Daily Archives: April 22, 2013


Thursday, July 11 – Saturday, July 13 – National Children & Youth Garden Symposium

The American Horticultural Society celebrates  garden-based teaching and learning at the National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, taking place Thursday, July 11 through Saturday, July 13 at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado.  Registration opens this month,  April, 2013.  The event will feature keynote addresses by children’s gardening experts, tours of inspiring local gardens, and more than 50 educational sessions.  On July 10, participants can select from two pre-symposium tours.  One will visit the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Cheyenne Botanic Gardens in Wyoming.  The other will take attendees on a behind the scenes tour of three Denver-area school gardens that are part of the Denver Urban Gardens network. For more information, visit www.ahs.org/ncygs or call 703-768-5700, x 137.

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Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Climate Change: What Would Olmsted Do?

Join The Emerald Necklace Conservancy Panel entitled Climate Change: What Would Olmsted Do? beginning at 10 am moderated by Ted Landsmark, President and CEO of the Boston Architectural College with panel speakers: Ethan Carr, Author and Olmsted Scholar, Brian Swett, City of Boston Chief of Energy and Environment and Jhana Senxian, Founder and CEO of the Sustainability Guild International. Coffee and Registration at 9 am. Presented by Olmsted 2022 at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston. Registration fee $10 (includes coffee and lunch). Reserve online at https://25749.thankyou4caring.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=300

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