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Colonial Williamsburg Garden Symposium

We are thrilled to be co-sponsoring this year’s incredible Colonial Williamsburg’s 76th Annual Garden Symposium: Digging the Garden: Horticulture, History & Archeology, to be held April 27-30. Join renowned horticulturists, archaeologists, historians, and guest experts as they examine best practices through an historical lens, using the past to inform the present and future  

Guest Speakers include: 

  • Keynote Speaker Lady Xa Tollemache, English garden designer and Gold and Silver winner of London’s Chelsea Flower Show  
  • Mark Laird, author, renowned garden historian, and historic landscape consultant 
  • Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s Director of Archaeology 
  • Charlie Nardozzi, nationally-recognized garden writer, speaker and radio and TV personality  
  • Daria McKelvey, American Horticultural Society’s Emerging Horticultural Professional Award Winner and Supervisor of the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at Missouri Botanical 
  • Kerry Mendez, author, speaker, garden and design consultant, and Gold Medal Winner–Massachusetts Horticultural Society 
  • Joanne Chapman, Colonial Williamsburg’s Director 

Register today. Virtual and in-person offerings.