JC Raulston Arboretum 30th Anniversary Symposium
"Plan – And Plant for a Better World"
Schedule
September 22, 2006 (Friday)*
10:15 AM – Depart JCRA for Montrose
11:30 AM – Montrose pre-symposium tour (limited – separate
registration)
1:00 PM – Montrose tour ends, depart for the JCRA
2:00 PM
– Arrive at the JCRA
5:30 PM – Registration and cash bar and reception
6:30 PM – Dinner
8:00 PM – Keynote – Roy Lancaster – "A Pocketful of
Dreams – Plant
Trials in a Small Suburban Garden 1982-2006"
9:00 PM – Live auction (with Tony Avent)
*Friday evening's activities are being held at a private country club. Please
call for details.
September 23, 2006 (Saturday)*
8:00 AM – Registration,
continental breakfast, and silent action begins
9:00 AM – Welcome and
Roy Dicks and Bobby Ward – "J. C. Raulston – A Life in Plants"
10:00 AM – Bill McNamara – "The 'Edge of the World' Revisited"
11:00 AM – Break
11:30 AM – Michael Hayman – "Seneca Gardens, Building an Arboretum in the
Front Yards of a Louisville Suburb"
12:00 PM – Lunch
1:30 PM – Peter Del Tredici – "Adaptable
Plants for a Changing World"
2:30 PM – Kim Tripp – "J. C. Raulston and the Arboretum:
The Eternal Magic of Plants and People"
3:30 PM – Break
3:50 PM – Silent auction closes
4:00 PM – Don Shadow – "New and Useful Garden Treasures"
5:00 PM – Auction Pickup
5:15 PM – JCRA Tour (optional, included with registration)
*Saturday's activities, with the exception of the Arboretum tour, are being held
at the McKimmon
Center for Extension and Continuing Education
September 24, 2006 (Sunday)
11:45 AM – Depart JCRA for Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level
Botanic Gardens
12:30 PM – Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic
Gardens post-symposium tour and shopping (limited – separate
registration)
3:30 PM – Tour and shopping ends, depart for the JCRA
4:15 PM – Arrive at the JCRA
Garden Conservancy's Open Days
The JC Raulston Arboretum's 30th anniversary symposium is being held in conjunction with the Garden Conservancy's Open Days program in Raleigh, North Carolina. Proceeds benefit the JC Raulston Arboretum and the Garden Conservancy. Please see this program's announcement for more information.