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  • Friday, August 17 – Sunday, August 19 – 14th Annual In The Garden Weekend

    The Homestead Resort and Spa in Hot Springs, Virginia (pictured below)  is once again pleased to partner with the American Horticultural Society for this wonderful event, In the Garden Weekend.  The AHS educates and inspires people of all ages to become successful and environmentally responsible gardeners by advancing the art and science of horticulture.  For this event, you will receive a complimentary membership to the AHS which includes a subscription to The American Gardener, the official bi-monthly magazine of the AHS.The event begins on Friday, August 17 at 3 pm with afternoon tea in the Great Hall, followed by registration and a Meet the Speakers reception in the Crystal Room.  Speakers this year include Andre Viette, horticulturist, author and lecturer, who hosts his own talk show entitled In the Garden.  Other speakers are Gabriele Rausse, Monticello’s Assistant Director of Gardens and Grounds, Forrest Lee of The Homestead, who will conduct a fascinating tour of The Homestead Gardens, James Piggott, retired pathologist, who will speak on Growing Grapes in the Home Garden and Small Vineyard, June Mays, garden designer and writer, and Ross Hotchkiss, Director of the American Daffodil Society. There will be lunches, wine tastings, breakfast and dinner daily, all for only $479 per person for two nights, taxes and daily service charge not included.  For complete information, and to register, call 800-838-1766, option 1, or log on to www.thehomestead.com.

     

     

  • Friday, October 26 – Monday, November 5 – Andalusian Heritage and Gardens: Seville, Cordoba, and Granada

    American Horticultural Society host Katy Moss Warner, and Tour Escort Susie Orso of Specialtours, will conduct an extraordinary garden tour of Seville, Cordoba and Granada from October 26 – November 5.  While the great Alhambra gardens of Granada and the Alcazar gardens of Seville are justly famous, there are many special, lesser-known gardens also worth visiting.  From Belle-Epoque fantasy to cliff-top modernist, you will discover a diversity of styles in this memorable tour of southern Spain. Call 866-627-6621, or email ahs@macnairtravel.com, for complete information.

  • American Horticultural Society Online Auction

    For the third year in a row, the American Horticultural Society will reprise its online auction. This year’s auction features exclusive opportunities for four people to have lunch and a garden tour with notable horticulturists and landscape designers throughout the United States.

    Among the tours is Fallingwater in Pennsylvania with Landscape Architect Melissa Marshall, principal designer for the award winning firm MTR Landscape Architects. Ms. Marshall was instrumental in the recent renovation of the last great Frank Lloyd Wright house with its original setting, furnishings, and artwork intact.

    Also available is a tour with Allan Armitage, internationally known for his multifaceted teaching and research in new plants for the garden and greenhouse at the University of Georgia Horticulture Gardens.

    Visit http://www.ahs.org/auction/ for a full list of these exceptional experiences and more information about the auction process. The deadline to bid on the auction items is September 26, 2011, 5:00PM EST. All proceeds benefit the AHS’s outreach programs and stewardship of its River Farm headquarters.

  • September 26 – October 6, 2011 – Castles and Gardens of Bohemia and Moravia

    The American Horticultural Society will begin this autumn trip (September 26 – October 6, 2011) to the Czech Republic in the capital city of Prague, renowned for its castles and cathedrals.  From there you will venture to the historic and picturesque regions of Bohemia and Moravia (see Kromeriz Gardens in central Moravia, below.)  Experience a wealth of gardens in styles ranging from formal Italianate, Renaissance, and Baroque to Neo-classical and modern – including several 20th-century gardens created by visionary designers.  For full information and itinerary, contact the AHS Travel Study Program through its travel planner, MacNair Travel, at ahs@macnairtravel.com, or call 866-627-6621.

  • Thursday, July 21 – Saturday, July 23 – National Children & Youth Garden Symposium

    The American Horticultural Society’s 19th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, Digging into the Art and Science of Gardening, will take place July 21 – July 23 in East Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted by 4-H Children’s Garden at Michigan State University and the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, visit www.ahs.org, email youthprograms@ahs.org, or call 703-768-8700, ext. 132.

