HARDY PLANT SOCIETY – SPRING SYMPOSIUM
MARCH 3, 2012
Join us at the Hardy Plant Society’s 11th Annual March Into Spring
Symposium, March 3th at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 371 Wolcott
Hill Road, Wethersfield, CT.
Noted horticulturalist and plant collector Ron Rabideau of RARE FIND
Nursery will share some of his favorite woody ornamental plants for the
summer garden in his talk “Rare and Unusual Woody Plants that You
are Sure to Love “. Woody ornamentals form the backbone of the
flower border throughout the year, adding structure, color, texture and
panache. Plan to add a few more of these sensational garden accents
to your borders this year.
Warren Leach talented garden designer and owner of Tranquil Lake
Nursery will recommend a diverse selection of superlative plants with
exceptional foliage characteristics in his garden talk “Garden Design
Emphasizing Leaves – Their Color, Texture Shape and More”. Warren
will emphasize plants with good garden foliage color, architectural
structure, multi-season interest and stunning shape and texture
characteristics that can be used in a diversity of ways to compliment
flowers, provide structure and offer seasonal succession in the mixed
border. Warren will suggest plant combinations that you can translate
into your own garden, echoing leaf colors and texture to brighten the
garden through the seasons.
The symposium starts at 10 am, and will include our renowned lunch of
hearty soups. The cost for non-members is $35 until Feb. 19, $40
thereafter. Members pay $5 less. For those non-members who partake
of this event we make a special offer: you can choose to become a
member for the remainder of our membership year for the low cost of
$5 per individual, $7.50 for a couple. This offer is only good at the
symposium and only for new members. Regular membership is
renewable in September 2012.
Directions to St Paul’s from I-91
Take exit 26 (Old Wethersfield) Marsh St. At Main St., go straight
across to Church St. Travel West; at traffic light cross Rt. 99 (Silas
Deane Hwy) and continue to 4-way stop sign. Turn left onto Wolcott Hill
Rd. The Church is about 1 block down at the corner of Westway. Turn
right onto Westway. Parking lot entrance is on Westway
To purchase tickets in advance:
mail your check, (payable to Hardy Plant Society), along with a
stamped, self-addressed return envelope, to Leslie Shields, 25 Johnson
Ave., Plainville, CT 06062. If you have questions about this event,
contact Leslie at (860) 747-8175 or by e-mail at selchie1@comcast.net
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Before 18 February ______Member $30 _____Non-member $35
After 18 February ______Member $35 _____Non-members $40
Ticket requests received after 18 February will be held at the door.