG general: www.nybg.org/edu/cont_ed_cat.php
Program: http://www.nybg.org/edu/files/cont_ed_catalog/SLS.nature.and.place.pdf
01-23 Livable Landscapes for the
Midwest,
25th Anniversary Southern Illinois Grounds Maintenance School &
Trade Show, Collinsville,
Illinois
CONTACT:
University of Illinois Extension, Madison-St.
Clair, tel. 618-650-7050 email: madison_co@extension.uiuc.edu
WEBSITE: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/madisonstclair/downloads/5174.pdf
01-23 Grasses: New Trends &
Techniques, 25th Anniversary Southern Illinois Grounds Maintenance
School & Trade Show, Collinsville,
Illinois
CONTACT:
University of Illinois Extension, Madison-St. Clair,
tel. 618-650-7050 email: madison_co@extension.uiuc.edu
WEBSITE: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/madisonstclair/downloads/5174.pdf
01-29 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, New Jersey ASLA Annual Meeting,
Atlantic City, New Jersey
CONTACT:
Patricia Brewer, tel 609-393-7500 x 1133 email: pbrewer@publicstrategiesimpact.com
WEBSITE: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/madisonstclair/downloads/5174.pdf
FEBRUARY 2007
02-08 Design of the Livable
Landscape,
Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association, State College, PA.
CONTACT: Margaret O’Neal, PLNA Director of Education and
Certification tel 717-329-1866 email: moneal@plna.com
WEBSITE: www.plna.com/content/?/conference
02-08 Grasses,
Sedges and Rushes for Northeastern Gardens and Landscapes, Pennsylvania Landscape and
Nursery Association, State College, PA.
CONTACT: Margaret O’Neal, PLNA Director of
Education and Certification tel 717-329-1866 email: moneal@plna.com
WEBSITE: www.plna.com/content/?/conference
MARCH 2007
03-03 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, SW Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association Winter
Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia
CONTACT: Pamela Cadmus, SWVNLA Secretary,
tel 540-651-4464 or 540-763-3362 email info@swvnla.org
WEBSITE: www.swvnla.org/
03-08 Woodland Gardening in the
Mid-Atlantic Region, Tidewater Garden Symposium, Virginia Beach, Virginia
CONTACT: Kay Shiflett, Co-Chair 2007
Symposium, tel 757-481-1566
03-12 The American Woodland Garden, Greenwich Garden Education
Center, Cos Cob, Connecticut
CONTACT: Emily Ragsdale, tel 203-661-3159
email emrags@optonline.net
WEBSITE: www.gecgreenwich.org/
03-15 Learning the
Layers: Design Inspired by Plant Communities, NDAL Conference at The Native
Plant Center at Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
CONTACT: Nancy Inzinna,
Media and Membership Coordinator, tel 914-606-7870 email Nancy.Inzinna@sunywcc.edu
WEBSITE: www.nativeplantcenter.org
03-21
Grasses
for
Livable Landscapes, Gertens March Expo, near Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
CONTACT: Susie Johnson,
Gertens Commercial, tel 651-450-0277 email: wholesale@gertens.com
WEBSITE: www.gertenswholesale.com
03-24 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, Botanica, Inc, Louisville, Kentucky
CONTACT: Judith Hunt,
President, Botanica email: president@botanicakentucky.org
WEBSITE:www.botanicakentucky.org/
03-31 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, US Botanic Garden Symposium, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Katie Palm,
Education Program Specialist, U.S. Botanic Garden,
tel. 202-226-8038 email: kpalm@aoc.gov
WEBSITE:
www.usbg.gov/
APRIL 2007
04-10 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, Memphis Public Libray & Information Center, Memphis,
Tennessee
CONTACT: Heather Lawson, Adult Services
Coordinator, tel
901-415-2854 email lawsonh@memphislibrary.org
WEBSITE: http://www.socahort.org/
04-12 Digital Photography as a
Gardening Tool, (workshop), Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.
CONTACT:
Tracy Barlow McClendon, Education Director tel. 404-591-1542
email: tmcclendon@atlantabotanicalgarden.org
WEBSITE: www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
MAY 2007
05-10 The Livable Landscape, Southern California
Horticultural Society, Los Angeles, California
CONTACT: Kathy Musial, tel 626-405-2517 email
kmusial@huntington.org
WEBSITE: www.socahort.org/
05-18 Native Plants and Livable
Landscapes,
New England Wild Flower Society Symposium, Garden in the Woods,
Framingham, Massachussetts.
