Flower Show Speaker Schedule

2011 Southeastern Flower Show speaker schedule will be announced in early winter.

2010 Southeastern Flower Show Speaker Schedule

Thursday, February 4

10:30 Demo Stage: Karin Guzy of Arranged for You presents Flower Arranging Tools

11:00 Home Depot Stage:  The Brumley Memorial and Franklinia Speaker, Renny Reynolds presents Hortulus Farm: The Story of An American Garden

11:30 Demo Stage:  Graeme Teague, author, presents Tropical & Garden Flower Identification

12:30 Home Depot Stage:  Chef Carvel Grant Gould of Canoe

12:30 Demo Stage: Michelle Valigursky, author, presents Creating Curb Appeal

1:30 Demo Stage: Kevin Moran of Flowerwood Nurseries presents Proper Pruning Techniques: When, Where and How to Properly Prune Shrubs

2:00 Home Depot Stage: Walter Reeves, Radio personality and writer, presents For the Green Scene, Maintenance Matters!

2:30 Demo Stage: Lisa Bartlett of Gardens to Go presents No Brainer Containers

3:00 Home Depot Stage: Michael Dirr, Ph.D of UGA sponsored by Home Depot

4:00 Home Depot Stage: Kevin Moran of Flowerwood Nurseries presents Encore Azaleas & the New 2010 Plants in the Southern Living Plant Collection

Friday, February 5

10:30 Demo Stage: Mary-Kate Mackey, author,  presents Beauty in Bounds - Successful Container Gardening

11:00 Home Depot Stage: Laura Iarocci and Victoria Denson of Faith Flowers present Colorful, Wonderful Weddings

11:30 Demo Stage: John Yow, author, presents The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds

12:30 Demo Stage: Jim & Joyce Lavene, authors, present What’s in That Soup? Poisonous Plants We Eat Every Day

12:30 Home Depot Stage: Jean Van Krevelen, garden author and garden coach, presents Grocery Gardening - Planting, Preparing and Preserving Fresh Food

1:30 Demo Stage: Mary-Kate Mackey, author, presents Every Garden Tells a Story: What A Garden Magazines Leave Out

2:00 Home Depot Stage: P. Allen Smith, TV host, writer and professional gardener, sponsored by Home Depot Abundance From Small Spaces, Gardening in Containers and Raised Beds with Style

2:30 Demo Stage: Laura Iarocci of Faith Flowers presents Sweet Floral Treats

3:00 Home Depot Stage: Joe Washington, TV personality,  presents Gardening to Beat the Elements

3:30 Demo Stage: Blake Watkins of Trees Atlanta presents Non-native Invasive Plants

4:00 Home Depot Stage: Erica Glasener, horticulturist and author, presents Proven Plants for Southern Gardens

Saturday, February 6

10:30 Demo Stage: Kyla Zaro-Moore, Community Environmental Educator - Southeastern Horticultural Society, presents Chickens in the Garden

11:00 Home Depot Stage: Larry Hammack of Foxgloves and Ivy presents The Beauty of Floral Design

11:30 Demo Stage: Daryl Pulis of Mrs. Greenthumb presents Easy Organic Gardening

12:30 Home Depot Stage: Chefs Todd Richards and Jerry Slater of One Flew South

12:30 Demo Stage: Rick Smith of Pruning Guru presents Pruning Shouldn’t Hurt

1:30 Demo Stage: Karen Garland of the Georgia Conservancy presents Tickle Your Senses Both Day & Night, How to Create a 24-Hour Sensory Garden

2:00 Home Depot Stage: Ashton Ritchie, gardening & lawn care expert, sponsored by Home Depot presents Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening

2:30 Demo Stage: Larry Hammack of Foxgloves & Ivy presents Easy Floral Designs for Your Home

3:00 Home Depot Stage: Pamela Crawford, garden designer and author, presents Easy Container Combos: Vegetables and Flowers

3:30 Demo Stage: Puppatoons

5:00 Home Depot Stage: Chef Jim Holycross of McCray’s West Village Tavern