February 15th, 2007 New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY American Gardening Lecture Series "Why Wildflowers Are Not Just for the Woods" 10-11:30am www.nybg.org March 10th, 2007 Rhode Island Wild Plant Society, New England Carnivorous Plant Society and the RI Orchid Society joint meeting "Understanding Lady-slippers" Providence, RI 1-3:00pm www.riwps.org March 11th, 2007 Vermont Flower Show Burlington, VT 50 great natives for the Northeast 9:30-10:30am Understanding Orchids 12:30-1:30 www.vermontflowershow.com March 28th, 2007 Connecticut Hardy Plant Society Wethersfield, CT "It's not easy Being Green: Outstanding native Ferns and Grasses for the Garden" 7:00 pm Contact Wayne Paquette at Quakengrass Nursery for details qgnursery@earthlink.net April 19th-21st Florida Native Plant Society Annual Meeting Gainesville Florida Grassroots Conservation At the New England Wild Flower Society www.fnps.org May 4th, 2007 Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA Understanding Trilliums (class) Western Mass Master Gardeners Symposium (Rescheduled from March) Deerfield, MA Tremble, Bloom, and a Slow Fade to Brown May 11th. 2007 Teatown Lake Reservation Native Plant Sale Ossining, NY "Woodland Wildflowers - Jewels of the Forest" www.teatown.org May13th, 2007 Keynote Address Garden Clubs of America Annual Meeting Boston, MA "Why You Can't Buy a Forest in a Can" May 15th, 22nd, 29th June, 2nd Native Woody Plant Materials (class) Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA May 16th, 2007 Wildflower Propagation I (class) Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA 1-5:00pm May23rd, 2007 Understanding the Ericaceae (Rhododendron Family) (seminar) Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA 9:30-4:30pm June 14 - 17, 2007 Keynote Address North American Rock garden Society Annual Meeting Appalachian Mountain Refuge Canaan Valley Resort, Davis, West Virginia June 29th, 2007 North Hill Symposium Mount Snow, VT Topic Wildflowers: Forest Treasures for Gardens www.northhillgarden.com July 11-14th, 2007 Conway School of Landscape Design Summer Workshop (co led with Dr. Darrell Morrison) Native woody and Herbaceous Plant Materials All day www.csld.org July 19th. 2007 Piscataquis Garden Club York, ME Understanding Orchids 12-3:00 pm July 27th, 2007 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Boothbay, ME Wildflower Propagation Workshop 1-4:00pm www.mainegardens.org/ July 28th, 2007 Beatrix Farrand Society Garland Farm Mount Desert, ME "It's not easy Being Green: Outstanding native Ferns and Grasses for the Garden" Fern and Moss Propagation Workshop August 8th, 2007 Perennial Plant Association 2007 Symposium Columbus, OH "Propagation of Challenging Woodland Perennials www.perennialplant.org August 18th, 2007 Broken Arrow Nursery Hamden. CT The Natives are Restless Walking tour of exemplary native shrubs http://www.brokenarrownursery.com/ September 11th, 2007 Longmeadow Garden Club Longmeadow, MA Fifty (But Who is Counting) Great Natives for the Northeast September 19th, 2007 Cornell Plantations Cornell University Ithaca, NY Fall Lecture Series (subject TBA) www.plantations.cornell.edu January 31s, 2008 Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago IL Horticulture Magazine Symposium From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) February 2nd, 2008 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Richmond, VA Horticulture Magazine Symposium From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) February 13th, 2008 Nauset Garden Club Brewster, MA From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) February 16th, 2008 Harvard Museum of natural History Author Lecture Series From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) February 23rd, 2008 Connecticut Flower Show From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) Two sessions times TBA February 28th, 2008 Winter Lecture Series (New England Wild Flower Society, Arnold Arboretum, and Tower Hill Botanic Garden co-sponsored event) From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) Wellesley Community College Wellesley, MA March 4th, 2008 Andover Garden Club Andover, MA Fifty Great Natives for the Northeast March 6th, 2008 New Canaan Nature Center New Canaan, CT 9th annual Horticulture Symposium Native Plants in Context: ecology, diversity, and interconnection March 9th, 2008 New England Wild Flower Society Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses book release and signing 1pm March 15th, 2008 Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group Spring Symposium Philadelphia, PA Topic Woodland Wildflowers March 18th, 2008 Durham garden Club Durham, NH Beyond Black-eyed Susan's and Border Phlox March 27th, 2008 University of Alabama Arboretum Tuscaloosa, AL 50 Great natives for the Southeast April 3rd, 2008 Garden Club of Englewood Englewood, NJ Subject Beyond Black-eyed Susan's and Border Phlox April 4th, 2008 Understanding Lady-slippers Lecture and Workshop Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA www.newfs.org April 5th, 2008 New England Wild Flower Society Vermont/NH Chapter Spring Symposium