Friday, March 5
Thornhill Building, west side
8:30 a.m.
Registration and Check in
- Morning refreshments served in the Founder’s room
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
ART AS INSPIRATION FOR GARDEN DESIGN
Gordon Hayward, Landscape Designer and Author
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
- Refreshments served in the Founder’s Room
- Exhibits Open
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
PERENNIALS IN FOCUS
Pam Duthie, Author and Owner of the Gifted Gardener, and Julia Fitzpatrick-Cooper, Horticulture Professor, College of DuPage
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
UPDATE: A CAREER AMONG THE TREES
Judy Burgholzer,College of DuPage, Jim Etheridge, Joliet Junior College & Judy Nauseef, Past president of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch – Served on the lower level
- Exhibits Open
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
BEANS & BOXWOODS: Kitchen Gardens for the Design Savvy!
Elizabeth A. Omura, Horticulturist
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR GARDEN IN TOP FORM
Tom Martin, Head Gardener (Retired) of the Illinois Executive Mansion, Springfield, IL
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
SPEAKER RECEPTION AND RAFFLE
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING in the Founder’s Room
Saturday, March 6
Visitor’s Center, East Side
8:30 a.m.
Registration and Check in
- Morning refreshments served in the Ginkgo Room
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
GREAT WOODY PLANTS FOR DISCERNING GARDENERS
Mike Yanny, Nurseryman, Poet and Plant Propagator
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
- Refreshments served in the Ginkgo Room
- Exhibits Open
10:45 – Noon
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - select one
- Plant Combinations for the Small Shade Garden with Marcy Stewart-Pyziak, The Gardener’s Tutor.
- Sustainable with Style: Revisited with Jonathan Boyer, Architect & Director of Design for Farr Associates, Chicago.
- Garden Wisdom with the Horticulturists & Gardeners of the Morton Arboretum.
- Design a Prettier Rain Garden with Andrea Green, Gardens By Design, Oak Park, IL
- Tried and True- Chicagoland Grows Plant Introduction Program with Kris Bachtell, Director of Collections and Plant Explorer, The Morton Arboretum.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch served in the Ginkgo Restaurant
- Store Open
1:45 – 3 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - select one
- Best Selections from the Arboretum’s Dwarf Conifer Collection with Kunso Kim, Assistant Director of Collections.
- Creating Beautiful Mixed Borders with Abbie Rea, Horticulture Supervisor, The Morton Arboretum.
- Garden History and Style – An Overview in Books and Pictures with Rita Hassert, Research Librarian and Laverne Bohlin, Landscape Designer.
- Plants You Love to Hate: Plant Clinic Picks with Donna Danielson, Plant Clinic Assistant, The Morton Arboretum.
- Design a Prettier Rain Garden with Andrea Green, Gardens by Design, Oak Park, IL.
3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
SPEAKER RECEPTION AND RAFFLE
Special Events Room
Sunday, March 7
7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW
Karla Lynch, Manager of Horticulture Education, The Morton Arboretum
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
LET ART INSPIRE YOUR GARDEN: A TOUR & WORKSHOP
Gordon Hayward, Friday’s Keynote Speaker and Suzanne Wegener, Manager of Botanical Art and Illustration, The Morton Arboretum
