2022 Perennial Plant Conference

The Perennial Plant Conference was started in 1983 to bring together locally, nationally, and internationally recognized experts on perennials for a day-long conference with an educational focus.

Registration is open. Click here to be redirected to the Scott Arboretum website to register.

The 2022 Conference is co-sponsored by Chanticleer, Longwood Gardens, The Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. It is a Hybrid Event; includes both an in-person or virtual attendance option.

The 2022 conference schedule includes:

• The Steppe and Its Plants—Mike Bone
• Landscapes that Connect New Communities with Perennial Plants—Wambui Ippolito
• Matching Place to Plant: Expanding the Native Plant Palette—Janet Novak
• Gardens from the Ashes: Rediscovering Crowninshield and Untermyer Gardens: 10 Years—Paul Orpello and Andrew Schuyler
• A Perennial Passion for Gardening—Martha Stewart