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Zdenek Zvolánek -Friday 8pm
Fortification of Rock Gardens
(The defense of alpine plants in lowland continental gardens)
| Expert builder and plantsman, he is current editor for the
Czech Skalnicky bulletin. A foremost authority, he will cover
sheet drainage; diet; hygiene; selection of plants; adaptation
of plants; planting aspects; natural shading and sheltering;
crevice garden rock work techniques; hybrid rock work technique.
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Alan Bradshaw -Saturday 8:30am
Plants from Western Winters without Snow Cover
| His seedhouse, Alplains, supplies
an incredible assortment of western US alpines,
from classics like Aquilegia jonesii and Penstemon grahamii to cacti ssp from the Desert Southwest. His encyclopedic
knowledge of the plants includes not only dimensions,
but also growing conditions. Get a look at the best of the West for the East! |
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Elisabeth & Rod Zander -Saturday 10am
A Rock Garden without Snow Cover
| Rod is a masonry heater builder (stonemason) by trade, including stonewalls, and troughs.
Elisabeth is the alpine plant
enthusiast and gardener. Together they built gardens for
wet, icy, windy situations. This talk will cover some of the
trials (pleasures and problems) of the modern rock garden.
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Workshop A -Anne Speigel & Lori Chips -Saturday 11am
Plants We Grow
| Anne and Lori garden in quite different climates though just an hour apart geographically.
(Take a look at the March 2008 issue of Martha Stewart Living to see Anne's. Lori is the Alpine Plant Manager at Oliver's Nursery)
They will discuss their favorite plants based on location.
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Workshop B -Harvey Wrightman -Saturday 11am
Trough Planting
| The consumate plantsman, Harvey will demonstrate planting the trough. A master tufa-trough builder, he
is an expert at growing alpines. His nursery is legendary!
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Frank Cabot -Saturday 1:30pm
Creating a New Garden
| This master garden designer, author and plantsman
(
2000 AHS award winner of the
Liberty Hyde Bailey), conservator (Garden Conservancy founder) will speak on how a garden changes over
time. His vast experience includes the rock garden at Cold
Springs NY (Stonecrop), and
Les Quatre Vents in Canada.
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Priscilla Twombly -Saturday 2:30pm
Wall Plants Don’t Need Snow Cover
| Formerly co-owner of Twombly Nursery, and prior to that,
alpine manager at Oliver's, she is an expert horticulturist for
growing rock garden plants. Her planted walls are marvelous
to behold. She will illustrate the basics of creating beautiful vertical gardens, as well as alternative sites, with easily grown crevice plants.
In addition she will present some not-so-easily grown treasures for special places in your gardens. Join her as she gives tips on which alpines love
the wall!
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John Good -Saturday 8pm
Impacts of Climate on Alpine Plants
| Noted author and alpine gardener, his new book
Alpine
Plants discusses the ecology of alpines. This talk should give
us the lowdown on what alpines want to flourish in our garden conditions.
And not all alpines get a blanket of snow cover for winter in the wild. A resident of Wales (UK),
John is a leading alpine plantsman, author and expert. He is on the Rock Garden Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society.
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Geoffrey Charlesworth -Sunday 10am
Glamorous Gardeners, Glittering Gardens
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Opinionated Gardener himself (winner of the prestigious
Quill and Trowel Award), as well as co-founder of the Berkshire Chapter, always delights us with his plant knowledge
and dry wit. He will depict gardens and their gardeners who
he knew from his early years in the American Rock Garden
Society. While technology has given modern gardeners
many tools, it has not replaced plantsmanship or design. |
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Open Forum -Sunday 11am
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*Note: this program is subject to change Copyright © 2008 Elisabeth Zander
All Rights Reserved |
