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SUMMARY:Southeastern Plant Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the 2026 Southeastern Plant Symposium\, hosted by the JC Raulston Arboretum and Juniper Level Botanic Garden\, to discover the latest plant innovations\, connect with industry leaders and gain insights into modern gardening and horticultural practice. \nHorticulture is evolving at a remarkable pace\, driven by new plants\, innovative techniques and fresh perspectives that are reshaping the field. The 2026 Southeastern Plant Symposium offers a unique opportunity to explore these developments\, connect with industry leaders and deepen your understanding of modern gardening. \nDesigned for plant lovers\, gardeners and horticulturists alike\, this two-day event brings together a passionate community focused on cultivating beautiful\, thriving landscapes. \nJoin us in Raleigh\, North Carolina\, or attend virtually via Zoom for an engaging look at the future of horticulture. From under-the-radar plant genera poised for wider recognition to new rhododendrons and Asian species being trialed in the Southeast\, the symposium highlights both emerging plants and time-tested favorites. Topics range from hardy members of the ginger family and shade-loving ferns to innovative perennial selections and the diverse native flora of the Southeastern United States. \nAdditional sessions examine how gardens and plant collections shape human experience\, draw on lessons from horticultural history and offer practical tools for discovering and understanding regional plant diversity. \nConnect with nurserymen\, garden designers\, researchers\, botanical garden professionals and fellow enthusiasts while gaining practical insights and fresh perspectives. Through expert-led sessions and thought-provoking presentations\, you will leave inspired and better equipped to transform the landscape. \nThe symposium will be held at the Hilton Raleigh North Hills\, located at 3415 Wake Forest Road\, Raleigh\, NC 27609.
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/southeastern-plant-symposium/
LOCATION:JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University\, 4415 Beryl Road\, Raleigh\, North Carolina\, 27606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T190000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: The African Ancestors Garden
DESCRIPTION:Paul Peters\, principal at Hood Design Studio\, will share about the studio’s landscape design process for the African Ancestors Garden\, part of the International African American Museum in Charleston\, South Carolina. The garden draws inspiration from both the Lowcountry landscape and the broader African diaspora to create a tranquil environment for reflection\, learning\, and remembrance. Organized as a series of sub-gardens\, the design celebrates the artistry\, craftsmanship\, and labor of African Americans through botanical and material narratives. The African Origins Garden highlights the botanical diaspora by featuring plants commonly found throughout Southern landscapes that trace their origins to regions across Africa\, symbolizing how plant migration parallels the historical displacement and movement of people. Complementing this\, the Lowcountry Garden is rooted in the ecology of local marshlands\, incorporating native reeds\, a circular arrangement of concrete benches inspired by the contours of coastal mudflats\, and a gentle ground depression that gathers site runoff. Together\, these spaces form a contemplative memorial landscape that honors ancestral memory and offers visitors a profound connection to the enduring heritage of the African diaspora. \nHood Design Studio is a landscape architecture and social art practice based in Oakland\, California and founded by visionary landscape architect\, Walter Hood. Paul Peters\, a Principal at Hood Design Studio\, is renowned for spotlighting the intricate ties between nature and culture in his landscape designs. He transforms expansive sites into intimate spaces\, designing with sensitivity to personal memories and experiences. He is deeply invested in the conceptual phase\, seamlessly weaving broad perspectives\, conceptual thinking\, and research throughout his projects\, ultimately influencing societal perspectives. Earning his master’s in landscape architecture from the University of British Columbia\, Paul managed his own design-build firm in Vancouver for seven years. Since joining Hood Design Studio in 2016\, he’s pioneered several groundbreaking projects. Notably\, he’s contributed to the International African American Museum in Charleston\, SC\, the historic Oakland Museum of California’s renovation\, and Nvidia’s state-of-the-art campus in Silicon Valley. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-the-african-ancestors-garden/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T150000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Ecological Restoration and Design
