Every February the Piedmont Landscape Association hosts an annual seminar. This event strives to bring gardening enthusiasts and landscape professionals together in an educational setting.
LocationThe Paramount Theater
Charlottesville, Virginia RegistrationDue to the high volume of participants and the limited volunteer capacity of our organization, everyone will be directed to register through the Paramount Theater.
Registration may be taken over the phone at 434-979-1333 or online at www.theparamount.net . Items to Note
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Agenda
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Sponsors
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Speakers
Allan Armitage |
Nancy Ross Hugo |
Peggy Singlemann |
Allan Armitage, PhD
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Dr. Allan Armitage is well known as a writer, speaker and researcher throughout the world. Born and raised in Canada, he lived in Quebec and Ontario, then in East Lansing, Michigan and Athens, Georgia. He has worked with landscape plants and greenhouse crops in the North and South, and travels from coast to coast and all parts in between sharing his passion for plants.
His career has taken him all over the world, lecturing throughout United States and Canada, as well as many countries in Europe, South America, New Zealand and Australia. His knowledge has allowed him to write 14 books, countless academic papers and hundreds of articles for professionals and lay people alike. He has been honored for his achievements throughout he country - the respect from his colleagues is most impressive. For more information, visit: www.allanarmitage.net. |
Lecture (Morning):
Horticulture Through One Man's Eyes Dr. Armitage has worked with landscape plants and greenhouse crops in the North and South, and travels from coast to coast and all parts in between sharing knowledge and his passion for plants. Dr. Armitage will talk about what he has learned about the industry throughout the years and what he sees happening within our current market, including the people that define it and technology's role. Lecture (Afternoon):
Dr. A's Best Piedmont Plant Picks Dr. Armitage will talk about some of the finest perennials and annuals for gardeners, designers, landscapers and garden centers. In his own style, he will bring you up to date with the good, the bad and the ugly. Sit back, get your pencil sharpened and learn about some great plants for the garden. |
Nancy Ross Hugo
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Nancy Ross Hugo has had the privilege of living among trees, writing about trees, and learning about trees for most of her life. As garden columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch , education manager at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, and writer for publications including Horticulture, Fine Gardening, and American Forests, she has been combining her love of the outdoors with her love of the written word for almost 40 years. She is the author of five books, including Seeing Trees and Trees Up Close, and she led the initiative to locate and celebrate Virginia’s oldest, most historic, and most interesting trees, a four-year project that resulted in the publication of Remarkable Trees of Virginia, a book that has been called “a spectacular tribute Virginia’s trees.” Through her writing and lectures, Nancy describes how to view trees in ways that reveal secrets about how evolved and why they are engineered the way they are.
For more information, visit: www.nancyrosshugo.com |
Lecture (Morning):
Trees: Up Close: "Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees In Trees Up Close, Nancy Ross Hugo describes the joy of discovering unfamiliar features of familiar trees. She explains how carefully observing seeds, catkins, flowers, resting buds, emerging leaves, and other small phenomena of ordinary backyard and roadside trees can provide insight into tree biology and reveal a whole new universe of tree beauty. From the pollination droplets of the ginkgo to the sticky surfaces of female walnut flowers, Hugo argues that these intimate tree details are as exciting to watch and worthy of viewing as roses or peonies, and that by becoming more familiar with them, observers can better appreciate both the genius of tree engineering and the importance of trees in the landscape. With images by fine art photographer Robert Llewellyn, Hugo shares strategies to help observers see more, profiles several common species, and illustrates why some species, including American beech, tulip poplar, and redbud make particularly fine subjects for viewing. She also shares what decades planting and observing trees has taught her about which trees make the best landscape investments and the importance of planting long-lived, legacy trees. |
Peggy Singlemann
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Peggy Singlemann, Maymont Director of Horticulture, has designed, planted and maintained historic and specialty gardens at the 100-acre estate for more than 30 years, and has served as a host of Richmond’s monthly gardening show, “Virginia Home Grown,” on PBS WCVE, since 2013. The gardens at Maymont under her care include the formal Italian Garden, a four-acre Japanese Garden, Marie’s Butterfly Trail, Jack’s Vegetable Garden, The Robin’s Nature and Visitor Center as well as numerous annual and perennial borders.
Singlemann lectures throughout the mid-Atlantic region and has been published in local and national periodicals such “American Nurseryman,” “Horticulture,” and “Virginia Gardener,” and she writes blog posts for Maymont and “Virginia Home Grown.” Singlemann was named Professional of the Year in 2016 by the Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, and she has been recognized by the Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association with an annual scholarship named in her honor. |
Lecture (Afternoon):
Native Shrubs, the Middle Layer Discover the plants that soften the woodland edge while providing seasonal color. Shrubs join the upper layer of the tree canopy to the ground layer in the garden. Growing in full sun or shade the shrubs will enhance the textures in a garden and provide habitat to liven the landscape. |