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Click here to download the Day Only registration form.

Great Gardens & Landscaping Symposium
April 4-5, 2008
The Equinox Resort
Manchester, VT

Sponsored by Bradfield Organics, Coast of Maine Organic Products, Davey Hecht Woodworkings; Dutch Gardens, Equinox Valley Nursery, Garden Arts Custom Landscapes;  Gardener’s Supply Company, Messenger, People, Places & Plants,
Proven Winners
, Vermont  Association of  Professional Horticulturists, TerraCycle, Safe Lawn

Friday April 4


7:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks
 and opening lecture

8:00 p.m. Reception with
      Speakers and Sponsors

Saturday, April 5

       9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
    Garden lectures, coffee
      break with exhibitors,
        luncheon buffet. 
    

DYNAMIC WORKSHOPS 

® The Art of Garden  
       Design from an Award
       Winning Designer


® Sensational Flowering
        Shrubs

® Creating Focal Points
        In The Garden

® New and Unusual 
       Plants for 2008
 

® Step by Step Organic
       Vegetable and Flower
       Gardening

 
 ® All about Annuals

This exciting symposium will inspire your approach togardening.   Exchange ideas with other passionate gardeners, super handouts, great food, many door prizes.  Enjoy six  dynamic lectures led by renowned professionals in their fields. Speakers include Tara Dillard from Atlanta, Georgia who is a national award winning author of five garden and landscaping design books and former TV show host on CBS; Shepherd Ogden, a renowned speaker, author of five books including Step by Step Organic Flower Gardening, founder of The Cooks Garden (a pioneering mail order organic seed company), and executive director for the Safe Lawns  Foundation; Mardell Steinkamp from Sunny Border    Nurseries in Connecticut, one of the largest wholesalers of perennials and new introductions in the northeast;  Kerry Mendez of Perennially Yours, a popular speaker, teacher, writer, consultant and former TV show host; and Kelly Sweeney, designer, landscaper, grower, past head gardener for the Basin Harbor Club (a Historic Hotel of America), and owner of Hillock Hill Farm Greenhouse in Waltham, VT that specializes in traditional and unique annuals.                                                                                           

SPECIAL DAY ONLY RATES FOR  VERMONT
RESIDENTS SPONSORED BY THE VERMONT ASSOC. OF PROFESSIONAL  HORTICULTURISTS
 

Friday and Saturday: $100 per person includes hors d’ouevres reception, Saturday coffee and refreshments, lunch, six seminars, handouts, and entry for door prizes.  

Saturday only: $75 per person includes Saturday  coffee and refreshments, lunch, five seminars, handouts, and entry for door prizes.  

Download the Day Only Registration Form Here

    SPECIAL OVERNIGHT
             PACKAGES

 

One night package includes Friday night room; hors d'ouevres reception; breakfast & lunch on Saturday; refreshment breaks; six garden   seminars, handouts, entry for door prizes, garden gift, plus all taxes and gratuities. $276.97 single or $406.79 double ($203.40 per person). Two night packages available.  For reservations, call The Equinox at 800-362-4747 

To learn more about the symposium, visit www.pyours.com/Symposium2008.html or call (518) 885-3471.

Cancellation Fee: For cancellations received up to 10 days prior to the event, a refund will be given, less $20 per person processing fee.


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