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1 Spring 2009 Soil Sciences Environmental Horticulture flowers, trees, shrubs, landscaping and more local and nationally known industry professionals Spring 2009 Authors (landscaping) Stephanie Cohen (PA) Gordon Hayward (VT) Penelope O Sullivan (NH) April 10 Stephanie Cohen Perennial Garden Design Stephanie Cohen Designer Lecturer Author Fallscaping The Perennial Gardener s Design Primer March 27 Gordon Hayward Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design Gordon Hayward Designer Lecturer Author Hundreds of magazine articles 10 books, latest (2008): Art and the Gardener 1

2 Hayward Gardens, Putney VT Hayward Gardens, Putney VT Hayward Gardens, Putney VT Hayward Gardens, Putney VT April 24 Penelope O Sullivan Hayward Gardens, Putney VT Green Secrets for Better Yards with Trees & Shrubs 2

3 Penelope O Sullivan Designer Lecturer Author Magazine articles, books The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook Spring 2009 Growers Jim Nau (IL) Sinclair Adam, Jr (PA) Chris Schlegel (NH) Steve Hancock (MA) February 13 Jim Nau Ball Horticulture and the World Seed Industry Jim Nau Manager of The Gardens Ball Horticultural Company West Chicago, Illinois One of the largest wholesale suppliers of flower plants and seeds in the world Ball Horticulture, West Chicago 3

4 Ball Horticulture, West Chicago Ball Horticulture, West Chicago March 6 Sinclair Adam, Jr Ball Horticulture, West Chicago Breeding and Propagation of Specialty Perennial Crops Sinclair Adam, Jr Dunvegan Nursery Coatesville, PA Specialty propagator, breeder Foamflower (Tiarella) cultivars Phlox David, Shortwood March 20 Chris Schlegel Global and High Tech Floriculture Production 4

5 Chris Schlegel D.S. Cole Growers Loudon, NH Propagators of greenhouse floriculture crops from worldwide sources Automated pot handling DS Cole, Loudon NH January 23 Steve Hancock Herbaceous Perennials and Groundcovers Steve Hancock NorthStar Farm Perennials & Groundcovers Westport, MA Wholesale grower Spring 2009 Landscapers Keith Wagner (Burlington) overview of various types Layne Tharp (Montpelier) historic garden restoration January 30 Keith Wagner Line, Form and Texture 20 years of Landscape Architecture 5

6 Keith Wagner Partnership Burlington, VT Residential, commercial, institutional, public February 6 Layne Tharp Historic Garden Restoration Greatwood Gardens, a Case Study Layne Tharp Layne s Garden Design Montpelier, VT Greatwood Gardens restoration Goddard College, Plainfield VT Greatwood Gardens, Goddard College Greatwood Gardens, Goddard College Spring 2009 Other topics Kathy LaLiberte garden trends and marketing Ann Milovsoroff public gardens David Wolfe climate change 6

7 February 27 Kathy LaLiberte Gardener s Supply and Dutch Gardens, Burlington Marketing Gardening February 20 Ann Milovsoroff Horsford Nursery and Gardens, Charlotte The Royal Botanic Gardens of Canada 7

8 April 3 David Wolfe Climate Change: How Will It Affect Crops and Farming in the Northeast? David Wolfe Professor of Soil and Plant Ecology Cornell University Ithaca, NY climate change impacts on managed and natural ecosystems Spring 2009 Soil Sciences UVM Campus, Stafford Hall 101 Fridays 3pm, reception to follow More details linked from: Perrysperennials.info Made possible by the Raymond Fund 8

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