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WINTER 2010
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS EVENTS
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Weve
searched the world to bring the best of the best in expertise,
in advice and, most importantly, in inspiration. Lectures
are held in the Floral Hall, Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES: Matthew Wilson worked for the RHS for ten years, first as Curator of RHS Garden Hyde Hall, then as Head of Site and Curator at Harlow Carr and latterly as Head of Gardens Creative Development for all four RHS gardens. During his time at RHS Garden Hyde Hall Matthew succeeded in transforming many areas of the garden dramatically. At Harlow Carr he established a strong environmental ethos for the garden and led the development of a number of key projects and redesigned several important areas of the garden. During his four and a half year tenure, visitor numbers rose from 130,00 to 220,00, with a significant increase in local membership recruitment. The success of the Dry Garden, finished in 2001 and irrigated purely by rainfall, pays tribute to his dedication and commitment to gardening in an environmentally friendly way. Matthew has joined Michael Heseltine and Roddy Llewellyn as regular garden columnist at Country Life. He also lectures and teaches regularly on sustainable horticulture, planting design and wildlife gardening. Matthew contributes regularly to a number of publications including the Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. Matthew is a Trustee of the Lowther Castle & Gardens Trust (Cumbria), board member of the BBC's Gardening Editorial Advisory Board, Board member and horticultural advisor to Horticap (Harrogate) and Patron of the Friends of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Marjorie Harris is considered one of Canada's leading garden writers. She has a garden column in Canada's national newspaper, The Globe & Mail, and makes speeches across the country; was Editor-in-Chief of Gardening Life magazine. Born in Shaunovon, Saskatchewan back in the mists of time, she was educated from Goose Bay Labrador to Vancouver B. C. and graduated in Hon. Eng. From McMaster University Her latest book: How to Make a Garden. Other books include: Botanica North America, The Canadian Gardener, Seasons of My Garden, Marjorie Harris' Favorite Garden Tips, Pocket Gardening , Ecological Garden. Lynden B. Miller is a public garden designer in New York City and director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park, which she rescued and restored beginning in 1982. Her work includes gardens for The Central Park Zoo, Bryant Park, The New York Botanical Garden, Madison Square Park and Wagner Park in Battery Park City as well as many smaller projects in all five boroughs and beyond, including waterfront gardens in Red Hook, Brooklyn, improvements to Union Square Park and the 97th Street Park Avenue Mall, renovation of the "Gateway to Harlem" Broadway Mall at 135th Street, design of the Entry Garden for Segment 5 of Hudson River Park, and design consultation for the garden at The Museum of Modern Art, Loeb Plaza for Hunter College and the front of the 67th Street Armory. She has designed and enhanced the campus landscapes at Columbia University, Princeton University, and Stony Brook University, where she continues to work on new projects, and is currently in the process of designing a garden for the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. For twenty-five years, Mrs. Miller has focused her work on the improvement of parks and gardens from the Bronx to the Battery, from Rockaway to Staten Island. Tony Avent: After graduating from NC State University with a degree in Horticultural Science in 1978, Tony Avent worked in the horticultural field and, in 1988, became the owner of the award-winning Plant Delights Nursery Inc., a mail order nursery specializing in new and rare perennials. The goal of Plant Delights Nursery, Inc., is to change the way people garden by offering the best, the newest, and the strangest fun, garden-worthy perennials to gardeners around the world. The nursery's specialty is hostas; they have conducted one of the most extensive hosta breeding programs in the country, yielding exciting introductions like Hosta 'White Wall Tire' (98), Hosta 'Tattoo' PP 11,603 (98), Hosta 'Elvis Lives' (95), and the ugliest hosta ever, Hosta 'Out House Delight' (94)! Tony volunteers on a number of horticultural committees in his home state, N. Carolina, as well as being a Contributing Editor to Horticulture Magazine. |
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