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  • Friday, August 19 – Sunday, August 21 – In The Garden Weekend

    Find your green thumb at The Homestead Resort’s In The Garden weekend over the dates of August 19-21, 2016. You will learn time-honored gardening tips from top professionals and enjoy your choice of hands-on garden themed classes amid the resort’s breathtaking scenery. Speakers include Craig LeHoullier, gardener, author and educator, Mark Weathington, Director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University and Andre Viette, Horticulturalist, author and lecturer.

    Possessing a PhD in chemistry, Craig LeHoullier’s professional career involved various positions in a major pharmaceutical company. Craig’s passion for tomatoes in particular exploded after joining the Seed Savers Exchange in 1986, and all gardens since focus on open pollinated (non-hybrid) varieties, in a wide range of colors, sizes and flavors. He is responsible for naming, developing and introducing many varieties, such as Cherokee Purple and Lucky Cross, and has been co-leading a unique all-volunteer project to create new dwarf-growing varieties. The project is responsible for 25 new tomatoes available through a variety of seed companies, particularly valuable for space-constrained gardeners who wish to grow wonderful tomatoes on decks or patios.

    Mark Weathington is the Director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University where he is passionate in his work to connect people with plants. His career in public horticulture has also included the Norfolk Botanical Garden where he served as Director of Horticulture and the Atlanta Botanical Garden as a horticulturist. Mark travels extensively searching for new plants to diversify the American landscape and lecturing on a variety of topics in horticulture to further the JC Raulston Arboretum’s vision of “Planning and Planting a Better World.”  Mark is currently writing Growing the Southeast Garden, a modern guide to gardening in the southeast, for Timber Press.

    Horticulturist, author and lecturer, Andre Viette earned his Biological Science Certificate at The State University of New York at Farmingdale, and is a graduate of The School of Floriculture of Cornell University. Mr. Viette hosts his own talk show entitled “In the Garden” and has written several books including Beautiful Roses Made Easy, Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Guide, and his newest book Mid-Atlantic Getting Started Garden Guide. He has developed André Viette Farm and Nursery in Fishersville, Virginia, which grows over 3,000 varieties of perennials for the sun and shade.

    For complete package details, and reservations, visit https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/homestead-virginia/specials/in-the-garden-weekend

  • Friday, August 14, 3:00 pm – Sunday, August 16, 11:00 am – The Omni Homestead “In The Garden” Weekend

    Once again the grand Omni Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia, will partner with the American Horticultural Society for this wonderful weekend event August 14 – 16.  The AHS educates and inspires people of all ages to become successful and environmentally responsible gardeners by advancing the art and science of horticulture.  By attending, you will receive a complimentary membership to the AHS.  Participating speakers this year are Marty Stickley-Godinez, Sam Harris, Andre Viette, and Jim Wood.  A complete itinerary may be accessed at http://www.omnihotels.com/-/media/images/hotels/homrst/hotel/pdfs/in-the-garden-guide.pdf. 

    The package costs $537 per person for two nights, and includes deluxe accommodations, breakfast and dinner daily, a Friday welcome reception, Saturday luncheon, and membership in the AHS.  Contact 800-838-1788 option 2 to book.

  • Friday, August 15 – Sunday, August 17 – Homestead Resort’s In the Garden Weekend

    The Omni Homestead Resort is once again pleased to partner with the American Horticultural Society for the 16th Annual In the Garden Weekend, August 15 – 17.  The AHS educates and inspires people of all ages to become successful and environmentally responsible gardeners by advancing the art and science of horticulture.  Speakers this year include Jack Douglas, President and CEO of Douglas Associates, Landscape Architects and Designers since 1982, Margaret (Fred) Douglas, Landscape designer with Douglas Associates and a certified landscape designer with the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers, photographer Roger Foley, Ed Clark, Co-founder and President of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, one of the world’s leading hospitals for wildlife, and Andre Viette, horticulturist, author and lecturer.  The hotel’s garden package, which includes a one year membership in the AHS, is $513 per person for 2 nights, taxes and resort charge not included.  The package consists of room accommodations, breakfast and dinner daily, a welcome reception with the speakers, seminars and breaks, wine tasting, Saturday lunch, Chef demonstration, and a tour of Omni Homestead Gardens.  For complete itinerary visit http://www.thehomestead.com/media/1783368/inthegardenpromoprogram.pdf.

  • 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, August 20 – Sunday, August 22 – In the Garden Weekend

    The American Horticultural Society is once again teaming up with the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, for the In the Garden Weekend, held August 20-22. The 12th annual event will include presentations by André Viette, nurseryman and host of the “In the Garden” radio show; Kerry Mendez, owner of Perennially Yours in upstate New York; Paul Meyer, director of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania; Holly Shimizu, executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden; and Forrest Lee, the Homestead’s grounds superintendent. In addition to the presentations, tours of the Homestead’s gardens, meals, and accommodations are offered as part of the weekend package. All attendees receive a free year of membership in the AHS. Visit www.ahs.org or call 703-768-5700 for additional information.  To register, visit the Homestead’s website, www.thehomestead.com.

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