| Seminars |
Speakers to help gardens and gardeners blossomMost folks putter around the garden solo. But we're all eager to hear how our fellow gardeners do what they do, especially when they're experts.Whether your interest is groundcovers or perennials, big-time landscaping or something more laidback, you're bound to find a voice worth listening to among the 54 professionals from across the nation slated to speak during the Chicagoland Flower & Garden Show. |
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Seminar Schedule |
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Saturday, March 8 |
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10:30 Don Guzan Radio Host, Landscaper "Stop or I'll Shoot, The ABC's of digitally recording and cataloguing your immediate outdoor environment" 11:00 Doris Taylor The Morton Arboretum "Shade Gardening: Creating a Woodland Garden Under Mature Trees" Noon Ellen Zachos Author "Growing Together: Recipes for Family Fun in the Garden" 12:30 Greg Bartoshuk Master Gardener, perennial breeder "Perfect Perennials for Perpetual Color for Real Lazy Gardeners" 1:30 Nancy Clifton Chicago Botanic Garden "Great Container Gardens: Ideas for Pots, Plants and Placement" 2:00 Greg Stack University of Illinois Extension "Climbers and Twiners: Vines for Chicagoland Area Gardens" 3:00 Dave Cook and Darrell Walker Feldco, The Midwest's Replacement Specialists "What to expect when replacing your windows,siding and doors" |
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Sunday, March 9 |
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11:00 Grant Jones Technical Expert, The Davey Tree Expert Co. "Getting Your New Trees and Shurbs Off on the Right Foot" Noon Melinda Myers Author, TV personality "Growing Green: Tips and Techniques for Being Kind to the Environment" 12:30 Richard Eyre Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery "Captivating Conifers for the Home Landscape" 1:30 Pati Vitt Chicago Botanic Garden "Sustainable Gardening" 2:00 Richard Hentschel U of I Extension "A,B,C's of Dwarf Fruits for Home Gardens" 3:00 Ken Benson Coordinator, Ornamental Horticulture, Triton College "Adding Cacti and Succulents to Container Gardens" |
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Monday, March 10 |
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10:30 Canon Camera Macro Photography "Shooting Flowers" 11:00 Philip Riske The Morton Arboretum "Flowering Cherries, Pears and Crabapples: The Divas of the Ornamental Tree World" Noon Christa Bormann Sales Manager, Heinz Brothers Greenhouse, St. Charles "Bugs for Lunch; Carnivorous Plants!" 12:30 Mary Samios-Russell "A Bodacious Bunch of Perky Perennials to Provoke Your Passions" Contrary Mary's Plants and Designs, Inc. 1:30 Moshe Pinargote Chicago Botanic Garden "Math in the Garden" 2:00 Jim Schmidt U of I Extension "Using Annuals to Heat Up or Cool Down the Garden" |
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Tuesday, March 11 |
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10:30 Patricia Hill Garden Designer, Author "Design Your Natural Midwest Garden " 11:00 Donna Smith The Morton Arboretum "Simplify your Garden: Maintenance Tips for the Busy Gardener" Noon Barbara Damrosch Author new book - The Garden Primer 2nd edition "Beauty and Bounty in a Cook's Garden" 12:30 Richard Walsh DeVroomen Bulb Co. "Gardening with Alliums" 1:30 David Cantwell Chicago Botanic Garden "Proper Pruning and Mulching for Plants" 2:00 Diane Anderson U of I Extension "News from the Trial Garden: Hot New Plants" |
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Wednesday, March 12 |
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10:30 Steve Pincuspy Safer Pest Control Project "Natural Lawn Care for Homeowners" 11:00 Katrina Lewin The Morton Arboretum "The Perfect Cut: How to Correctly Prune Trees & Shrubs" Noon Shirley Remes "Field editor, Better Homes & Gardens magazine "Don't Fence Me In: Creating Garden Rooms Without Walls" 12:30 Sue Amatangelo Ball Horticultural Company "Absolutely Beautiful Container Gardens" 1:30 Tim Pollak Chicago Botanic Garden "Annuals: Great garden Plants!" 2:00 Sharon Yiesla U of I Extension "Shade Gardens: It's Not Just Hostas Anymore" |
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Thursday, March 13 |
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10:30 Laury Hartman The Growing Place, Naperville "Amazing Annual Plant Finds...." 11:00 Kunso Kim The Morton Arboretum "Bewitched by Witch Hazels" Noon Jim Kleinwachter Conservation@Home "Invite Nature to Your Yard" 12:30 Barbara Collins Horticulturist and Author "Cooking with Herbs: 10 Low-fat and Luscious Treats" 1:30 Linda Miranda Chicago Botanic Garden "Ready, Get Set, Garden" 2:00 Nancy Pollard U of I Extension "Designing and Growing Beautiful Container Gardens" |
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Friday, March 14 |
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10:30 Ed Lyon Rotary Botanical Gardens "Building or Improving a Successful Shade Garden" 11:00 Ed Beaulieu Aquascape, Inc. "Rainwater Harvesting: Strategies for Capturing and Storing this Most Precious Noon Ed Lyon Rotary Botanical Gardens "Fantastic Foliage Annuals" 12:30 Andrew Gapinski The Morton Arboretum "Shrubs: The Forgotten Element, Selection and Care for Shrubs in the Home Landscape" 1:30 Tom Tiddens Chicago Botanic Garden "Lawn Care Simplified" 2:00 David Robson U of I Extension "Plants that Offer Late-Season Bloom" |
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Saturday, March 15 |
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10:30 Alex Ragland Art & Linda's Wildflowers "Wildflower Gardens--Nature's Jewel Box" 11:00 Todd Jacobson The Morton Arboretum "Innovative Planting Combinations" Noon Roy Diblik Northwind Perennial Farm, Burlington, Wis. "Know-Maintenance Perennnial Gardening: Putting Together Perennial Plant Communities" 12:30 Connie Bailey The Growing Place "Today's Kitchen Garden; An Artful Combination of Flower, Fruit & All Manner of Edibles" 1:30 Jim Ault Chicago Botanic Garden "Lilies (Lilium) for Midwest Gardens" 2:00 Anne Gachuhi U of I Extension "Plant Selection for the Residential Backyard Landscape" |
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Sunday, March 16 |
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Noon Jack Pizzo Pizzo & Associates, Leland, Ill. Managing Open Spaces / Restoring Natural Areas: Learning the ins and outs of how to create and manage beautiful and functional landscapes of native wildflowers 1:30 Carolyn Ulrich Editor, Chicagoland Gardening Magazine "Perennials for the Chicago Region" 2:00 Matt Kostelnik U of I Extension "Falling in Love with Carnivorous Plants" |