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AHS
NATIONAL EVENTS
AND PROGRAMS CALENDAR
Mark your calendar for
these upcoming national events and programs that are
sponsored or cosponsored by the American Horticultural
Society.
2009
July 23-25. National Children & Youth Garden Symposium.
Cleveland, Ohio.
July 30. Dry Beauty: Strategies for Designing
Water-Thrifty Gardens. Webinar by Scott Calhoun.
August 21-23.
The Homestead’s 11th Annual “In the Garden With the
Experts” Symposium. Hot Springs, Virginia.
September 9. Gardening for Wildlife. Webinar
presented by Douglas Tallamy.
September 19.
AHS
Annual Gala. River Farm, Alexandria, Virginia.
October 1-3.
America In Bloom Symposium and Awards Ceremony.
Hershey, Pennsylvania.
October 23. Dr. H. Marc Cathey Day. River Farm,
Alexandria, Virginia.
December 1-24. Holiday Trees Display. River
Farm, Alexandria, Virginia.
December 10. Annual Holiday Reception. River
Farm, Alexandria, Virginia.
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Mid
Atlantic |
North Central
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North West
South Central |
South East |
South West
West Coast |
Canada/International
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Mid-Atlantic
PA, NJ, VA, MD, DE, WV, DC
JULY 11. The
Natural History of Trees. Walking tour. Monticello,
the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Charlottesville,
Virginia. (434) 984-9822.
http://www.monticello.org.
JULY 13-17. The Garden as Studio. Class. Mt. Cuba
Center. Greenville, Delaware. (302) 239-4244.
http://www.mtcubacenter.org.
JULY 17. Woody
Plant Conference. Scott Arboretum. Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. (610) 388-1000 ext. 507.
http://www.woodyplantconference.org.
JULY 18. Rain Barrel Workshop. Monticello, the
Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Charlottesville,
Virginia. (434) 984-9822.
http://www.monticello.org.
JULY 29. Chanticleer Walk: Water Features for
Every Garden. Class. Chanticleer Garden. Wayne,
Pennsylvania. (610) 687-4163.
http://www.chanticleergarden.org.
AUG. 6. Milkweed for Monarchs. Class. Mt. Cuba
Center. Greenville, Delaware. (302) 239-4244.
http://www.mtcubacenter.org.
RAP AUG. 15. Soil
Basics. Class. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Richmond, Virginia. (804) 262-9887.
http://www.lewisginter.org.
AUG. 29. Summer Wildflower Walk. West Virginia
Botanic Garden. Morgantown, West Virginia. (304)
376-2717.
http://www.wvbg.org.
North
Central
IA, IL, IN, MN, MI, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI
JULY 11. Master Gardener’s Gardenwalk 2009. Plant
sale, garden tour. McHenry County College. Crystal
Lake, Illinois. (815) 459-7570.
http://mchenry.edu/eventcalendar/vieweventcalendar.asp.
RAP JULY 25. Cactus & Succulent Society of
Greater Chicago Show & Sale. Chicago Botanic Garden.
Glencoe, Illinois. (837) 845-5440.
http://www.chicagobotanic.org.
RAP JULY 25.
Ornamental Grass Sale. Iowa Arboretum. Madrid, Iowa.
(515) 795-3216.
http://www.iowaarboretum.org.
RAP AUG. 15.
Designing and Creating Rain Gardens. Class. Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum. University of Minnesota. Chaska,
Minnesota. (952) 443-1400.
http://www.arboretum.umn.edu.
AUG. 29-30. 76th Annual Midwest Dahlia
Conference’s Dahlia Show. Grand Valley Dahlia Society.
Grand Rapids, Michigan. (231) 798-2915.
http://www.midwestdahliaconference.org.
North
East
CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT
JULY 15. Mornings in the Garden: Container Gardening.
Lecture. Heritage Museums and Gardens. Sandwich, Massachusetts.
(508) 888-3300.
http://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.
JULY 23. Neighborhood Night: Pleasure Gardens-Celebrating
Isabella Gardner’s Love for Plants and Flowers. Crafts, seed
planting, entertainment. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston,
Massachusetts. (617) 278- 5156.
http://www.gardnermuseum.org.
RAP JULY 26. Care and
Conditioning of Flowers. Class. The New York Botanical Garden.
Bronx, New York. (718) 817-8700.
http://www.nybg.org.
RAP AUG. 11. Identification and
Control of Invasive Plants. Class. Polly Hill Arboretum. West
Tisbury, Massachusetts. (508) 693-9426.
http://www.pollyhillarboretum.org.
North West
AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
JULY 13-19. APLD 2009 International Landscape Design
Conference. Association of Professional Landscape Designers.
Portland, Oregon. (717) 238-9780.
http://www.apld.org.
JULY 17-19. Sequim Lavender Festival. Sequim Lavender Growers
Association. Sequim, Washington. (877) 681-3035.
http://www.lavenderfestival.com.
RAP JULY 22. Summer Pruning of
Trees & Shrubs. Demonstration class. Washington Park Arboretum.
Seattle, Washington. (206) 325-4510.
http://www.arboretumfoundation.org.
RAP AUG. 1. Anchorage Garden Club’s
66th Annual Flower Show. Alaska Botanical Garden. Anchorage, Alaska.
(907) 770-3692.
http://alaskabg.org.