From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) April 8th, 2008 Understanding Lady-slippers Lecture and Workshop New Canaan Nature Center New Canaan, CT April 12th, 2008 North American Rock Garden Society New England Chapter From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) April 16th, 2008 Middletown Garden Club Hartford, CT From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave April 18th, 2008 Trillium Symposium Winterthur/Mount Cuba Delaware Trillium Propagation: pitfalls and promise April 23rd, 2008 Hardy Plant Society of New England Wethersfield, CT Native ferns and Moss Gardening April 26-27th, 2008 Cox Arboretum Miamisburg, OH Woodland Wildflowers and Wildflower Propagation May 1st, 2008 Virginia Tech Hahn Horticulture Garden Blacksburg, VA Woodland Wildflowers May 13th, 2008 Native Woody Materials Class section 1 Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA May 14th, 2008 Trillium and Orchid walk Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA June 7th-8th, 2008 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Garden Fair "Made in Maine: Indigenous Plants Downeast" "Propagating Wildflowers from Cuttings and Divisions" June 27th-28th, 2008 Herb Society of North America Annual Meeting and Educational Conference Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel Propagating Native Plants from Seed August 23rd, 2008 Irvine Nature Center Stevenson, MD www.explorenature.org 17th Annual Native Plant Seminar & Sale From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) September 12th-13th, 2008 Polly Hill Arboretum West Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard), MA www.pollyhillarboretum.org From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) Followed by propagation workshop Sept 15th, 2008 URI Master Gardeners Membership Meeting University of Rhode Island From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden (Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses talk and book signing) September 26th, 2008 JC Raulston Arboretum North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC "Why you can't buy a forest in a can" November 15th, 2008 Vancouver, BC Hardy Plant Society Details Beyond Black-eyed Susan's January 20th, 2009 Maine Nursery and Landscape Assoc. Lewiston, ME 50 great Natives for the Northeast February 10th, 2009 Princeton, NJ area Garden Clubs Joint luncheon Beyond Black-eyed Susan's and Border Phlox February 17th, 2009 Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee Nashville, TN 37212 Tremble, Bloom and a Slow Fade to Brown www.ppsmt.org February 28th, 2009 Natural Landscape Seminar The Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee of McHenry County Crystal Lake Illinois Woodland Wildflowers March 12-13th, 2009 UConn Perennial Plant Symposium Keynote - Woodland Wildflowers and ferns/mosses What do you Mean I'm not a Perennial? April 4th, 2009 Cape Cod Horticultural Conference Hyannis, MA What the Heck's Gonna Grow There? April 17th, 2009 Understanding and Growing Ericaceous Plants Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA April 25th, 2009 Project Native Native Knowledge Conference Great Barrington, MA Biodiversity All-stars May 9th, 2009 Coastal Maine Botanical Garden Spring Symposium Boothbay, ME Biodiversity All-stars May 13th, 2009 Native Woody Plant Materials (class) Garden in the Woods Framingham, MA May 17th, 2009 Broken Arrow Nursery From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave August 15th, 2009 Beatrix Farrand Society Bar Harbor, ME Understanding Perennials September 2nd, 2009 Perennial Plant Symposium At Elm Bank Dover, MA Understanding Perennials September 12th, 2009 Rochester, NY Master Gardeners Conference Rochester, NY 50 Great Natives for the NE and From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave September, 24th, 2009 University of Connecticut Maynard Lecture Understanding Perennials October 17th, 2009 New Hampshire Master Gardeners Fall Symposium Bristol, NH Understanding Perennials October 29th Phipps Conservatory Fall Seminar Pittsburg, PA Homage to Wood, Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Beyond Black-eyed Susan's November 12th, 2009 Blithewold Mansion and Gardens Design Luncheon Bristol, RI Perennials by Design November 14th, 2009 Northeast Chapter, NARGS Framingham, MA Understanding Perennials December 8th, 2009 Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. NOFA Update Course Sturbridge, MA Sugar, Sex, and Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera January 19th, 2010 Maine Nursery and Landscape Assoc. Lewiston, ME Understanding Perennials What do Mean I'm not a Perennial? January 21-22nd, 2010 West Virginia Nursery and landscape Assoc Annual Tradeshow and Conference Beyond the Surface: soil physics, biology, and chemistry demystified Understanding Perennials February 3rd, 2010 New England Grows Boston, MA Understanding Perennials February 7th, 2010 New Canaan Library Susan McDaniel Garden Design Lecture New Canaan, CT Beyond Black-eyed Susan's with Grasses February 18th, 2010 Land Ethics Symposium Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve