Garden Conference News from MBRC:
MBRC's 2011 Garden Conference is scheduled for Saturday, June 25, 2011, 8 AM - 4 PM, at Northern Michigan University.
The Featured Speaker is Ed Lyon, Director of the Allen Centennial Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, who will present "Cold Climate Gardening". Ed's public garden experience includes Chicago Botanical Garden, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, and Rotary Botanical Gardens. He writes and speaks for both public and professional audiences across the Midwest and writes for magazines including "Chicagoland Gardening", "Nursery Management Pro", and "American Nurseryman". He writes a regular regional report on southern Wisconsin for "Chicagoland Gardening". He loves Photography and takes all of he images used in his presentations. For almost 10 years Ed assisted in a speciality nursery and has past experience as a greenhouse manager. Most importantly, he is an avid gardener with dirt under his fingernails.
15 additional speakers and seminars will be on the 2011 schedule and description. Click here for list of sponsors and Garden Extravagana Registration Form.
Cost is $50. For more information on the Garden Conference, contact Judy Place - phone: 906-226-9904 or email: jplace@nmu.edu
MBRC's 2010 Garden Conference was held Saturday, June 26, 2010, featuring Janet Macunovich and Steven Nikkila and 13 additional speakers.
Click here to see the 2010 program.
MBRC's 2009 Garden Conference featured Melinda Myers and 12 additional speakers and 202 attendees. Click here to see the 2009 program.
MBRC's first Garden Conference, in 2008, featured Rebecca Kolls and 13 additional speakers, 14 vendors, and 178 attendees.
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