South Carolina Midlands Master Gardeners Association 23rd Gardening Symposium

Gateway to Gardening...Today for Tomorrow

Thursday, October 17, 2013

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Columbia Conference Center 169 Laurelhurst Avenue Columbia, SC 29210

Ticket includes lunch, admission to presentations, demonstrations, book and vendor sales, and goody bags.

AGENDA

8:00AM Registration, Refreshments, Plant Sale, Vendor & Book Shopping, Silent Auction Bidding

8:45 Welcome, Introductions & Instructions

9:00 Featured Speaker: Doug Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home

10:15 Break, Plant Sale, Vendor & Book Shopping, Silent Auction Bidding

10:30 Concurrent Session:

- Karen Hall, Chaotic Gardening: Culture and Nature as Nested Systems

- Matt Nichols, Heat Tolerant Maples for the South

- Sharon Thompson, Falling for Flowers

11:45 Lunch, Plant Sale, Vendor & Book Shopping, Silent Auction Bidding

1:15 Concurrent Session:

- Karen Hall, Chaotic Gardening: Culture and Nature As Nested Systems

- Matt Nichols, Heat Tolerant Maples for the South

- Sharon Thompson, Falling for Flowers

2:30 Break, Vendor & Book Shopping, Silent Auction Bidding

2:45 Featured Speaker: Dr. Alan Armitage

4:00PM Wrap up