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Chris, Kerry’s bio is attached and Rodney’s is below. They are the two main speakers. I do not have the other two speakers.

Kerry Ann Mendez, owner of Perennially Yours in Ballston Spa, NY, is dedicated to teaching people of all ages the art of low-maintenance perennial gardening and landscaping. As a garden consultant, designer, writer, teacher and lecturer, she focuses on time-saving gardening techniques and workhorse plant material as well as organic practices. Over 10,000 people have attended her lectures. She has been in many national magazines including Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Garden Gate and Better Homes and Gardens' Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living plus her gardens have been in several published gardening books. She has been a featured guest on HGTV and was the perennial host for Capital News 9’s In The Garden television segment as well as info segments for Channel 13. She is the garden columnist for Life@Home magazine and writes freelance pieces for regional and national magazines. As a presenter for Horticulture magazine’s 2010 & 2011 national webinar series, her webinars attracted thousands of gardeners from around the country. In July 2010, she was one of four panelists (the only American) at world famous Adrian’s Bloom’s European Press Day in England. Mendez has conducted over 1,000 home garden and landscape consultations in Upstate New York and New England. She is a self-taught gardener with over 25 years of experience and a ‘passionate perennialist’ that enjoys mixing humor with practical information. Mendez’s first book, The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists, was released in March 2010; thousands have already sold. Her second book, Top Ten Lists for Beautiful Shade Gardens was released in March 2011 and is on a similar bestseller track. She is a member of the Perennial Plant Association, national Garden Writers Association, North America Rock Garden Society, and a federated garden club. For more about Kerry Ann Mendez and Perennially Yours, please visit www.pyours.com.

“Longwood Gardens’ Vision for Horticultural Excellence and Beauty” – Rodney Eason Longwood Gardens remains a preeminent public garden in North America and Rodney Eason’s team keeps their display gardens on par with any in the world. Rodney will share how coordinating these unique displays on over 1,050 acres in 20 indoor and 20 outdoor garden areas year round is a massive juggling act. He will share some of processes that Longwood has developed for generating innovative designs and selecting new plants.

Rodney Eason Bio: A native North Carolinian, Rodney Eason has been the Display Leader at Longwood Gardens for over seven years. A self-described “dream job,” he has the responsibility of overseeing a wonderful staff of horticulturalists who maintain and enhance over 300 acres, 365 days a year. During these seven years, Rodney has worked with a new programming team at Longwood to bring horticultural displays to a higher, cohesive level throughout the Gardens. Prior to working at Longwood Gardens, Rodney was Curator of Gardens at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, NC and at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens of Plant Delights Nursery. Rodney graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in landscape architecture and from the University of Delaware through the Longwood Graduate Fellowship.