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Seminar Schedule

Three different areas for you to pick up the best gardening and entertaining tips, from organics to container gardening a variety of topics will be covered. Set aside some time to start your plans for your spring gardens. All of our inspiring seminars given by expert and entertaining speakers are included in your ticket price.

Seminar Schedule Can Change Without Notice




Area/Date/Time Speaker Topic
Bouquet for the Day - Seminar Area
Thursday February 12
2:00 Yoko Ikura The Refined Art of Ikebana
3:00 Cathy Deutsch Propagation 101 The basics of using division, layering and cuttings to multiply favorite plants.
Friday, February 13
11:30 Leslie Barlow Creative Container Gardening- hints, tips and how-to
12:30 Kings Supermarket/Joyce Petriella Phillips Cocktail Party Entertaining Guide from A-Z
Create a party in any space, appetizers, table settings and more!
2:30 Bruce Crawford Harbingers of Spring? Using the minor bulbs little wonders of early spring
Saturday, Feb. 14
11:30 Melinda Myers* Jump Start the Season with An Indoor Herb or Vegetable Garden
Special thanks to Birds & Blooms magazine for bringing Melinda to our show.
12:30 Rebecca Kolls Digging for Dollars - How to nab free flowers for the garden, concoct remedies from the kitchen cupboard and get the most from your harvest
1:30 Melinda Myers* Jump Start the Season with An Indoor Herb or Vegetable Garden
Special thanks to Birds & Blooms magazine for bringing Melinda to our show.
2:30 Kings/Joyce Petriella Phillips Cocktail Party Entertaining Guide from A-Z
Create a party in any space, appetizers, table settings and more!
4:00 Louis Bauer Ready, Set, Grow - A primer on starting with seeds to grow unusual perennials and biennials.
Sunday, February 15
12:30 APLD-NJ Bring your questions -they have the Answers, hosted by members of Ass. Of Professional Landscape Designers
1:30 Kings Supermarket/Joyce Petriella Phillips Cocktail Party Entertaining Guide from A-Z
Create a party in any space, appetizers, table settings and more!
Garden Area
7:00 NJ Youth Symphony Chamber Music Concert presented by Young Musicians
Saturday, Feb. 14
6:00-8:00PM Valentines Day Stroll through the Gardens with Ken Druse* Ken Druse hosts a Stroll through the Gardens with wine tasting by Balic Winery and Cheese from Cabot Creamery
Celebrate romance 1 rose to the 1st 100 women
GARDENERS GO TO SCHOOL- Seminar Area
Thursday February 12
2:30 Kathleen Gagan The Passionate Peony - Everything you wanted to know about raising herbaceous and tree peonies
3:30 Patrick Cullina Local Color: Drawing Design Inspiration from the Natural World Using natures palette in the garden.
Friday February 13
11:00 Ray Rogers Living Arrangements with layers of Bulbs
12:00 Valerie Sudol Secrets of the Soil - Got dense, stiff clay or poor, thin sand? Learn how to make New Jerseys problem soils bloom.
1:00 Rebecca Kolls The Green Revolution - Tried and true tips for a greener approach to gardening.
2:00 Ralph Snodsmith* Organics, Organics, Organics?Learn to Garden Naturally
Saturday February 14
11:00 Tom Castronovo Learn How to Have the Best Looking Lawn in the Neighborhood
12:00 Craig Scott Termotto, CLA, CST Design Group & Jay Philip Eriv, GROUNDS KEEPER, inc The Outdoor Garden Room - the art of creating outdoor living spaces from conception to completion
1:00 Bill Hlubik Easy-Care Landscapes Fascinating plants and tips for lower maintenance gardening.
2:00 Ralph Snodsmith* Organics, Organics, Organics?Learn to Garden Naturally
3:00 Rebecca Kolls The Green Revolution - Tried and true tips for a greener approach to gardening.
Sunday February 15
12:00 Pegi Ballister-Howells Year Round Color, Flowering Trees & Shrubs
1:00 Melinda Myers * Attracting Birds and Butterflies to Your Landscape
Special thanks to Birds & Blooms magazine for bringing Melinda to our show.
2:00 Bruce Crawford, Bonnie Joachim, Ruth Hayden and others A Trip through The Garden State Gardens- New Jersey's Treasures
* Book Signing



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