THURSDAY OCTOBER 6TH

Evening registration for those arriving for Friday bus tours and workshops

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Silent Auction and Raffle Items.

Early morning registration

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Bus Tours
1. University Circle – Ohio’s Most Spectacular Square Mile!
2. Cleveland East Side Gems

9 AM -11 AM Workshop – “You Can Grow Bonsai in Ohio!“

1 PM – 3 PM Workshop – “Beekeeping – Minus the Bees !”

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM Evening reception with cash bar, some vendors will be open

6:30 PM Dinner

7:00 PM Keynote: Debra Knapke – “The Garden Aesthetic”

~8:15 PM Friday activities end

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

All Day – Silent Auction and Raffle Items

Breakfast, Lunch, Breaks – Tracy DiSabato-Aust and Brenda Dziedzic Book Signing

Early morning registration

7:15 AM to 8:00 AM Continental breakfast

8:00 AM Saturday Conference Starts

8:15 AM – 9:30 AM Keynote: Tracy DiSabato-Aust – “Color, Texture & Form for Visionary Effects“

State Master Gardener Volunteer Awards with Pam Bennett

Break

1st breakout sessions – 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
1. ADVANCED “Making the Grade: Everything to know about Planting, Restoring and Saving Your Trees “
2. “Growing Native Plants that the Caterpillars, Butterflies and Moths Need“
3. “Blending Native Plants into the Perennial Border“
4. “Simplifying Your Garden Without Diminishing Your Joy“ (CLOSED – FULL)

Lunch

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Keynote – Tracy DiSabato-Aust – “High Impact Low Care Garden Plants“

Break

2nd breakout sessions – 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
1.  “Monarchs – An ecological approach to the design of monarch butterfly and bee conservation habitat in urban areas“
2. ADVANCED: “Trees Talk: How Trees Defend Themselves“
3. “Seven Mistakes Home Gardeners Make-and Their Solutions“
4. “Weird Things Bugs Do“

Break

3rd breakout sessions – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
1. ADVANCED: “Friends in Low Places: Compost & the Soil Food Web“
2. “The Four-Season Garden“
3. “Deer Proof Your Garden”
4. “Fragrance in the Garden“

4 PM – Raffle and Silent Auction winners posted

~ 4:30 PM – Conference concludes.