New Hope, PA P: 215-862-2924 x 102 www.bhwp.org February 27th, 2010 Mid South Hydrangea Society Memphis Botanical Garden Memphis, Tennessee Subject TBA March 7th-8th Wildflower Association of Michigan Annual Conference Michigan State Univ. 50 Great Natives for the Great Lakes (Sunday) Native Plants in Context (keynote, Monday) www.wildflowersmich.org March 13th, 2010 Gardenwise 2010 York County Master Gardeners Penn State Cooperative Extension York, PA Understanding Perennials and Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave http://extension.psu.edu/york/Horticulture/masterg.html March 20-21st, 2010 North American Rock Garden Society Winter Study Weekend Devens, MA Understanding Trilliums and trillium Propagation March 24th, 2010 Boston Flower and Garden Show Gardening For the Senses 11:30-12:30 with book signing http://www.paragonexpo.com/466_HOME.html March 27th. 2010 Lahr Native Plant Symposium & Sale US National Arboretum Botany of Desire April 10th, 2010 Fairfield, CT Subject TBA June 15th, 2010 Garden Clubs of America Zone 1 Meeting New Bedford, MA Physics of drought October 21st, 2010 Connecticut Horticultural Society West Hartford, CT Botany of Desire October 23rd, 2010 University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society Madison, WI Woodland Wildflowers Understanding Lady-slippers November 18th, 2010 Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis, TN Sugar, Sex and Poison Botany of Desire January 25th, 2011 Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI 9:00 am Going Organic at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 1:00 pm What the Heck's Gonna Grow There?!?: Native Perennials for Challenging Locations February 3rd, 2011 Senior College Belfast, ME 1:00-3:00pm "Secrets of Maine Gardens" (one of six sessions) February 12th, 2011 Sarah P. Duke Gardens-Duke University Durham. NC 9 a.m.-noon BEYOND THE SURFACE: Soil Physics, Biology, And Chemistry Demystified (workshop) $70; $55 Gardens members. Call 668-1707 3-5 p.m. THE BOTANY OF DESIGN $35; $30 Gardens members March 3rd, 2011 Ecological Landscape Association 2010 Conference & Eco-Marketplace MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA 6:00 pm Keynote Panel: Native, Introduced, Invasive, and Endangered Plants in the Landscape: Untangling the Roots of the Problem (with Peter Del Tredici, and Jono Neiger) March 10th, 2011 Bar Harbor Garden Club Northeast harbor, ME 1:30 pm Understanding Perennials March 12, 2011 Berks Home Gardeners School Berks Campus of Penn State University 8:30 - 9:30 am Keynote Address: Sugar, Sex & Poison 9:45 - 11:00 am Understanding Perennials March 24th, 2011 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Boothbay, ME 6:00 - 7:30 pm Understanding Orchids: Cultivating Exotic Beauty at Home March 26th, 2011 Connecticut Master Gardeners Annual Symposium Manchester Community College Manchester, CT 3-4 pm Botany of Design April 2nd, 2011 Great Gardens and Landscape Symposium Equinox Resort (www.equinoxresort.com) , Manchester, VT 9 am Botany of Design 1:45 pm Beyond Black-eyed Susan's and Border Phlox April 14th, 2011 Northern District Garden Club Federation of MA Annual Meeting Andover, MA Country Club ~10:00 am subject TBA April 16th, 2011 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Boothbay, ME 10:00 am-12:30 pm Creating an Emerald Carpet: Mosses in Your Maine Landscape April 28th, 2011 Long Hill Beverley, MA 10 am Woodland Wildflowers - Dancing Under a Curtain of Trees April 30th, 2011 Garden Club of America Awards Dinner Marriot Downtown, Indianapolis, IN Sarah Chapman Francis Medal - Award Acceptance May 4th, 2011 New England Wild Flower Society/Arnold Arboretum Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA 10 am - 3 pm Native Woody Plant Materials session 1 Grow Native Cambridge/Cambridge Science Festival Cambridge Public Library Cambridge, MA 7pm Fifty Great Natives May 10th, 2011 Cape Ann Garden Club Cape Ann, MA Details TBA May 11th, 2011 New England Wild Flower Society/Arnold Arboretum Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA 10 am - 3 pm Native Woody Plant Materials session 2 une 4th, 2011 New England Wild Flower Society Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA 3 - 8 pm Macro Photography Workshop World Flower Show 2011 Boston, MA 10 am subject TBA June 18th North American Rock Garden Rock Garden Society NARGS 2011 Annual Meeting Colby-Sawyer College 8:15 pm Cultivating the Alpine Flora of the Northeast June 21- 25th, 2011 American Association of Public Gardens and Arboreta 2011 APGA Revolutionary Conference Philadelphia, PA July 8th, 2011 MBG Annual Symposium - Designing your Signature Maine Landscape Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Boothbay, ME August 10th, 2011 David H. Smith Memorial Lecture Polly Hill Arboretum West Tisbury, MA Unraveling and Re-raveling the Web of Life October 11-14th, 2011 2011 International Master Gardener Conference Charleston, WV Wednesday Sugar, Sex and Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera Thursday Beyond Black-eyed Susan's and Border Phlox

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