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  • Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Gravel Gardening, Online

    Join the Polly Hill Arboretum and Andrew Bunting, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, as he shares the transformation of his front yard into a gravel garden. His front garden has experienced many iterations over the years, from a cottage garden, to a meadow garden, and now a gravel garden. Bunting will cover how the garden was designed; details of the installation process, as well as how he went about plant selection and follow-up care. He will discuss the success and shortcomings to date. Andrew will also share the gardens that have influenced his garden such as the works of Jeff Epping, Lisa Roper, etc.

    This presentation is virtual. A Zoom link will be provided after registering. $10; FREE for PHA members. Proceeds benefit Polly Hill Arboretum. Register here: bit.ly/Gravel-Gardening

  • Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 – 72nd Annual Garden Symposium at Colonial Williamsburg

    The evolution of any garden happens naturally or at the whim of our own mind and hands. Whether you’re starting from scratch or renovating an existing garden that has lost its character, it’s almost always desirable to work with a plan. Even the most well-intentioned efforts result in disappointment when approached without a cohesive design strategy. Learn how to create harmonious gardens that sing with creativity, as well as those that reflect personal expression and reverence for design fundamentals. Guest speakers at this year’s Annual Garden Symposium at Colonial Williamsburg on April 14 and 15 will discuss how to integrate existing elements, effectively combine plants and hardscape materials, and create features of distinctive landscape styles. If you are currently undecided about your own future gardens or simply ready for a refreshing renovation to existing ones, this symposium is for you!

    Featured speakers are freelance writer Linda Askey of Birmingham, Alabama, Andrew Bunting, Assistant Director and Director of Plant Collection at the Chicago Botanical Garden, author Troy Marden, author and photographer Pam Beck of Wake Forest, North Carolina, Julie Moir Messervy of Vermont, Associate Professor Emeritus Robert McDuffie of Virginia Tech, and Rollin Woolley, retired landscape supervisor at Colonial Williamsburg.

    Special rates are available at the Colonial Williamsburg Hotels for conference registrants. Rates listed at https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/learn/conferences/garden-symposium are single or double occupancy per night and do not include applicable taxes. Mention the conference or use Booking Code 541202 to obtain the discount rates. Confirm your reservation by calling 1-800-261-9530, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. (ET).

    Register online or via telephone by calling 1-800-603-0940, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET.

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  • Saturday, September 9, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – Garden Study Weekend VII Symposium: The Exuberant Garden

    Be inspired by a day long symposium on Saturday, September 9 at the Hollister House Garden, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut,
    featuring:

    Jacqueline van der Kloet – The celebrated Dutch landscape designer will talk about Magical Mixes in the garden. She is known world wide for her innovative designs and her artful combinations of perennials and bulbs in the garden, She has worked on projects ranging from private gardens and city parks to national and international flower exhibitions. She is also the author of nine books, including Colour Your Garden. In this talk Jacqueline will show us her own garden in Weesp as well as her many international projects.

    Tom Coward – Tom will speak on leading the restoration of William Robinson’s legendary gardens at Gravetye Manor, where he has been the head gardener in Sussex, England since 2010. Previously he was assistant head gardener at Great Dixter, working under Fergus Garrett. The gardens at Gravetye Manor were first developed in the 1880’s by the legendary gardener William Robinson, who wrote some of the most influential gardening books of his generation, and used the landscape at Gravetye to put his ideas into practice. Over the past seven years Coward has led a team working to restore the historical detail of the site, renovating the garden to its former glory while attempting to move it forward into the modern age.

    Andrew Bunting – Andrew Bunting, Assistant Director and Director of Collections at Chicago Botanic Garden, is an expert on woody plants and author on Plant Lover’s Guide to Magnolias. Prior to coming to Chicago, he was curator at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College, and is past President of the Magnolia Society International. Andrew will describe the many and diverse magnolias that can be cultivated in the Northeast.

    Jane Garmey– Jane is a noted author and passionate gardener, author of Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley, and Private Gardens of Connecticut. She will speak on A Sense of Place: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions to Creating Gardens. She has also written about gardens for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Her newest book, City Green, will be published next year. In this talk she will give us an inside look at a wide variety of private gardens and will focus on the challenges facing those who set out to make their own gardens and show how inventive and individual their solutions can be.

    The symposium is moderated by Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections at New York Botanical Garden.

    Each reservation includes continental breakfast and lunch at the symposium and cocktails and preview buying at the Sale of Rare and Unusual Plants at Hollister House Garden. The Heritage Hotel has reserved a block of rooms for symposium attendees ($129 + tax) per night. To reserve please call 203-264-8200 and mention Hollister House Garden to secure this special rate.

    Patron $500 – includes invitation to the speaker dinner on Friday evening at Hollister House Garden and reserved seating at the symposium. ($200 of this ticket is tax deductible)
    Friend $185 – HHG and Garden Conservancy members
    Non-members $200
    No cancellations after August 1. To register, visit https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/HollisterHouseGardenInc/symposium.html

  • Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Magnolias for New England

    For many New Englanders, magnolias blooming in April symbolize the much anticipated arrival of spring. Though a cold night can freeze the buds or blossoms and turn petals to a brown wilt, our anticipation for the coming season has already been unleashed and can’t be suppressed. That is the effect of this early-blooming flower after months of cold and snow.

    Andrew Bunting, magnolia expert and Assistant Director of the Garden and Director of Plant Collections at the Chicago Botanic Garden, presents an in depth look at the best ornamental magnolias for the New England area. Many are highlighted in his newly released book, The Plant Lovers Guide to Magnolias.

    The lecture will take place in the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway in Jamaica Plain. Fee $5 for Arboretum members, $10 for nonmembers. For more information visit www.arboretum.harvard.edu.