Schedule

The symposium will be held on August 1st and 2nd, 2024 at the Embassy Suites in Downtown Asheville

192 Haywood St 28801

 

Thursday

7 am

Registration/Doors Open

Coffee, Tea, and Water will be provided

8:00 am

Welcome

8:10-9:10 am

Preston Montague

designing for the experience: composition in practice

9:10-9-25 am

Break, Silent Auction Bidding, PPA Trade Show

9:25 - 10:25 am

Bobby Mottern

gardening for climate resilience

10:25 -11:00 am

Break, Silent Auction Bidding, PPA Trade Show

11:00 am-12:05 pm

Kate Ancaya

future roof: how plants transform rooftops into resilient infrastructure

12:05-1:30 pm

Lunch on your own, silent auction bidding, PPA Trade Show

1:30-3:00 pm

Presentations and Announcements

The new to market perennials and Products and the perennial plant of the year

3:00-3:10 pm

Break, Silent Auction Bidding, PPA Trade Show

3:10-4:10 pm

Dr Jared Barnes

the future of perennials: where do we grow from here?



Friday

8 am

Doors Open

Coffee, Tea, and Water will be provided

9:00 am

Welcome

9:05-10:05 am

Jeff Epping

gravel gardens: gardens for our changing climate

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10:05-10:20 am

Break and Silent Auction Bidding

10:20 - 11:20 am

Dr Holly Scoggins

plants i loved…until i didn’t

11:20-1:00 pm

lunch on your own

12:45

silent auction closes

1:00-2:00 pm

Irvin Etienne

carmen miranda in the midwest

2:00-2:15 pm

Break

2:15-3:15 pm

Adrienne Roethling

paul j ciener botanical garden: a perennial wonderland

3:15-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:30 pm

Rodney Eason

design to fit the site

4:30 pm

closing/plant giveaway/ceu certificates