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Just Another Buttercup Cliff Booker Since 1984 Cliff Booker has been consumed with the study, cultivation, propagation, exhibition, and photography of alpine plants. One of his passions is the buttercup of the genus Ranunculus of which there are over 1,700 species, which may grow in all types of climates worldwide; there are even aquatic species. Some buttercups are rampant and invasive, while others are some of the most beautiful, horticulturally feasible or perhaps even challenging in rock gardens, troughs, and raised beds. His illustrated lecture will tour the world to show stunning buttercups (and allied genera) that will appeal and impress in equal measure. He is co-author of two books---one on flowers of the Dolomites and the other on flowers of the Pyrenees and the Picos. Cliff is a Gold Medal and triple Farrer Medal exhibitor at the national level in the United Kingdom.	Pulsatilla & Anemone Todd Boland Todd Boland has been gardening for over 40 years and his presentation will discuss species of two allied genera, Anemone and Pulsatilla, and tell us about seeing them in the wild and his personal experiences with growing them in his personal garden and in the garden where he works in Newfoundland. He is currently the research horticulturist at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Botanical Gardens. He is the author of several books, including Wildflowers of Nova Scotia, Wildflowers of New Brunswick, Wildflowers and Ferns of Newfoundland, Trees and Shrubs of the Maritimes, and Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland and Labrador. Recently Todd helped the Master Gardeners of Ontario search for Canada’s national flower. The winner was the bunchberry (Cornus canadensis).	My World of Hepaticas John Massey John Massey, a Victoria Medal of Honour recipient, is widely regarded as one of the United Kingdom’s leading experts on hepaticas, as well as other plants he grows and sells at Ashwood Nurseries in the United Kingdom. John will discuss his many adventures as he traveled to China, Japan, Korea, Kyrgysztan, North America, and Europe to photograph hepaticas in the wild and connected with other hepatica enthusiasts worldwide. He will also discuss how he has introduced many new cultivars and will share his tips on their successful cultivation. In 2022, John published My World of Hepaticas, the first monograph in the English language, and was awarded in 2023 the Carleton R. Worth Award for distinguished writing about rock gardens and/or rock garden plants from NARGS	Clematis Species for the Rock Garden Deborah Hardwick Deborah Hardwick has gardened just north of Columbus, Ohio, for 25 years. The last 20 years she has concentrated on collecting, studying, and growing various species and forms of the genus Clematis. Her private collection of clematis is one of the largest in the world, and it features over 1,000 varieties, including species from around the globe. Native American clematis species are an additional feature of the collection, with specimens representing the geographic distribution of a variety of clematis groups grown from wild collected seed. The focus of Deborah’s lecture will be species of clematis for the rock garden and the garden border--ranging from the most elusive and hardest to grow, the aspirational Chinese Clematis acerifolia, to the easiest ones to obtain and grow in the garden . $Clematis texensis$
Just Another Buttercup	Pulsatilla & Anemone	My World of Hepaticas	Clematis Species for the Rock Garden
Cliff Booker	Todd Boland	John Massey	Deborah Hardwick
Since 1984 Cliff Booker has been consumed with the study, cultivation, propagation, exhibition, and photography of alpine plants. One of his passions is the buttercup of the genus Ranunculus of which there are over 1,700 species, which may grow in all types of climates worldwide; there are even aquatic species. Some buttercups are rampant and invasive, while others are some of the most beautiful, horticulturally feasible or perhaps even challenging in rock gardens, troughs, and raised beds. His illustrated lecture will tour the world to show stunning buttercups (and allied genera) that will appeal and impress in equal measure. He is co-author of two books---one on flowers of the Dolomites and the other on flowers of the Pyrenees and the Picos. Cliff is a Gold Medal and triple Farrer Medal exhibitor at the national level in the United Kingdom.	Todd Boland has been gardening for over 40 years and his presentation will discuss species of two allied genera, Anemone and Pulsatilla, and tell us about seeing them in the wild and his personal experiences with growing them in his personal garden and in the garden where he works in Newfoundland. He is currently the research horticulturist at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Botanical Gardens. He is the author of several books, including Wildflowers of Nova Scotia, Wildflowers of New Brunswick, Wildflowers and Ferns of Newfoundland, Trees and Shrubs of the Maritimes, and Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland and Labrador. Recently Todd helped the Master Gardeners of Ontario search for Canada’s national flower. The winner was the bunchberry (Cornus canadensis).	John Massey, a Victoria Medal of Honour recipient, is widely regarded as one of the United Kingdom’s leading experts on hepaticas, as well as other plants he grows and sells at Ashwood Nurseries in the United Kingdom. John will discuss his many adventures as he traveled to China, Japan, Korea, Kyrgysztan, North America, and Europe to photograph hepaticas in the wild and connected with other hepatica enthusiasts worldwide. He will also discuss how he has introduced many new cultivars and will share his tips on their successful cultivation. In 2022, John published My World of Hepaticas, the first monograph in the English language, and was awarded in 2023 the Carleton R. Worth Award for distinguished writing about rock gardens and/or rock garden plants from NARGS.	Deborah Hardwick has gardened just north of Columbus, Ohio, for 25 years. The last 20 years she has concentrated on collecting, studying, and growing various species and forms of the genus Clematis. Her private collection of clematis is one of the largest in the world, and it features over 1,000 varieties, including species from around the globe. Native American clematis species are an additional feature of the collection, with specimens representing the geographic distribution of a variety of clematis groups grown from wild collected seed. The focus of Deborah’s lecture will be species of clematis for the rock garden and the garden border--ranging from the most elusive and hardest to grow, the aspirational Chinese Clematis acerifolia, to the easiest ones to obtain and grow in the garden.

			$Clematis texensis$