Selected Events Around the Country:
Exhibitions:
May 4-June 1, World of Orchids, Encinitas, CA
San Diego Botanic Garden, Classes, Orchid Sales, More.
Events:
May 3-4 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT
Sharon & Cheshire, CT
May 3-4 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, CA
10am-5pm, self-guided tour, 49 gardens, various locations.
May 4, Film: "Earth, I Thank You," Washington DC
4:30-6pm, National Museum of African American History & Culture
May 6, Roses in the Garden, Lecture, Los Angeles, CA
11am, author Ngoc Minh Ngo, the Ebell of LA, Garden Conservancy
Repeats May 7, 2pm, Filoli, Woodside, CA
MAY 20, 2pm, NY School of Interior Design, NY, NY
May 8, Love Letter to a Garden, ONLINE
2-3pm EST, author, designer & podcaster (Design Matters) Debbie Millman
May 9-10 Dumbarton Oaks Landscape Symposium, Washington, DC
"The Land Has More to Tell Us," Dumbarton Oaks
May 9-18 GO PUBLIC GARDENS
Various events, Am. Public Gardens Association
May 9, Botanical Talk & Tour, Boston, MA
12:30pm-2pm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
May 10, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, MA, NY
CA: Alameda Cty; MA: Middlesex Cty; NY: Columbia, Dutchess, Suffolk, Westchester Ctys.
May 10, Georgetown Garden Tour, Washington DC
10am-5pm, 95th Annual Tour
May 10, TCLF Garden Dialogues: Berkeley, CA
1-2:30pm, Talk & Tour, LA Jan Longwell
May 10, TCLF Garden Dialogues, Coconut Grove, FL
11am-1pm, Talk & Tour, LA Raymond Jungles
May 17-18, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CO, CT, NH, NJ, OR, VA
CO: Pueblo Cty; CT: Fairfield Cty; NH: Cheshire Cty; NJ: Bergen Cty; OR: Jackson Cty; VA: Fairfax Cty May 17, "Jumping off the Color Wheel," Albany, CA
1-3pm, Talk & Tour, designer & artist Keelya Meadows, Garden Conservancy
May 17, Garden of designer Mathew McGrath, Rodeo, CA
5-7pm, Talk & Tour,"Living Works of Art," Garden Conservancy
May 17-18, Trade Secrets Garden Show & Tours, Lime Rock Park, CT
Garden tours (10am-3pm), rare plants & garden antiques sales (7:30am-2pm)
May 20-24, Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK
May 24-25, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CA, CO, NY
CA: Marin Cty; CO: Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson Ctys; NY: Suffolk Cty
May 30, "David Salman Tribute Garden," Santa Fe, NM
2-4pm, Talk & Tour, Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Garden Conservancy
May 31, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: CT, MA, MD, NM, NY, SC
CT: Hartford, Litchfield, New London Ctys; MA: Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Ctys; MD: Anne Arundel Cty; NM: Santa Fe Cty; NY: Nassau Cty; SC: Charleston Cty
May 31, "Potential of Shrubs," Litchfield, CT
10am-noon, Talk & Tour, Glen Hillman & Tovah Martin, Garden Conservancy
May 31, TCLF Garden Dialogues, Washington DC
10:30am-noon, 3 Capitol Hill landscapes, Talk & Tour, LA Ryan Moody
LOOKAHEAD:
June 2-5, Am. Public Gardens Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO
June 20-22, Newport Flower Show, Newport, RI
July 8-11, National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, Hartford, CT
July 11-20, Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, Cape Cod, MA
July 28-31, Perennial Plant Association National Symposium, Des Moines, IA
August 15-16, Speaking of Gardening Symposium, Asheville, NC
August 20-22, Farwest Show, Portland, OR