  • Thursday, July 22 – Saturday, July 24 – American Horticultural Society National Children & Youth Garden Symposium

    Register today for the 2010 American Horticultural Society National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, to be held July 22 – July 24 in Pasadena, California.  The Symposium’s theme is “The Vitality of Gardens: Energizing the Learning Environment.”  Featured keynote speakers include Alice Waters, chef, author, and proprietor of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, and the founder of The Edible Schoolyard.  Also, meet Sam Levin, one of six co-founders of Project Sprout, an organic, student-run garden on the school grounds in Massachusetts, and Roger Swain, familiar to many American gardeners as the genial host for 15 years of the popular PBS television program The Victory Garden.  The Symposium is hosted by the Descanso Gardens, Garden School Foundation, the Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Kidspace Children’s Museum, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, and the University of California Common Ground Garden Program. For more information, log on to www.ahs.org.

    The restoration we seek in gardens is more essential than ever, but gardens are also sources of healthy food, environmental protection and personal fulfillment. The garden can be an incubator for fostering engaged citizens. For children and youth, a garden can be a science lab, art studio, kitchen, gathering place, theater of the imagination, a special place to explore the world.

    Come learn how to create and use gardens to provide dynamic environments for experimentation, social engagement, self-expression, and connection to the natural world. Hear from youth, the adults in their lives, and national experts about the vital role of gardens in the lives of today’s youth.

    As a symposium attendee you will participate in the only national symposium that explores the positive impact of gardens in the lives of children and youth, meet and learn from leading youth garden experts, receive useful and relevant project, curriculum, design and garden management ideas, explore the gardens and programs of the Symposium hosts, participate in 3 dynamic days of workshops, lectures, poster sessions and field trips and network and share your own expertise with children’s gardening advocates from across the nation. The early full registration fee is $330 (AHS members $290) before June 1, and $350 thereafter.   Lodging is available at the Westin Pasadena Hotel (the location of the sessions) at a discounted special rate of $155/night for reservations made by July 9.  Call the hotel at  866-837-4181 and ask for the National Children & Youth Garden Symposium room block.

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  • Wednesday, June 16 – Sunday, June 20 – Gardens and Innovation: Chicagoland and Rockford

    Sign up for the next American Horticultural Society Travel Study Program June 16 – 20, 2010, with AHS Host Katy Moss Warner.  Chicago was incorporated with the Latin words Urbs in Horto, meaning a “city in a garden,” a motto that has long inspired the people who live here.  This tour will highlight the innovative gardens that have contributed to the greening of chicago and influenced the horticultural heritage that distinguishes the surrounding communities.  Katy Moss Warner, president emeritus of the American Horticultural Society and a city judge for America in Bloom, invites you to join her on this excursion.

    To experience the breadth of what Chicago has to offer, you will be staying downtown at the Raffaello Hotel, a four-star boutique hotel just steps away from Michigan Avenue in the heart of the Gold Coast.  You will see gardens that are in the heart of Chicago as well as the gardens in the surrounding area.  These range from modern gardens such as the Lurie Gardens in Chicago’s Millennium Park (below), to the world renowned Chicago Botanic Garden and Garfield Park Conservatory, which stems from the city’s early horticultural initiatives.  The tour will also take you to Rockford, Illinois, an award winning city of flowers and gardens that the residents have taken great pride in creating.  You will see private gardens and gain insight into Ball Horticultural Company’s international influence on ornamental horticulture.  Along the way you will feast on local cuisine (lunch, for instance, at Rick Bayless’s Frontera Grill, with a tour of Bayless’ organic garden)  and learn about the history of a city that has been a fountain of innovation.  Complete details are available at www.ahs.org.

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  • Wednesday, April 7, 1:00 pm – Vines and Climbers for American Gardens

    University of Georgia Horticulturist Allan Armitage will present the first American Horticultural Society online seminar this year on Wednesday, April 7 beginning at 1 pm Eastern time.  Join Armitage as he covers Vines and Climbers for American Gardens.  An award winning author of more than a dozen gardening books, Armitage has just completed a new book on vines that will be published this year.  Online registration for this webinar, exclusively for AHS members, will open soon.  Details may be found in the March/April edition of The American Gardener, and on the AHS website, www.ahs.org.  You may also call 703-768-5700.  Membership dues start at $35 per year and include a subscription to The American Gardener.

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