Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium is 6 weeks away!

Six weeks and counting until the kick-off of what will be the most extravagant symposium yet. Nine info packed lectures and panels; great garden gifts for each participant; door prizes; gourmet food; exceptional accommodations; fun Gardeners Marketplace and more.

Featured speakers, horticultural experts and notable authors are: Jessica Walliser (horticulturist, author, teacher, radio show co-host from Pittsburgh, PA and author of Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically); Rich Pomerantz (professional freelance photographer from Washington Depot, CT and author of Great Gardens of the Berkshires and Hudson River Valley Farm); Ruth Rogers Clausen (teacher, flower show judge and former editor of Country Living Gardener from Westchester County, NY and author of many books including award winning Perennials for American Gardeners and her most recent book 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants); Heather Poire (horticulturist, plant expert and territory manager with Bailey Nurseries); Kerry Ann Mendez (owner of Perennially Yours, garden designer, guest on HGTV, former TV garden series host, and consultant from Ballston Spa, NY and author of The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists and Top Ten Lists for Beautiful Shade Gardens); and the Fabulous Beekman Boys (best-selling authors, owners of the Beekman 1802 organic product line, winners of the 2012 Amazing Race on television, and featured on the Planet Green reality TV series)

How-to, informative lectures include: The Art of Shade Gardening – Seeing Your Way Out of the Dark; Design Strategies for Great Gardens; The Benefits of Beneficials; Sensational Flowering Shrubs for the Landscape and Their Care; Successful Gardening in Deer Country; The Dazzling NEW Perennial Line-Up for 2013; Ask the Expert’s Panel; Forgotten Garden Combinations with Annuals, Perennials, Shrubs and Bulbs; and The Heirloom Life.

Overnight packages and day-only rates are available. Day only rates start at $49; overnight packages including symposium programming, accommodations, meals and all taxes & gratuities start at $288.87 for a single; $412.74 ($206.37) for a double.

For more information and registration details, visit localhost/pyours/symposium.