DESCRIPTION:Blackland Collaborative is an ecology-based consulting group with over 40 years of collective experience in restoring\, creating\, and conserving functional ecosystems. This program will discuss some of the Collaborative’s Texas-based landscape projects\, such as the Headwaters at the Comal and the George W. Bush Presidential Center\, to examine ecological design for native grasslands\, riparian restoration\, urban ecology\, native prairie green roofs\, landscape restoration plans at multiple scales\, and pocket prairies. \nJohn Hart Asher has over sixteen years of experience designing and building functional ecosystems within urban conditions. He has conducted basic research in ecological engineering\, ecological restoration\, and land management\, offered workshops to professionals and the public\, and provided fee-supported ecological consulting expertise to clients across Texas. As part of the consulting team\, John Hart works with integrated design teams composed of engineers\, architects\, landscape architects\, and developers to integrate sustainable design\, practices\, and philosophies into projects. He specializes in translating sustainable design into successful projects that provide varying layers of ecosystem services. His home pocket prairie has recently been featured in the newly released books: Gardens of Texas: Visions of Resilience from the Lone Star State and Gardenista: The Low Impact Garden: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Outdoor Spaces. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-ecological-restoration-and-design/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T150000
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CREATED:20260120T191700Z
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Gardens Illustrated: The New Beautiful
DESCRIPTION:Gardens Illustrated is today’s most popular gardening periodical\, thanks to its lavishly photographed features on contemporary\, forward-thinking gardens that focus on irresistible plants and clever designs. In The New Beautiful\, the editors at Gardens Illustrated highlight over fifty of their favorite gardens in a mix of scales and in a variety of climates t appeal to garden enthusiasts from the United States\, United Kingdom\, and around the world. Join this talk to explore a range of garden scales\, from small city spaces aiming to bring biodiversity deep into the built environment\, to country estates photographed with a new lens on ecology and sustainability that were created by today’s top garden designers. \nStephanie Mahon is Editor of Gardens Illustrated. She is a multi-award-winning garden editor\, writer\, and author. \nVirtual \n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-gardens-illustrated-the-new-beautiful/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T200000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Soils and Plant Nutrition
DESCRIPTION:A beautiful and sustainable garden starts with understanding your garden conditions\, enabling you to select plants that will thrive. One crucial part of that knowledge is your garden soil. We will simplify the complex topic of garden soil into five key areas to help you understand what you need to know. This program will address soil and water\, soil texture and structure\, soil chemistry\, nutrient delivery\, and the soil ecosystem. \nGretchen Renshaw is a horticulturist and teacher. She is a founder and volunteer director at the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden in California. This demonstration garden features California native plants and sustainable gardening practices. She is a former horticulture instructor at UCLA Extension\, where she taught for over 25 years. One of her courses was a four-unit class on Soils and Plant Nutrition\, for which she wrote and published Underground: A Gardener’s Guide to Soil and Plant Nutrition. Renshaw also worked as a science teacher at an elementary school\, engaging students in hands-on science activities from kindergarten to fifth grade. She has a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from Cal Poly\, San Luis Obispo. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-soils-and-plant-nutrition/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T200000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Bad Naturalist
DESCRIPTION:When Paula Whyman first climbed a peak in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of a home in the country\, she had no idea how quickly her tidy backyard ecology project would become a massive endeavor. She soon discovered just how much she had to learn about hands-on conservation work. Bad Naturalist is a memoir about Paula Whyman’s attempts to restore native meadows on a 200-acre mountaintop–about the obstacles she encountered\, the mistakes she made\, the failures and the all-important successes\, and the discoveries she made along the way. Douglas Tallamy calls Bad Naturalist “self-deprecating\, humorous\, and thoroughly engaging.” Washington Gardener calls it “glorious.” Whyman will share the story of her efforts to restore the land. \nBad Naturalist is Paula Whyman’s first book of nonfiction. Her earlier book\, You May See a Stranger\, is an award-winning linked short story collection. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post and The American Scholar\, and in journals including McSweeney’s Quarterly\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, Ploughshares\, and The Hudson Review. She was awarded residencies by MacDowell\, Yaddo\, VCCA\, The Studios of Key West\, and Oak Spring Garden Foundation. Her work on this book was supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council. She spends her time on a mountain in Virginia with her husband and a mercurial standard poodle. \nVirtual (*Please note\, this program will not be recorded)\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-bad-naturalist/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T200000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Indigenous Landscapes of Abundance
