FEBRUARY 2012
Saturday, February 11, 10:00am – 10:45am
WHA Garden Expo Show, Madison, WI
WHA Wisconsin Gardener 20th Anniversary Panel Discussion
With Larry Meiller, Phil Peliteri, Brian Hudelson, Mark Dwyer
Theme: What has changed in gardening in the past 20 years?
Will be taped for University of the Air
Friday, February 17, 11:00am
Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Garden Talk” show with Larry Meiller
Listen Online
Saturday, February 25
McHenry County Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee
McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
“Landscaping with Native Plants for Birds, Butterflies, and People”
Wednesday, February 29
Smithsonian Gardens 2012 Winter In-Service Training Program
Lecture at the National Zoological Park Visitor Center Auditorium
“Natives for Everyone: Modern Prairie Gardens”
This lecture is NOT open to the public
MARCH 2012
Monday, March 5, 5:00pm
Baird Creek Preservation Foundation Annual Meeting and Dinner
“Why Restore Our Native Landscapes?”
Clarion Hotel, Downtown Green Bay (East Side)
Saturday, March 31
Sauk County Cooperative Extension Annual Gardening Symposium:
“Get Ready, Get Set!”
“Native Prairie Flowers and Grasses for Midwestern Gardens”
West Square Administrative Office Bldg. 505 Broadway, Baraboo, WI
APRIL 2012
Friday, April 20, 11:00am
Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Garden Talk” show with Larry Meiller
Listen Online
JUNE 2012
Thursday, June 21 – 7:00pm
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha Botanical Center, Summer Solstice Lecture
“American Prairie Plants for American Gardens”
Visitor and Education Center, Lauritzen Gardens
OCTOBER 2012
Friday, October 19
Swarthmore Perennials Conference Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
“The Future American Landscape: Getting Off the Turf Treadmill”
Online registration begins in April 2012 @ www.perennialplantconference.org
For conference information, please call Longwood Gardens Continuing Education Office at 610-388-5238 No phone registrations, please.