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Lectures and Workshops

In the past, people would pay me not to talk. Now they pay me to talk, go figure. Well, I either know what I'm talking about or I have everyone, including myself, fooled.

Slide Lectures
• Something Old Something New Something Yada Yada Yada (160 slides)
• Woodland Wonders from the Wilds of West Virginia (80 slides)
• Destination Helleborus (80 slides)
• The Hardy Cyclamen (This lecture is a work in progress will be presented for the first time at The Perennial Plant Symposium in July 2001.)

Workshops
• Propagation Workshop
  This workshop can be custom-tailored to suit the knowledge level or interests of virtually any group. A four-page handout recaps the events of the day.

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2008 Schedule

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Below you'll find my current schedule of lectures, workshops, horticultural events and plant sales for 2008 that are open to the public.
I've trimmed back my lecture schedule somewhat this year to spend more time here at the gardens. I've done this so that I can personally guide the many visitors I receive yearly through the gardens,  greenhouses and trial beds. Peak bloom for Hellebores is around the first week of April so I've left that block of time open for visitors. I still have certain dates available for programs,  so if your Garden Club,  Master Gardener Group,  Civic Organization etc would like to schedule a talk,  slide presentation,  propagation workshop or program,  send me your snailmail address and I'll send you my "Speaker's Portfolio". I have many exciting and unusual new plant offerings that we've been building stock on for the last year,  so expect regular mailings throughout the growing season.

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2008

** March 05 - Nashville TN * Nashville Lawn & Garden Show * Contact - Paula Peace - 615-319-2893 - peacescapes @aol.com
     http://www.nashvillelawnandgardenshow.com/lectures.html

** March 29 - Charleston WV * Vandalia Garden Festival * Contact - Pat Cowdery - 304-558-0220 Ext 130 - Pat.Cowdery@wvculture.org
     http://www.wvculture.org/eventdetail.aspx?Id=614

** March 30 - Huntington WV * Lavalette Nursery * Contact - Mark Springer - 304-523-8491 - Mdeespring @aol.com   
     http://www.lavalette.net/

** April 05 - Monkton MD * Ladew Topiary Gardens * Contact - Sheryl Pedrick - 410-557-9570, ext. 26 - spedrick@ladewgardens.com
     http://www.ladewgardens.com/index2.html

** Apr 19 - 20 - Leesburg VA * Leesburg Flower & Garden Festival * Contact - Rachael Goodwin - 703-737-7156 - RGoodwin @leesburgva.gov
     http://www.idalee.org/parks/events/FlowerGarden/

** April 23 - Lewisburg WV * Macomb County MI Master Gardeners * Contact - Pat Cencek- 586-795-4601 - rcencek@comcast.net
     http://web1.msue.msu.edu/mastergardener/Activities/Macomb_03.htm

** April 26 - Clarksburg WV * Harrison County Master Gardeners * Contact - Carolyn Wagner - 304-624-7189 - cwag119@aol.com
     http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/master/

** May 4 - Philadelphia PA * Chestnut Hill Garden Festival * Contact - Kate O'Neill - 215-247-6696 - koneill@chestnuthillpa.com
     www.chestnuthillpa.com/garden.asp

** May 10-11 -  Boyce Virginia * Garden Fair * Contact - Ned - 540-837-1758 - heo5z@virginia.edu
     http://www.virginia.edu/blandy/events.htm#gf

** May 17 - Alexandria VA  * Green Spring Garden Day * Contact - Nancy Olney - 703-642-5173 - Nancy.Olney@fairfaxcounty.gov
     www.co.fairfax.va.us/parks/gsgp/events.htm & www.greenspring.org

** May 20 - White Sulphur Springs WV *  The Greenbrier Hotel * Association of Life Insurance Counsel * Contact Kathy Nardelli - 414-665-7168 - kathynardelli@northwesternmutual.com
     http://www.alic.cc

** June 05 - 07 - Millersville PA * Millersville Native Plant Symposium * Contact - PTE Office - 717-872-3030 - profdev@millersville.edu
     www.millersvillenativeplants.org/

** June 29 - Davidsonville MD * Homestead Gardens * Contact Stephanie Saarbach - 443-607-1960 -ssaarbach @homesteadgardens.com
     http://www.homesteadgardens.com/events/

** July 20 - 26 Philadelphia PA * Perennial Plant Symposium * Contact - Steve Still - 614-771-8431 - ppa@perennialplant.org         
     http://www.perennialplant.org/

** August 23 - Stevenson MD * Irvine Native Plant Symposium * Contact - Jeff Muller - 410-484-2413 - mullerj@explorenature.org
    www.explorenature.org/

** September 19 - Sep 22 - Portland OR * Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium * Contact - Ashley LaGasse - 703-257-1032 - meetings@gardenwriters.org
     http://www.gardenwriters.org/Meetings/movie/08_promo.html

**   September 27 - New Bern NC * Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens * Contact - Lisa Wimpfheimer - 252-514-4926 - lwimpfheimer@tryonpalace.org
     http://www.tryonpalace.org/

** October 11 - Clinton NY * Hamilton College Arboretum * Contact - Terry Hawkridge - 315-859-4075 - thawkrid@hamilton.edu

     http://www.hamilton.edu/arboretum/

Also for 2009

** March 21 - Clarksburg WV * Goff Plaza Garden Club * Contact - Beth Hestick - 304-866-7063 - terratopia@gmail.com

     http://wwwwildwonderfulwalks.com 

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