Thursday, February 2, 2012
3:00-4:30 pm
at the Expo Classroom
on the Showroom Floor.
Our Annual Meeting Program:
Twelve OUTSTANDING Plants for 2012
for our New England Landscape!
We're happy to present 3 Short Talks followed by Question & Answer Panel Discussion. The presentations will feature under-used or newly introduced plants for the New England landscape that you as a design professional will want to use in your work. Our panel of plant specialists will walk us through everything from native perennials, to woody shrubs, along with dwarf and unusual conifers.
Timm Steele of Iseli Nurseries, Boring, OR will be showcasing 12 captivating dwarf and intermediate conifers for the New England landscape.
Peter Van Berkum, will share a dozen from their line of New England Woodlanders, Meadows, Ruggeds as well new introductions from Van Berkum Nurseries*, Deerfield, NH. The amazing blue Gentiana andrewsii in the photo above is from their website and is part of their Woodlander collection.
And, Tim Wood, Spring Meadow Nurseries, Grand Haven, MI, will let us in on the newest twelve woody shrubs from the Proven Winners collection,and some insights into how they source their plants.
* Van Berkum Nurseries sponsors our Chapter. See our chapter website for more information.
CEU Certificates for our Chapter Program will be available to our certified members at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
Non-APLD members are also invited, so please pass this information along to anyone who might be interested in attending.
Attention APLD Certified Designers:
If you want New England Grows Educational CEUs, when you register for New England Grows, mark the APLD member category. Then get your badges scanned so you can be credited with CEU's for their Educational Programs.
We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Meeting!
