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Sponsored by: Chanticleer Longwood Gardens The Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group Pennsylvania Horticultural Society The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College www.perennialplantconference.org Lang Performing Arts Center Lang Performing Arts woodyplantconference.org Friday, October18, 2019 Swarthmore College Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA Photo Credit: LisaRoper - Chanticleer

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Friday, October 18, 2019 Perennial Plant Conference Lang Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore College Registration Form Registration fee includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and free admission to co-sponsoring institution gardens October 19 and 20. 7:30 – 9:00 Registration and Coffee 1:20 - 2:10 A Life in Five Gardens - James Alexander-Sinclair To pay by credit card, register online at: www.perennialplantconference.org 7:45 – 8:45 Early Riser Tours of Scott Arboretum James will take us on the journey of his thirty-year career as a garden designer, looking at fve gardens. The designs, the stories and, of To pay with a check, mail your registration form(s) to: course, the plants will be explored. 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome - Claire Sawyers, Director, Scott Arboretum Continuing Education, Longwood Gardens, P.O. Box 501, Kennett Square, PA 19348-0501 2:10 - 3:00 The Return of the Species: Seeds and Biodiversity 9:15 – 10:15 Perennial Perspectives: The Power of the Perennial - Lee Buttala - Jacqueline van der Kloet Please make checks payable to Longwood Gardens, Inc. In a horticultural and agricultural universe where hybrids and Jacqueline will share with us gardens she has designed using propagated plants are commonplace, the biodiversity of many species sustainable combinations of perennial plants in private, semi-private, Register early and save! Deadline for early registration is Tuesday, September 17, is being bottlenecked even by those with the best intentions. In talking and public gardens that follow her naturalistic style. 2019. Pre-registration is required; no walk–ins, please. about how to maintain the adaptivity of plants to respond to changing climate conditions, Lee sets forth a simple approach to increasing the Name: 10:15 – 10:40 Break: Book and Raffe Ticket Sales biodiversity of our own backyards using seed-grown plants. He will teach us how to preserve the biodiversity of the plant kingdom, one Organization: 10:40 - 11:30 Tokachi Millennium Forest: The Garden Connecting to the Wild seed at a time. - Midori Shintani Address: Tokachi Millennium Forest is located at the foot of the Hidaka 3:00 - 3:25 Break: Last Chance to Buy Books and Raffe Tickets City: State: Zip: Mountains in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago. Midori will share how she and her garden team take care Phone: 3:25 - 3:30 Raffe Winner Announcements of native vegetation in the forest and merge the cultivated gardens into the nature surrounding them. She will discuss how her gardening Email: methods in developing the vernacular landscape at Tokachi Millennium 3:30 - 4:30 Durable, Adorable Yet Undiscovered Perennials Lunch is included with your registration. Forest are rooted in accumulated wisdom and ancient belief, serving a - Panayoti Kelaidis deeply felt sense of beauty in Japanese culture. In the course of plant explorations, Panayoti has introduced exotic and Three lunch options will be available including a vegetarian and gluten-free choice. wonderful plants that have become popular in cultivation, from South It is not necessary to choose your lunch at the time of registration. 11:30 - 12:20 Gardening Without Privacy African ice plants to penstemons, agastaches and buckwheats from I’d like to attend the following: - Irvin Etienne abroad and western America that were new to cultivation. Many of In a public garden you can’t hide your mistakes for long. That wrong the fnest perennials he has found are in the gardens of amateurs and ❏ Reception: Mix and mingle $20. Space is limited. plant in the wrong place is obvious to all. Reliable, no-fuss perennials nurseries around America. He will reveal that there is a whole palette of that are also very attractive are a design requirement. You need new gems under our nose! REGISTRATION FEE: Register early and save. perennials of this caliber in all seasons and ideally these plants will look ❏ $119 per person if postmarked by September 17, 2019 good in multiple seasons. We will look at some of the best year-in, year- 4:30 Closing Comments ❏ $149 per person if postmarked between September 18 and October 11 out performers in the Garden at Newfelds, a Midwest public garden. 4:30 - 5:30 Reception: Mix and mingle with speakers and horticultural Registration opens July 24. 12:20 - 1:20 Lunch: Book and Raffe Ticket Sales professionals. An additional $20 fee required. Registration fees less a $30 processing fee will be refunded if cancellations are made by October 11. No cancellations will be accepted for refunds after that date. 5:45 Last Shuttle to Springfeld Mall Parking Lot

Conference Highlights For directions, visit: • Talks by noted horticulturists and designers Like us on Facebook! www.perennialplantconference.org • Free admission to co-sponsoring gardens October 19 and 20 • APLD & LA-CES credits are available