RAP AUG. 15. 50th Anniversary
Flower Show. East Lake Washington District of Garden Clubs. Bellevue
Botanical Garden. Bellevue, Washington. (425) 452-2750.
http://www.bellevuebotanical.org.
RAP AUG. 19. Discovery Walk.
Lakewold Gardens. Lakewood, Washington. (253) 584-4106 ext.108.
http://www.lakewoldgardens.org.
South
Central
AR, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK, TX
RAP JULY 2. Night Hike. Botanica,
the Wichita Gardens. Wichita, Kansas. (316) 264-0448.
http://www.botanica.org.
RAP JULY 8. Bringing Nature Home.
Lecture. Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. Fayetteville, Arkansas.
(479) 750-2620.
http://www.bgozarks.org.
RAP JULY 11. Passion for Plumeria.
Seminar. Plumeria Society of South Texas. South Texas Botanical
Gardens and Nature Center. Corpus Christi, Texas. (361) 852-2100.
http://www.stxbot.org.
RAP JULY 18. Herbs and Herb
Container Gardens. Tour, demonstrations. Texas Discovery Gardens.
Dallas, Texas. (214) 428-7476.
http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org.
AUG. 7. Public Landscaping. Class. Will Rogers Horticultural
Gardens. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (405) 943-0827.
http://okc.gov/Parks/will_rogers.
AUG. 27. Conservation of Mexican Grasslands. Lecture. Chihuahuan
Desert Nature Center & Botanical Gardens. Fort Davis, Texas. (432)
364-2499.
http://cdri.org.
South
East
AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN
JULY 16. Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardening. Class.
Boone County Extension Service. Burlington, Kentucky. (859)
586-6101.
http://www.bcarboretum.org.
RAP JULY 18. Versatile Bromeliads.
Workshop. Mounts Botanical Garden. West Palm Beach, Florida. (561)
233-1757.
http://www.mounts.org.
JULY 22-25. 26th Annual Cullowhee Conference, “Native Plants in
the Landscape”. Western Carolina University. Cullowhee, North
Carolina. (828) 227-7211.
http://nativeplantconference.wcu.edu.
JULY 31-SEPT. 27. Heroes of Horticulture. Art Exhibit. Reynolda
House Museum of American Art. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (336)
758-5150.
http://www.reynoldahouse.org.
RAP AUG. 5. Sustainable Southern
Gardening. Class. Atlanta Botanical Garden. Atlanta, Georgia. (404)
876-5859.
http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
RAP AUG. 9. Gardening with Japanese
Maples. Class. Aldridge Botanical Gardens. Hoover, Alabama. (205)
682-8019.
http://www.aldridgegardens.com.
RAP AUG. 15. Growing Orchids.
Class. American Orchid Society. Delray Beach, Florida. (561)
404-2000.
http://www.aos.org.
South West
AZ, NM, CO, UT
RAP JUNE 29. Grow Your Mind - Green
Your World: Tour of Rare Plants. Betty Ford Alpine Gardens. Vail,
Colorado. (970) 476-0103.
http://www.bettyfordalpinegardens.org.
RAP JULY 11. Living Wreath
Workshop. Red Butte Garden. University of Utah. Salt Lake City,
Utah. (801) 581-4747.
http://www.redbuttegarden.org.
RAP JULY 17 & 18. Plant Sale
and Penstemon Festival. The Arboretum at Flagstaff. Flagstaff,
Arizona. (928) 774-1442.
http://www.thearb.org.
AUG. 1. Successful Plants for Tucson Gardens. Class. Tucson
Botanical Gardens. Tucson, Arizona. (520) 326-9686.
http://tucsonbotanical.org.
RAP AUG. 22. Native Seed
Collecting. Workshop. Red Butte Garden and Arboretum. University of
Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah. (801) 581-4747.
http://www.redbuttegarden.org.
AUG. 22 & 23. “Glorious Roses” Show. Albuquerque Rose Society.
Albuquerque Biological Park. Albuquerque, New Mexico. (505)
764-6200.
http://www.cabq.gov/biopark.
West Coast
CA, NV, HI
JULY 9. Tea Roses for Warm Gardens. Lecture. Friendship
Auditorium. Los Angeles, California. The Southern California
Horticultural Society. (818) 567-1496.
http://www.socalhort.org.
JULY 11-24. Permaculture Design Course. Occidental Arts &
Ecology Center. Occidental, California. (707) 874-1557 ext. 201.
http://www.oaec.org.
JULY 25. Upgrade to Water Smart Landscaping. Class. The Springs
Preserve. Las Vegas, Nevada. (702) 822-7786.
http://www.springspreserve.org.
RAP AUG. 9. Plant Sale. Conejo
Valley Botanic Garden. Thousand Oaks, California. (805) 494-7630.
http://www.conejogarden.org.
RAP AUG. 22. Square-Foot Gardening.
Class. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. Arcadia,
California. (626) 821-3222.
http://www.arboretum.org.
RAP AUG. 29. Basic Drip Irrigation.
Class. Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Fort Brag, California.
(707) 964-4352.
http://www.gardenbythesea.org.
Canada/International
JULY 4 & 5. Organic Islands Festival and Sustainability Expo.
Glendale Gardens & Woodland. Victoria, British Columbia. (250)
658-8148.
http://www.organicislands.ca.
JULY 25. SOUL Organic Garden Tour. Society for Organic Urban
Land Care.Victoria, British Columbia. (250) 661-0383.
http://www.organiclandcare.org.
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