This is the one event you can’t afford to miss!
•Expand your knowledge at our Information Stations
•Meet your favorite Ball Perennial Suppliers
•Be inspired by our Guest Speakers
Schedule of events
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. “Grab ’n Go” Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Meet with 25 Ball Perennial Suppliers & view their new 2013 line-ups
8:30 a.m. – 12 Noon Information Station will be open for discussions and demonstrations:
•New 2013 Introductions from Darwin Perennials
•Perennial Garden Tours with Special Emphasis on Comparison Beds (Perovskia, Phlox, Leucanthemum, Gaillardia, & Echinacea)
•Bareroot Planting Demonstrations
•First-Year Flowering Genetics from Kieft-Pro-Seeds
•Mixed Perennial Container Planting Ideas
•Unique Woody Shrub Varieties from Ball Ornamentals in Landscape Setting
12 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Barbecue Lunch, Yum!
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Guest Speakers
•Justin Hancock, Senior Editor of Better Homes and Gardens, “What to Grow: What Home Gardeners are Looking For” Presentations from Residential Ball Experts:
•Jeff LaCourse, “Cultural Guidance for the Finishing of Echinacea and Garden Phlox”
•Sonali Padhye, PhD, “PGRs for Perennial Production”
3:00 p.m. Close
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Source: Ball Horticultural Company