Growing Smarter:
Embracing Resilience for Sustainable Gardens
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All lectures, open gardens, the Saturday evening Soiree and plant sales are only for those who have registered for the 2023 Hardy Plant Study Weekend.
Printable Schedule: VHPG SW2023 Attendees’ Weekend Schedule
Speakers slide list page: Printable lists in pdf
Cancellation Policy:
After May 12th, 2023, there will be no refunds; your registration may be gifted to a friend or will be considered a donation.
Attendees’ Weekend Schedule
| Friday June 23, 2023 | |
| 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Open Gardens – Langley / South Surrey | |
| 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm / Registration | |
| 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm / Plant sales | |
| 7:00 pm / Welcome and announcements | |
| 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm / John Grimshaw – “Treasures and Pleasures: A Plantsman’s Garden in North Yorkshire” |
| Saturday June 24, 2023 | |
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am / Late registrations and plant sales | |
| 8:50 am – 9:00 am / Announcements/raffle | |
| 9:00 am – 9:55 am / Egan Davis – “Ecologically Modelled Planting Design” | |
| 9:55 am – 10:50 am / Jeff Lowenfels – “The New Soil Food Web” | |
| 10:50 am – 11:20 am / Coffee break and plant sales | |
| 11:20 am – 12:30 pm / Matthew Wilson – “Star Perennials for a Small Garden” | |
| 12:30 pm / Lunch break | |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm / Plant sales | |
| 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Open Gardens – Vancouver | |
| 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm / Evening Soiree at Southlands (optional) – pre-registered/paid option |
| Sunday June 25, 2023 | |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am / Americans must have plants and completed phyto information in phyto room | |
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am / Plant sales (Canadians only) | |
| 8:50 am – 9:00 am / Announcements/raffle | |
| 9:00 am – 9:55 am / Daniel Mosquin “Plant Communications” | |
| 9:55 am – 10:50 am / Matthew Wilson – “Dynamic Planting – Combining Plants, Materials and Place” | |
| 10:50 am – 11:20 am / Coffee break and plant sales | |
| 11:20 am – 12:30 pm / John Grimshaw – “Give Me Chastity, but Not Yet: The Slow Progress Towards Climate Change & Resilience in Great Britain” | |
| 12:30 pm / Lunch break | |
| 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Open Gardens – West Vancouver |
| Monday June 26, 2023 | |
| 10:30 am – 4:00 pm / Open Gardens – Bowen Island |
Registration is Now Closed |
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| You may register on-site between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on Friday June 23. Cheque or cash payment required at the door. | ||
Also see: Home Open Gardens Speakers Soiree Accommodations
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