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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Speakers
John Lonsdale |
Teri Dunn Chace |
Kimberly Eierman |
Brie Arthur |
John Lonsdale
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John is the Owner of Edgewood Gardens, a rare plant nursery and garden in Exton, PA. Born in England, John has grown a wide variety of alpine and woodland plants and bulbs for more than 30 years and is a recipient of the Alpine Garden Society gold Merit Medal. He has traveled extensively to study plants in habitat, especially Trillium in the SE USA. John regularly contributes articles to the publications of a number of horticultural societies.
For more information, visit: Edgewood |
Lecture (Morning):
Woodland Treasures John will discuss a selection of the many rare, unusual and beautiful woodland plants which he grows in his garden in Exton, PA. The presentation will highlight genera including Trillium, Galanthus, Cyclamen, Corydalis, Hepatica, Erythronium, Epimedium and Arisaema, members of which are suitable for a variety of conditions from dry shade to vernally moist sunlit woodland edges. John is particularly interested in pushing the limits of cultivation of many of these plants and the talk will emphasize methods for their cultivation and propagation. |
Teri Dunn Chace
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Teri is a writer and editor with more than 35 titles in publication, including Seeing Seeds (winner of a 2016 American Horticultural Society Book Award), Seeing Flowers, How to Eradicate Invasive Plants and The Anxious Gardener’s Book of Answers. Chace has gardened in a variety of climate zones and soil types from inner city Portland, Oregon, to coastal Massachusetts. She currently resides in Little Falls, a small village in the heart of central New York’s farm country; she and her husband also have a second home on the Bay of Fundy in Freeport, Novia Scotia.
For more information, visit: www.terichacewriter.com |
Lecture (Morning):
Seeing Seeds: A Journey into the World of Seedheads, Pods and Fruit Teri will present an engrossing, narrated hour-long talk based on her 2016 American Horticultural Society award-winning Timber Press title of the same name. “Every seed tells a story.” Though small and often not noticed or examined carefully, seeds are simply amazing—what they look like, what they do, how they do it, as they work towards their astounding goal of self-replication. Teri’s talk finds strangeness and fascination in the seeds of plants as familiar as oaks and dandelions, and as curious as figs and hellebores. View the gorgeous photographs by Robert Llewellyn (she will explain his “image-stacking” technique). |
Kimberly Eierman
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Kim Eierman is an Environmental Horticulturist specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. She is the Founder of EcoBeneficial, a horticulture consulting and communications company. Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, Rutgers Home Gardeners School and several other institutions. Kim is an active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscaping topics and is a Certified Horticulturist through the ASH and a member of the Garden Writers Association. Kim was awarded the Silver Award of Achievement by the Association of Garden Communicators (GWA) for their 2014, 2015 and 2017 Media Awards Program.
For more information, visit: EcoBenficial! |
Lecture (Afternoon):
Dealing with Climate Change in Your Landscape Climate change is here and it is impacting our landscapes – increased flooding, more frequent droughts, more extreme weather events and increasing temperatures. Want to help fight climate change at home? Learn how the plants you choose and the landscape practices you use can help reduce the impacts of climate change and improve the environment around you. |
Brie Arthur
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Originally from southeastern Michigan, Brie Arthur studied Landscape Design and Horticulture at Purdue University. With more than a decade of experience as a grower and propagator she now lectures across the US promoting the hobby of gardening. Brie is able to use her plant knowledge and extensive grower network to reach consumers nationally. Her debut book, The Foodscape Revolution has become a best seller. Her second book, Gardening with Grains published by St Lynn’s Press, will be available later in 2019.
For more information, visit: www.briegrows.com |
Lecture (Afternoon):
The Foodscape Revolution- Foodscaping with Natives Thoughtful design and management of landscapes is more important than ever as concerns of climate, water quality and invasive plants increase. Brie will discuss how to create a foodscape using native plants mixed with favorite seasonal food crops. The best organic products are featured and easy, earth friendly maintenance strategies are highlighted. Learn about native edible plants and the pollinators they attract that aid in ecological restoration. Get inspired to see the potential every landscape offers by transforming them into purposeful spaces that embrace solutions to modern day landscape practices. |