OCT 7 Green Roof Gardening, Washington DC
Ed Snodgrass of Emory Knoll Farms and Green Roof Plants will discuss what to put up on the roof. Noon - 1PM (202) 226-4082, US Botanic Garden
Oct 7-9 Stonework Symposium, St. Claresville, OH
Annual conference sponsored by The Stonework Foundation of Santa Fe, NM. Topics include irish stone bridges, secrets of Peruvian stonework, stone in landscape design, contemporary Japanese stone sculpture, the stonework of Mallorca, Spain, and more. (505) 989-4644.
Oct 14, Perennials Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA.
All-day conference featuring authors Pamela Harper, Sydney Eddison & Thomas Hobbs plus Jim Ault of the Chicago Botanic Garden and Ed Snodgrass of Emory Knoll Farms.
(610) 388-1000 x 507.
Oct 21 Symposium on Plants & Climate Change, Northbrook, IL
The Chicago Botanic Garden sponsors the Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium on Plant Conservation in an Era of Global Climate Change. Speakers will address how plant species and communities are reacting to rising temperatures and what to do about it. (847) 835-8261.
Oct 22 Horticulture Symposium, The Dawes Arboretum, Newark, OH
Plant Oktoberfest Five leading horticultural experts will offer advice & info on various topics: Darrell Apps on daylilies; John Elsley on new herbacious perennials; Ed Hasselkus on small trees for small gardens; Lanny Rawdon on colorful foliage plants; Richard Larson on witchhazels. (800) 44-DAWES.
Oct 22 Bromeliad Extravaganza, Sarasota, FL. The Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies sponsors a huge plant sale rare plant auction and banquet 9AM-4PM. (941) 962-7401.
Oct 31-Nov 3 Backyard Living Expo/International Pool & Spa Expo, Orlando, FL.A four-day extravaganza aimed at professionals and billed as the most comprehensive show and conference in the world on pool, spa, and backyard living resources. It includes 100 plus lectures on topics like adding outdoor rooms, landscape lighting and kitchens, water gardens, top 10 landscape mistakes and how to fix them -- plus scores of technical sessions and a huge trade show.
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Posted by: Jan Kozma | October 07, 2005 at 08:52 PM