DESCRIPTION:This program will explore the historic land management practices of Indigenous women of the northern Great Plains\, with a focus on the Amskapi Piikani (or Blackfeet) women. Dr. LaPier will address the ways Indigenous women promoted the growth of prairie plants\, including domesticated food-plants\, cultivated food-plants and “wild” food-plants within the northern Great Plains. You will also learn about some of the ancient “lost crops\,” those food-plants that were cultivated in the distant past and are no longer in use. This program strives to engender conversation around Indigenous women’s role in creating sustainable landscapes of abundance. \nDr. Rosalyn LaPier is an award-winning Indigenous writer\, environmental historian\, and traditionally trained ethnobotanist who currently serves as a professor at University of Illinois and a research associate at the Smithsonian. They research and write about Indigenous landscape management practices\, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)\, and Native American relationships with the natural world. They are the author of two books\, including Invisible Reality: Storytellers\, Storytakers and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet. They have also produced two Blackfeet language lexicons and written dozens of articles and commentaries. Dr. LaPier is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana and Métis. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-indigenous-landscapes-of-abundance/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T150000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Designing with Fragrant Flowers and Aromatic Foliage
DESCRIPTION:Ralph Waldo Emerson memorably said\, “The earth laughs in flowers\,” which captures the joy people find in cottage gardens and cheerful urban flower plantings. Unlike color\, fragrance is ephemeral\, invisible\, and hard to describe\, but just as powerful! It summons memories\, provides comfort\, and often takes gardeners and garden visitors to exotic parts of the world. In this session\, Christopher Sheridan will explore the language of fragrance\, share design strategies for scented plants\, review a classic classification system\, and journey through the scented bloom cycle. Get in the spirit and bring a new level of creativity and enjoyment to gardening\, flower arranging\, and garden touring. \nChristopher Barrett Sheridan\, The Flower Sommelier\, is a horticulturalist\, floral design instructor\, and aspiring historian\, specializing in scented plants\, heirloom flowers\, romantic garden design\, and Victorian floral traditions. Chris regularly offers immersive design workshops at Longwood Gardens and lectures at national events\, including the Philadelphia Flower Show and the International Master Gardener Conference. A Harrison Fellow of the Historic Landscape Institute\, he is developing Founding Era Garden programming to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-designing-with-fragrant-flowers-and-aromatic-foliage/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T200000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Mexican History of Botany
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Dr. Lopez will focus on the history of botany in Mexico (including the southwestern United States that were previously part of Mexico)\, drawing from his new book\, Rooted in Place: Botany\, Indigeneity\, and Art in the Construction of Mexican Nature\, 1570-1914. Rooted in Place traces historical transformations in the relationship between nature and imagined communities across three interlinked moments in the Renaissance\, the Enlightenment\, and the late nineteenth century in Mexico. It is the first major study of the relationship between understandings of nature and the creation of structures of rule within Mexico. The book intentionally weaves between environmental history\, history of science\, visual culture\, and political history. \nRick A. López is Anson D. Morse 1871 Professor of Latin American History and Environmental Studies at Amherst College. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-mexican-history-of-botany/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T200000
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SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Plants for the Winter Garden
DESCRIPTION:The winter garden is a truly low maintenance affair and a time to enjoy – no weeding\, no watering and no deadheading! The winter landscape may be quiescent\, but the garden need not be bleak. Plants with brightly colored berries\, twigs\, stems\, foliage and even winter-blooming flowers shrug off the snow and cold. Landscape horticulturist Warren Leach\, author of Plants for the Winter Garden\, will showcase gardens he has designed that celebrate the winter season as well as planting design ideas for your own garden. \nWarren Leach is a passionate plant collector\, nurseryman\, horticulturist\, and landscape designer with a depth of knowledge of all garden plants including perennials\, tropical\, temperate and woody plants. For more than 35 years\, Leach has been creating landscapes throughout New England as well as making captivating and education display gardens at Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth\, MA. Leach is an award-winning landscape designer and has taught horticulture and landscape design at numerous horticultural institutions. \nVirtual\n$15 AHS members/$20 non-members\nAll virtual programs are in ET\nRegister Here
URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-plants-for-the-winter-garden-2/
LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Virtual
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