There are many different approaches we can take to filling our gardens, landscapes and lives with plants. In this talk based on his new book, The Modern Professional Planting Designer, Andrew Fisher Tomlin will reveal some of the tools that will help you achieve professional-level solutions in planting. He will explore the difference between ornamental, naturalistic […]
Join Colah B. Tawkin, creator of podcast Black in the Garden, for a conversation reflecting on the podcast’s highlights and impact, the future of horticultural communication, insights on land stewardship and farming heritage, and all things Black and botanical. Colah B. Tawkin, creator of Black in the Garden, is a ‘plantrepreneur’, podcaster, and the guide […]
The Headwaters at the Comal sits at a remarkable moment in its transformation, and visitors on this tour will experience all three chapters of its story firsthand. The journey begins in the recently completed past: a former industrial hardscape now reimagined as a Low Impact Development parking lot and entrance garden, where native plants, rain […]
Vegetation is shifting in response to intensifying environmental pressures—from invasive species and habitat fragmentation to rising nutrient loads and imbalanced herbivore populations. Drawing from his firm Phyto Studio’s experience with high-visibility public projects, landscape architect Thomas Rainer shares actionable strategies for designing resilient plantings. Learn how to work with competitive dynamics, select vigorous native species, […]
Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and Beginnings is both a love letter to California and a literary tour de force that tells the story of resilience and reclamation through a […]
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. […]
Join Scott Burdick, board chair of Desert Botanical Garden, for a private tour of his famed Rancho Arroyo garden! Dating to the 1920s, this acre property was originally owned by Hubert Earle, director of the Desert Botanical Garden. Earle filled the grounds with rare specimens brought back from Mexico, including boojum trees, unusual cacti, and […]
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, […]
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 […]
Winter Garden, Florida is a “charming little city with a juicy past”! Our Winter Garden gardens tour will begin at the Path of Life, a small, lush public garden created to enhance the beauty of Chapin Station Park while protecting the natural environment. Katy Moss Warner, president emerita of the American Horticultural Society and president […]
