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9:00 – 9:15 Welcome – Claire Sawyers, Director, Scott Arboretum Beetles: The People’s Bug – Samantha Nestory Continuing Education, Longwood Gardens, P.O. Box 501, Kennett Square, PA 19348-0501 9:15 – 10:15 The City is a Landscape: Design through a Gardener’s Lens Wild Collecting: 10 Lessons from the Southeast U.S. – Cat Meholic – David Rubin Please make checks payable to Longwood Gardens, Inc.

David A. Rubin practices with a simple mission 2:10 – 3:00 Summer’s Over: Looking to the Future of Hydrangea and Register early and save! Deadline for early registration is Friday, June 21, 2019. and big ambitions: to positively inform the world and improve the Hydrangeaceae – Ed Bowen Pre-registration is required; no walk-ins, please. human condition through landscape. Working on the scale of civic Commercial hydrangea introductions of the past century have focused plazas, parks, and campuses, David is a gardener at heart. In this on a few now widely used species. Recent advances, wild collections, presentation, he will explore how socially purposeful landscapes can and breeding, as well as re-evaluation of the literature, challenges Name: create positive change through cross-disciplinary collaborations and traditional thinking about culture and relationships between species Organization: the synthesis of art, technology, and the social sciences. and genera. This creates an intriguing and distinctive commercial future for the genus and the family. Address: 10:15 – 10:40 Break: Book and Raffe Ticket Sales City: State: Zip: 3:00 – 3:25 Break: Last Chance to Buy Books and Raffe Tickets 10:40 – 11:30 New Hybrid and Other Tough Trees for the Urban Phone: Environment – Nina Bassuk 3:25 – 3:30 Raffe Winner Announcements Cornell University’s Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) sees the potential Email: for an increased use of appropriate species in our cities and towns, 3:30 – 4:30 Planting for Life: Woody Plants that Generate Diversity and their usefulness for increasing and resiliency in the Lunch is included with your registration. – Patrick McMillan urban forest. One research focus of the UHI involves the selection, Three lunch options will be available, including both a vegetarian and a gluten-free In a world that is becoming less rural, our backyards become an oasis evaluation, and propagation of superior plants for urban environments. choice. It is not necessary to choose your lunch at the time of registration. that can provide critical habitat for much of the life around us. Our With the goal of expanding the palette of oaks that will thrive in choices in management and plant selection can make the difference temperate urban landscapes, UHI has been developing, evaluating, and I’d like to attend the following: in insect diversity, pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. A garden is selecting hybrid oaks since 2004. The ultimate goal of this project is to ❏ Reception: $20. Space is limited. more than plants. The life that swarms into a holistic garden makes introduce superior hybrid oak selections into the nursery trade. our experience more than just a tapestry of color. Our choices can also REGISTRATION FEE: Register early and save! lessen the burden on strained resources such as water use. Learn about 11:30 – 12:20 Worms in the Woods: Effects of Ecosystem Engineers on Native ❏ exciting new and underused woody plant choices that can enhance life $119 per person if postmarked by June 21, 2019 Organisms – Bernd Blossey in your landscape. The results at the South Carolina Botanical Garden ❏ $149 per person if postmarked between June 22 and July 12 Introduced European and Asian earthworms continue to spread after employing these techniques have been impressive, with an through forests in eastern North America. Among their most noticeable increase in bird and small mammal species. Registration fees less a $30 processing fee will be refunded if cancellations are effects is the destruction of leaf litter layers and associated food webs, made by July 12. No cancellations will be accepted for refunds after that date. changes in decomposition processes, and facilitation of introduced 4:30 Closing Comments plant species. These earthworms also interact with native white- tailed deer in surprising and poorly understood ways while shaping herbaceous and woody understory communities. This talk will examine 4:30 – 5:30 Reception: Mix and mingle with speakers and horticulture some of the subtle and not so subtle ways that introduced earthworms professionals. $20 are reshaping our forests. 5:45 Last Shuttle to Springfeld Mall Parking Lot

Conference Highlights The following CEUs have been applied for For directions, visit: www.woodyplantconference.org • Talks by noted horticulturists and designers  InternationalSocietyofArboricultureCertifedArborists • Free admission to co-sponsoring institution •LandscapeArchitects•PACertifedHorticulturists gardens July 20 and July 21 Like us on Facebook!