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Saturday, March 15, 8:15 am – 3 pm
March Into Spring XII
A Symposium for Gardeners
Lectures, demonstrations, a silent auction, and a delicious lunch. Some of our favorite member nurseries have plants and troughs for sale, and we offer the best and newest gardening books at a substantial discount. Open to the Public.
Plants, books, and silent auction items will be available for purchase or bidding throughout the day beginning at 8:15 am. Cash or checks only.
Tremble, Bloom, and a Slow Fade to Brown, William Cullina
Gardening is not just about flowers. It is also celeb ration
of revolution: cycles of growth and death,
changing moods, seasons, the interplay of light.
With this in mind, Cullina will focus on
underused
native perennials with enduring interest
through the year. His lecture will feature plants whose emerging leaves, flowers,
fruits, or dramatic exit provide structure and
drama
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Cullina is Director of Research at the
New England Wild Flower Society and Nasami Farm,
and author of The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada; Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines; Understanding Orchids; and due out in February, a third volume in his native series on grasses, ferns, and mosses.
Herbs in the Landscape to Add Texture, Interest, and Magic,
Don Haynie
Herbs can make all parts of the landscape more attractive
and need not be confined to a special place. Haynie will focus on the interesting textures
that herbs can add to your garden and discuss a list of outstanding herbs.
Haynie is the creator of the Buffalo Springs Herb Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and former owner of a successful floral business. He belongs to The Herb Society of America and is a former board member of the International Herb Association, which honored him with its 1999 Service Award. He lectures nationally on herbal topics and appears regularly on the Home and Garden TV network as well as Willard Scott’s Home and
Garden Almanac Show.
Buffet lunch
Crafting Fine Garden
Photographs, Rob Cardillo
Cardillo will examine and demonstrate what goes into
creating dramatic garden vistas and inspired floral
portraits. Using examples of his own work, he
will illustrate how great garden images are found,
designed, and translated through the lens.
Cardillo, a professional garden photographer
and former Director of Photography at Organic Gardening
magazine, now works for major publishers and landscape
designers. His most recent books are: A Guide to the Great
Gardens of Philadelphia by Adam Levine, Foliage by
Nancy Ondra, and Fallscaping by Nancy Ondra and
Stephanie Cohen. Cardillo is a member and past regional
director of the Garden Writers Association, and serves on
the education committee for the Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society.
My Improbable
Garden, Ellen Hornig
How is it that when a plant grows far from its
native habitat, under conditions bearing no resemblance
to same, it sometimes manages to survive,
even thrive? Taking this question as her theme,
Hornig will present some of the less probable inhabitants
of her garden, especially some South African
species; compare their garden conditions with their
wild habitats; and offer possible explanations for
her improbable success in growing these fantastic
plants.
Hornig, owner of Seneca Hill Perennials, has
a Ph.D from Cornell and has taught economics for 13
years. Her nursery, located in the snow belt off the southeastern
corner of Lake Ontario, specializes in many plants
from the Drakensberg in South Africa, species peonies,
hardy cyclamen, selections of Arums, and native North
American species that interest her. Hornig has written for
Horticulture magazine and spoken to many horticultural
groups. She has explored the Eastern
Cape regions of South Africa and plans to return in February.
Fee:
(Includes lunch)
Members of the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group–$75. After 3/8/08–$85.
Non-member–$85. After 3/8/08–$95.
Non-members who register for the conference will receive $10 credit on a new $25 membership in HPS/MAG if they join before April 30.
NOTE: We have a new location this year.
Neumann College
Meagher Theater, Life Center Building
One Neumann Drive, Aston, PA 19014
Download directions to Neumann College here
Download March
into Spring brochure
March 24 - 28. 2008
Carolina Gardens Trip
Tour to Ashville, NC, Columbia and Charleston, SC. Members only.
Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am
Tender Perennials Special Interest Group (SIG)
Spring Cuttings Exchange
At this informal get together at a noted garden book author's house,
members will share cuttings and seedlings of plants they are keeping
through the winter, as well as information about growing them.
Bring baggies, clippers, markers, and your plant material. Members
only. Directions will be sent upon registration.
For more information click on info@hardyplant.org.
Monday, March 31, 6:30 pm
Board Meeting
Luddington Library
Bryn Mawr, PA
Directions to the Luddington Library
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