Perennials Day

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

 

A GenX gardener and garden communicator, Susan Martin has worked in the Green Industry for the majority of her professional career. She was raised near Detroit, Michigan by parents who instilled the value of flower and vegetable gardening in her from a very young age. Through Susan’s work in wholesale and retail sales, garden design, garden photography, and marketing, she has gained a well-rounded knowledge of the industry. She currently serves as the Director of Marketing Communications for Walters Gardens, which is the largest wholesale perennial grower in the US and is the home of Proven Winners® Perennials. Communicating with trade and consumer audiences both in print and on Walters Gardens’ award winning websites are her main focus. She is an avid gardener at her home in West Michigan, zone 6a.

Program (Back Barn Auditorium)

9:15 Registration:

Pre-registrants will receive handouts and lunch ticket.

9:30 New Spin on Old Favorites, with Susan Martin of Walters Gardens

The Director of Marketing Communications for Walter Gardens (Zeeland, Michigan), Susan Martin knows gardening and the green industry. Her talk will show side-by-side comparisons of traditional perennials and the newer cultivars now available to home gardeners. Walters Gardens is the largest wholesale grower of perennials in the United States. The plants she will feature (many for sale at Lockwood’s that day) will be suitable for Western New York’s hardiness zone, soil and weather conditions.

10:45 Break

11:00 Floriferous Designs, with Joseph Han, The English Gardeners

As owner of The English Gardeners—generally considered one of Western New York’s finest (and prize-winning) landscape design firms—Joe has meticulously photographed the “before” and “after” story of some amazing gardens. He will also share insights into the landscape design process—how to take a blank slate and create a new garden. The English Gardeners’ designs are known especially for incorporating perennials and flowering containers into both front and back yards, and you’ll be dazzled by the difference the flowers can make!

12:15 Catered luncheon under the tent—Lockwood family garden

Dine with our speakers and your friends, with plenty of time to browse the plant departments or ask questions.

1:00 (luncheon area) Perennials Show & Tell with Sally Cunningham

Now that you’ve seen the pictures, let Sally show you the plants. See the perennial cultivars that Susan and Joe have mentioned and a few alternatives that Lockwoods’ staff recommends. Staff will be available in each department to help you find native plants, shade plants, partial sun/shade plants, full sun plants and groundcovers.

1:30 Eye on Design with Susan Martin

Garden design starts with basic design principles, and Susan will show you how to apply them to create dynamic perennial combinations. After today’s seminar you’ll be prepared to choose plants and put them together in ways you may never have imagined.

Registration Fees:

Whole program with luncheon: $48. (We cannot take full day registrations after June 6)

Each lecture separately: $15

Space may be limited so please pre-register by calling 649-4684 or using our online PayPal at www.weknowplants.com

Options

Full Day w/ Luncheon$48.00 USD New Spin Lecture$15.00 USD Floriferous Designs Lecture$15.00 USD Perennial Show and Tell$15.00 USD Eye on Design Lecture$15.00 USD