Schedule of Speakers and Events

 Thanks to our Main Stage Sponsor - The Home Depot

Friday, March 15

10:30 AM Room 103
Franklinia Speaker: Katherine Astor:  English Country Gardens
 The Katherine Astor lecture is underwritten by the generosity of the Franklinia Society; no ticket purchase necessary. Limited Seating. No reservations. First-come, first-served.

10:30 AM Main Stage
Carlton Wood: Hills & Dales: Ever the Wonder and Admiration of All

10:30 AM Demo Stage
Geri Laufer: Contain Yourself! 5 Top Herbs for Containers

11:30 AM Main Stage
Jason Paolini (Chef de Cuisine, Restaurant Eugene): Spring Soup

11:30 AM Demo Stage
Brooks Garcia: The Gardens of Oakland Cemetery

12:00 PM  Room 103
Tara Guérard: Weddings by Tara Guérard        

12:30 PM Demo Stage
Kathy Rainer & Tricky Wolfes: The Gift of Inspiration

1:00 PM Main Stage
Walter Reeves:  Cool Tools and Funky Fertilizers

1:30 PM Demo Stage
Laura Iarocci: Flower Arranging with the American Craft Council

2:00 PM Main Stage
Danielle Rollins:  Soiree: Entertaining with Style

2:30 PM Demo Stage
Nancy & Roy Heizer: Atlanta’s Garden Plants

3:00 PM Main Stage
Margot Shaw:  The Best of All Seasons—Get florally inspired by Editor-in-Chief Margot Shaw’s favorite Flower features from every season.

3:30 PM Demo Stage
Louise Estabrook: Victory Gardens

Saturday, March 16

10:30 AM Main Stage
Allan Armitage/Vince Dooley/Tim Smalley panel: Great Garden Making

10:30 AM Demo Stage
John Yow: The Armchair Birder

11:00 AM  Room 103
Peter Hatch: Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden

11:30 AM Demo Stage
Ashton Ritchie: Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening

12:00 PM Main Stage
Mary Palmer Dargan: Turbocharge your Landscape

12:30 PM Demo Stage
Eric King (exhibiting landscaper): Instagarden: 3 Quick Tips to Make Your Yard Pretty as a Picture with a Live, Free Makeover!

1:00 PM Main Stage
Melanie Turner: ADAC 2012 Southeast Designer of the Year

1:00 PM  Room 103
Ben Page: Landscape Design: Tradition in Transition

1:30 PM Demo Stage
Allan Armitage: Gardening with Grandchildren

2:00 PM Main Stage
P. Allen Smith:  How to Get More Out of Your Garden Than a Backache

2:30 PM Demo Stage
Jo Phillips:Heirloom Plants for Southern Gardens

3:30 PM Main Stage
Kevin Gillespie (Chef at soon-to-be-opened Gusnshow): Fire in My Belly

3:30 PM Demo Stage
Erica Glasener: The Making of a Garden: Gibbs Gardens

Sunday, March 17

11:00 AM Main Stage
Rebecca Lang: Around the Southern Table

11:30 AM  Demo Stage
Barbara Damrosch: Feasting from the Garden Year Round

12:00 PM Main Stage
James Farmer:  A Time to Plant

12:30 PM Demo Stage
Charles Seabrook & Meryl Alber: The Salt Marshes of the Southeast’s Atlantic Coast

1:30 PM Main Stage
Buddy Lee: New Introductions from the Southern Living Plant Collection and Encore Azalea

1:30 PM Demo Stage
Liz Vitale: Children’s Speaker: puppet show