Schedule
7:00
First shuttle leaves from Springfield Mall
7:30 – 8:50
Early Riser’s Tours of Scott Arboretum
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome
Claire Sawyers, Director, The Scott Arboretum
9:15 – 10:15
Managing the Environment: An Adaptive Challenge
Eric T. Fleisher
Managing our environment responsibly is a challenge that requires us to make philosophical and behavioral changes. In his work over the past 25 years Eric T. Fleisher has been developing protocols that will help our landscape recover from the twentieth century’s industrial and chemical interventions. In this presentation he will describe the design and implementation of a sustainable landscape management program that avoids the use of toxic chemicals, and significantly reduce the use of nitrogen in the landscape. His techniques focus on encouraging natural nutrient cycling systems through proper soil management and plant care. He will use the high profile public parks at Battery Park City and the campus at Harvard University as models.
10:15 – 10:45
Break: Book Sale and Signing
10:45 – 11:30
Gardening for a Hopeful Future
Dale Hendricks
Can we grow beauty, habitat and food while sequestering carbon and building long term biologically based soil fertility? Many are doing just that. Dale Hendricks will share some new information and insights with a gardener’s eye view of the carbon cycle. He will start with what we have learned about sustainable and habitat friendly landscapes and build from there.
11:30 – 12:15
Plant Backstory
Holly Scoggins
Did you give much thought as to where your last “phyto fix” came from? Holly Scoggins’ perspective as an educator, researcher and gardener informs this fun and intriguing look at challenges, trends and personalities in the ornamental plant production and marketing industry.
12:15– 1:15
Lunch
Mini tours will be available from 12:40- 1:10, limited to 25 people per tour. Please indicate your choice on the registration form.
Kemp Residence Hall Green Roof – Nicole Lewis, Scott Arboretum Garden Crew Leader
Grasses and Sedges – Chuck Hinkle, Scott Arboretum Garden Crew Leader
1:15– 2:00
Meadows by Design
John Greenlee
“Grassman” John Greenlee has been creating grass ecologies in gardens all over the United States and Canada since 1984 as part of a movement to reinvent America’s turf-lawn culture. In this presentation he will discuss how to design and create meadows and natural lawns appropriate for our region. We will observe images of meadows in nature, and from case studies of the creation of meadows from start to finish; we will learn how to re-create, and maintain them in our own gardens, large or small.
2:00– 2:30 Break
2:30– 3:15
Promising Perennials Forum
David Culp
Presenters: Nancy Bell, Angela Palmer, Peggy Anne Montgomery, Chuck Hinkle and Alan Petravich
3:15 – 4:15
Plants as Inspiration
Piet Oudolf
Piet Oudolf’s intention is not to copy nature, but to give a feeling of nature. From his home in Humelo, the Netherlands, he trials plants, introduces new varieties, and uses them as inspiration for his internationally acclaimed designs. Letting go of the English design tradition, his designs reflect a spontaneity drawn from how plants behave in their environment - towering grasses catch the breeze and masses of flowering plants provide flashes of color in all seasons throughout their lifecycles. In this presentation he will highlight some of his favorite projects from the Venice Biennale to the Millenium Park in Chicago to New York City’s Highline.
4:15
Afternoon Study Tour: Kemp Green Roof
Lars Rasmussen
Scott Arboretum Gardener
4:30 - 5:30
Happy Hour Reception
Mix and mingle with colleagues and horticultural
professionals. Beer, wine, and snacks will be served along with great conversation. A $15 registration fee is required.
5:45
Last shuttle leaves for Springfield Mall.