Growing Smarter:
Embracing resilience for sustainable gardens
The Hardy Plant Study Weekend is an annual three-day conference which takes place in the Pacific Northwest and has been hosted each year by one of the following: The Northwest Perennial Alliance, Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group or Hardy Plant Group of Vancouver/Victoria. The location has varied between Bellevue and Seattle, Washington; Portland and Eugene, Oregon; and Vancouver or Victoria, BC.
This year the Hardy Plant Study Weekend will be hosted by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Group at the following location:
University of British Columbia
Woodward Instructional Resource Centre (IRC)
2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC.
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Please join us for a weekend of garden lectures, plant sales, open gardens and the opportunity to mingle with 420 plus enthusiastic gardeners.
Your registration fee will cover:
- all lectures and presentations on Friday evening, Saturday morning and Sunday morning.
- coffee and snack breaks .
- access to splendid private gardens in:
Surrey/Langley on Friday
Vancouver on Saturday
West/North Vancouver on Sunday
and a bonus tour of open gardens on Bowen Island–just a short (20 min.) ferry ride away from Horseshoe Bay–on Monday.
Several specialty nurseries will be attending the weekend, offering a choice selection of their unusual and hard to find treasures, and on Saturday night there will be an informal Soiree dinner at Southlands Nursery following open garden tours in Vancouver.