Join dedicated gardeners, designers, and landscape professionals for a daylong forum on how new plants are selected, developed, evaluated, and marketed. Featured speakers include Richard Hawke of the Chicago Botanic Garden, Allen Bush of Jelitto Perennial Seeds, Chris Hansen of Great Garden Plants, Dan Heims of Terra Nova Nurseries, Kirk Brown of Joanne Kostecky Garden Design, and Dr. Steven Still of Ohio State University.
Click here for a detailed symposium program. Registration fee includes refreshments and lunch. Registrants seeking accommodation information may contact grager@imamuseum.org for a list of local hotels.
This program is presented by the Perennial Plant Association and the IMA’s Division of Environmental & Historic Preservation.
Symposium registrants may attend the IMA’s Planet Indy talk at 7 pm that evening, featuring London-based guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds, at the reduced price of $5. Horticultural Society members are already admitted free to the Planet Indy talk.