CONTACT:
Greg Lowenberg, Education Director tel. 508-877-7630 email:
glowenberg@newfs.org
WEBSITE: www.newfs.org/courses/SS2007cc/symposia.html#SYM0703 Click here to view the Symposium flyer in PDF
05-23 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, (special presentation with reserved lunch) Gravetye Manor, near East Grinstead, West Sussex,
RH19 4LJ, United Kingdom
CONTACT: Gravetye Manor
tel (from USA) 011-44-1342-810567 email: info@gravetyemanor.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.gravetyemanor.co.uk
JUNE 2007
06-07 Design Inspired by Plant
Communities, Native Plants in the Landscape Conference at Millersville
University, Millersville, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Department of
Professional Training, Millersville University, tel 717-872-3030
Conference brochure: http://muweb.millersville.edu/~pte/business/Native%20Plants%2007%20Brochure.pdf
06-07 Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
for Mid-Atlantic Landscapes,Native Plants in the Landscape
Conference at Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Department of Professional Training, Millersville
University, tel 717-872-3030
Conference
brochure: http://muweb.millersville.edu/~pte/business/Native%20Plants%2007%20Brochure.pdf
06-20 Grasses
for Livable Landscapes, Wellfleet Garden Club, Wellfleet Public
Library, Cape Cod, Massachussetts
CONTACT: Elizabeth Phillips, tel 508-240-0154, email eaphillips12@comcast.net
JULY 2007
07-07 Celebrating
the Signifigance of Highlands Biological Station
on its 80th Anniversary, outdoors in the amphitheater at Highlands Biological
Station,
Highlands, North Carolina
CONTACT: Anya Hinkle,
Highlands Biological Station ahinkle@email.wcu.edu
tel: 828-526-2602
07-25 The Livable Landscape, Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, Texas
CONTACT: Joy Ijams
jijams@dallasarboretum.org
tel 214-515-6538
WEBSITE: http://www.dallasarboretum.org/
AUGUST 2007
08-04 Grasses
and the Design of Livable Landscapes, Hamilton County Master
Gardeners: Gardening Seminar, Noblesville, Indiana
CONTACT: Suzanne Stevens,
Program Co-Chair, suzanne.stevens@earthlink.net tel 317-846-9203
SEPTEMBER 2007
09-01 Grasses
and the Liveable Landscape: A Sustainable Approach, New Zealand Landscape
and Garden
Design Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
CONTACT: Lisa lisa@marketingworkz.co.nz
WEBSITE: http://www.bloomings.com.au/alcnz.htm
Conference brochure PDF
download link: http://www.bloomings.com.au/NZp4efile.pdf
09-04 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes: The Making of the Book, Royal Botanic Gardens
Sydney,
Sydney, Australia
CONTACT: Warwick Forge,
Bloomings Books warwick@bloomings.com.au
09-08 Grasses and the Liveable
Landscape: A Sustainable Approach, Australian Landscape and
Garden Design Conference, Melbourne, Australia
CONTACT: Warwick Forge,
Bloomings Books warwick@bloomings.com.au
WEBSITE: http://www.australianlandscapeconference.com.au/2007infooz.htm
Program: http://www.australianlandscapeconference.com.au/2007program.htm
09-15 Serendipity and the New Wild
Garden,
Winterthur GardenFair, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate,
Winterthur, Delaware
CONTACT: Chris Strand,
Director, Garden & Estate cstran@winterthur.org
WEBSITE: http://www.winterthur.org/calendar/gardenfair_symposium.asp
09-20 Grasses for Livable
Landscapes, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
CONTACT: Jill Selinger,
Manager, Joseph P. Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden
jselinger@chicagobotanic.org tel. 847-835-6849
WEBSITE: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/school/class_schedule/september.php
09-21 Digital Photography as a
Gardening Tool, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
CONTACT: Jill Selinger,
Manager, Joseph P. Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden
jselinger@chicagobotanic.org tel. 847-835-6849
WEBSITE: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/school/class_schedule/september.php
09-24 A Walk Through Longwood's
Ornamental Grasses, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Dave Thompson,
Continuing Education Coordinator DThompson@longwoodgardens.org tel. 610-388-1000 ext 522
WEBSITE: http://www.longwoodgardens.org/DessertLectures.html
09-24 Grasses in the Livable
Landscape,
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Dave Thompson,
Continuing Education Coordinator DThompson@longwoodgardens.org tel. 610-388-1000 ext 522
WEBSITE:http://www.longwoodgardens.org/ShortCoursesandWorkshops.html
09-27 The Livable Landscape, Oklahoma Convention &
Trade Show co-sponsored by the Oklahoma Greenhouse Growers Association
and the Oklahome Nursery and Landscape Association, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
CONTACT:
Wendy Gerdes, Executive Director ONLA & OGGA
oklahomaonlaogga@aol.com
tel 405-942-5276
OCTOBER 2007
10-05 Grasses
and The Design of Livable Landscapes, Florida Nursery Growers
and Landscape Association FNATS show, Orlando, Florida
CONTACT: Linda Reindl
lreindl@fngla.org
tel 407-295-7994
WEBSITE: http://www.fngla.org/fnats/general.asp
10-23 The Livable Landscape, Third International
Seminar on Contemporary Landscape Design, Santiago, Chile
CONTACT: Paz Hormazabal
terrapaz@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://www.terrapaz.cl/seminario/seminario.html
NOVEMBER 2007
11-08 Capturing
the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest in Our Urban Parks
,
Keynote,
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Annual Meeting at Longwood Towers, 20
Chapel
Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
CONTACT:
Susan Knight sknight@emeraldnecklace.org
tel 617-232-5374
WEBSITE: www.emeraldnecklace.org