The Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium has become a hallmark event for gardeners in the Northeast. The symposium draws hundreds of attendees from all over the Northeast and beyond. The eleventh annual symposium returns to the world-class Equinox Resort (http://www.equinoxresort.com/) in Manchester, VT on April 4 & 5, 2014. NEW for 2014 is a special Garden Design Workshop on Friday from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. This workshop is in addition to the symposium.

Featured speakers, horticultural experts and notable authors are:

David L. Culp: owner of award-wining gardens that have been featured on HGTV and in Martha Stewart Living, VP of Sunny Border Nurseries, instructor at Longwood Gardens (PA), former contributing editor to Horticulture magazine, and author of the top selling book The Layered Garden



Thomas Christopher: a highly respected expert on sustainable gardening practices with articles in The New York Times and Martha Stewart Living; owner of a sustainable lawn consulting business, Greener Grasses/Sustainable Lawns, graduate of the New York Botanical Garden’s school of professional horticulture and editor of a best seller – The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening, which contains his own chapter on water-wise gardening



Deborah Trickett: a highly applauded container designer who works with clients throughout New England, owner of The Captured Garden, instructor at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, and her work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Garden Gate and New England Home magazines as well as on the TV show New England Dream Home



Adam R. Wheeler: a plant fanatic who is the propagation and new plant development manager for Broken Arrow Nursery – a destination garden center in CT, and adjunct instructor on plant propagation and woody plant identification at Naugatuck Valley Community College





Kerry Ann Mendez: owner of Perennially Yours, garden designer and consultant, guest on HGTV, former TV garden series host, her gardens have been featured in Garden Gate, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, and Better Homes and Gardens SIP, and author of The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists and Top Ten Lists for Beautiful Shade Gardens.

How-to, informative lectures include:

*50 Perennials I Could Not Live Without
*The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year Round Beauty
*A Back Yard Revolution – alternative grasses and compatible perennials that provide all the benefits of a conventional lawn
*Celebrity Pots, an entertaining presentation on creating flashy containers that portray celebrities like Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga & Grace Kelly
*Fun with Color: Variegated Foliage in the Garden
*Flashy New or Underused Perennials for 2014.

Day Only Symposium Registration Fees: