ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/flowershow.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>CTflowershow.com</title> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body,td,th { color: #000000; } td.dash {border: 2px dashed blue } body { background-color: #A458D9; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; } .style9 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; } .style10 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #006633; } .style11 {font-size: 12px; color: #006633; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;} .style13 {font-size: xx-large} .style14 { font-size: small; color: #666666; 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} --> </style> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </head> <body> <table width="766" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td class="toptext">Connecticut Flower &amp; Garden Show 2011 | CTFlowerShow.com</td> <td bgcolor="#EBE3FB" class="style27"><div align="center">Contact us by phone: (860) 844-8461 or by <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> document.write('<a hre'+'f="m'+'ai'+'lto:'+'shows@northeastexpos.com">&#69;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;<\/a>'); </script> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table width="766" border="5" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="a458d9" rules=none> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="height: 163px"><img src="mock-resized.jpg" alt="CTFlowerShow.com" width="760" height="162" border="0" usemap="#Map" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="index.html"><br /> Home<br /> <br /> </a></span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="why_attend.html">Why attend?</a> </span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="exhibitors.html">Who will be<br /> there? </a></span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="seminars.html">Seminars</a></span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="venue.html">Location &amp;<br /> Directions</a> </span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="floor_plan.html">Show<br /> Floor plan</a></span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="exhibitor_info.html">Exhibitor<br /> Information </a></span></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="ddcffa"><span class="style9"><a href="tickets.html">Tickets<br /> &amp; Hours </a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="tradeshow" --> <table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 width="100%"> <tr height=17 style='height:12.75pt'> <td height=17 style='height:12.75pt;width:120px'><b>Room # 21</b></td> <td style="width:161px"></td> <td style="width:164px"></td> <td style="width:190px"></td> <td style='width:235px'></td> </tr> <tr height=21 style='height:15.75pt'> <td height=21 style='height:15.75pt' width="120"></td> <td style="width: 161px"><b>Thursday</b></td> <td style="width: 164px"><b>Friday</b></td> <td x:str="Saturday " style="width: 190px"><b>Saturday<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span></b></td> <td width="235"><b>Sunday</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=51 align=right style='border:medium none; height:38.25pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.45833333333333331" bgcolor="#EBE3FB">11:00 AM</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt">Roger Swain - Edible Small Gardens &amp; Raised Bed</span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Kathy Sisson - Hosta's Diamond of the Garden</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" x:str="Pamela Weil - Getting Ready for Spring " bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Bob Beuttner - Floral Arranging</td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt">Joy Molloy - Herbs DeProvence</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=68 align=right style='border:medium none; height:51.0pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.52083333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB">12:30 PM</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Bob Beuttner - Floral Arranging</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt">Matt Opel - Pelargonium Species - The Wild World of Geranium Relatives</span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Sal Gilbertie - A Small Plot High Yield Gardening</td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Bob Beuttner - Floral Arranging</td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=51 align=right style='border:medium none; height:38.25pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.58333333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB">2:00 PM</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Rob Townsend- Watergardening 101</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Colleen Plimpton - The Bins &amp; Outs of Composting</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Bob Beuttner - Floral Arranging</td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Rob Townsend - Watergardening</td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=68 align=right style='border:medium none; height:51.0pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.64583333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB">3:30 PM</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt">Roger Swain - Edible Small Gardens &amp; Raised Bed</span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Bob Beuttner - Floral Arranging</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Kathy Sisson - Hosta's Diamond of the Garden</td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2">Bob Beuttner - Floral Arranging</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=68 align=right style='border:medium none; height:51.0pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.70833333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB">5:00 PM</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> </td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Rob Townsend - Watergardening</td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB">XXXXXXX</td> </tr> <tr height=17 style='height:12.75pt'> <td height=17 style='height:12.75pt' width="120"><b>Room # 22</b></td> <td colspan=4 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> </tr> <tr height=21 style='height:15.75pt'> <td height=21 style='height:15.75pt' width="120"></td> <td style="width: 161px"><b>Thursday</b></td> <td style="width: 164px"><b>Friday</b></td> <td x:str="Saturday " style="width: 190px"><b>Saturday<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span></b></td> <td width="235"><b>Sunday</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=68 align=right style='border:medium none; height:51.0pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.45833333333333331" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"><font face="Verdana">11:00 AM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana">Lee Reich - Luscious Landscaping With Fruits</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Arial">Phil Costello - Landscape Lighting</span></font></td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana">Harriett Zbikowski - Pruning Basics - Techniques for Beginners</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right style="border:medium none; height:50px; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" x:num="0.52083333333333337" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"><font face="Verdana">12:30 PM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px; height: 50px;" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px; height: 50px;" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial">Phil Costello - Landscape Lighting</span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px; height: 50px;" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana">Harriett Zbikowski - Pruning Basics - Techniques for Beginners</font></td> <td width=142 style="border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px; height: 50px;" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Arial">Colleen Plimpton - Hello My Garden</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=119 align=right style='border:medium none; height:89.25pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.58333333333333337" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"><font face="Verdana">2:00 PM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Arial">Lee Reich - Backyard Composting</span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Arial">Kasha Furman - A World of Peonies</span></font></td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; 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text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <span style="font-family: Verdana">XXXXXXXX</span></td> </tr> <!--<tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#DDCFFA"></td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"></td> <td colspan=3 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; white-space:normal; 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height:38.25pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.45833333333333331" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"><font face="Verdana" size="2">11:00 AM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial">Nancy DeBrule Clemente - Native Plants<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span></span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Stephanie Cohen - Native Perennials Sustainable, Colorful &amp; Wonderful</font></td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial">Karen Bussolini - Landscaping with Native Plants</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=51 align=right style='border:medium none; height:38.25pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.52083333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"><font face="Verdana" size="2">12:30 PM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-family: Arial"></span></font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Rob Dietter - Watergardening Basics</font></td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial">Nancy DeBrule-Clemente</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=85 align=right style='border:medium none; height:63.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.58333333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"><font face="Verdana" size="2">2:00 PM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Stephanie Cohen - Perennials from Spring to Fall</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial">Nancy DuBrule - Habitat Creations</span></font></td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial">Karen Bussolini - Jazzing Up the Garden With Color &amp; Contrast</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=17 style='border:medium none; height:12.75pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> <td colspan=4 style='border:medium none; mso-ignore:colspan; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=51 align=right style='border:medium none; height:38.25pt; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' x:num="0.64583333333333337" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"><font face="Verdana" size="2">3:30 PM</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:161px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">XXXXXXXX</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:164px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Rob Dietter - Watergardening Basics</font></td> <td style="border:medium none; width:190px; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> Kevin Sullivan</td> <td width=142 style='border:medium none; width:107pt; text-align:center; white-space:normal; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:bottom; padding-left:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-top:1px' bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Rob Dietter - Watergardening Basics</font></td> </tr> </table> <br><br> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table1" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA" style="width: 747px"> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1" style="padding: 5px"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2010/matt_opel.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" width="200" height="150"></font></td> <td valign="top" width="1"> </td> <td valign="top"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b>Matthew R. Opel, PhD<br /> </b> Matt Opel is a specialist in several groups of desert plants and other exotics, and has published articles in books and journals dealing with cactus and succulents, as well as carnivorous plants. He has traveled to the American Southwest and South Africa multiple times in order to conduct botanical research. He has a degree in biology from Cornell University, and a PhD in botany from the University of Connecticut. He currently works as a horticulturist in the teaching and research greenhouses in UConn's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB" style="width: 747px"> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 5px; color:#000000"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2010/Bussolini_K_NEW.jpg" align="right" hspace="15">Karen Bussolini</strong> has been a gardener as long as she can remember. She trained as a painter and had a career as an architectural photographer before specializing in garden photography, writing and lecturing. <br /> <br /> Her photographs have appeared in <em>Garden Design, Horticulture, House Beautiful, House and Garden, This Old House, Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, The American Gardener, Perennials, Native Plants, Organic Gardening, Country Living Gardener, McCall s, Home, Metropolitan Home, Yankee, The New York Times</em> and in many other magazines and books published throughout the world. <br /> <br /> She was sole photographer for five books: <em><span style="text-decoration: underline"> The Homeowner s Complete Tree and Shrub Manual</span></em> (Storey Publishing 2007), <span style="text-decoration: underline"><em>Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden</em></span> (Timber Press 2005), which she co-wrote with Jo Ann Gardner, <span style="text-decoration: underline"><em>The Unsung Season: Gardens and Gardeners in Winter</em></span> (Houghton Mifflin, 1995), <em><span style="text-decoration: underline"> A Country Garden for Your Backyard</span></em> (Rodale Press 1993), <em><span style="text-decoration: underline"> Backyard Design: Making the Most of the Space Around Your House</span></em> (Bulfinch Press, 1991, 1998). <span style="text-decoration: underline"><em>Naturescape Your Yard</em></span>, a book in progress, with author Beth Young, will be published by Timber Press in 2011. <br /> <br /> Karen Bussolini s writing has been published in <em>Garden Design, House Beautiful, Better Homes and Gardens, This Old House, The American Gardener, Woman s Day Specials, McCall s, Native Plants, Threads, Connecticut Home and Garden, Green Scene,</em> Reader s Digest Books <em>Home Improvements Manual</em> and other publications. Her weekly column in <em>The Millbrook Independent</em> explored the connections between gardens, the environment and the local community. She is known for her writing on gardening from personal experience. <br /> <br /> She has presented slide lectures across the nation, to such groups as: <em>National meetings:</em> The Garden Writers Association, The Perennial Plant Association. <em>Annual Meetings/Symposia:</em> The Master Gardeners of Connecticut, The Herb Society of America Connecticut and Long Island Units, The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Ohio State University s P.L.A.N.T. Seminars, The Kansas City Gardening Symposium, The Rochester Civic Garden Center Annual Spring Symposium, Green Bay Botanical Garden Fall Symposium, UConn Garden Conference, New Directions in the American Landscape. Lecture series: The New York Botanical Garden s  American Gardening Lecture Series, Santa Fe Gardens  Garden Gurus seminars, The Huntington Library, Art Collections &amp; Botanical Gardens and The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden garden lecture series, The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Brookside Gardens, Green Spring Gardens and  Gardens of the Mississippi aboard the riverboat The American Queen. <em>Horticultural organizations: </em>The Horticultural Society of New York, The San Diego Horticultural Society, The Southern California Horticulture Society, The Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group, The Connecticut Horticultural Society, The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons. <em>Trade Shows:</em> The Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association Annual Symposium, Ohio State University s Nursery Short Course at the CENTS nursery trade show. <em>Flower Shows:</em> The Chicago Flower and Garden Show, the New England Spring Flower Show, The Connecticut Flower &amp; Garden Show, The Maymont Flower Show (Richmond, VA),. She has taught at The New York Botanical Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens, The Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, CO and Tohoono Chul Park in Tucson, AZ.<br /> <br /> Television appearances include PBS programs &#8220;Cultivating Life,  Central Texas Gardener and  Oklahoma Gardening. She has done innumerable radio interviews. <br /> <br /> She won Garden Writers Association awards for photography in 2001, 2004 and 2007. <br /> <br /> When photographing, she sees the world through the eyes of a gardener and painter. Although she travels far and wide, her roots are sunk deeply into the soil of a deer-infested mountainside in South Kent, Connecticut. </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA" style="width: 747px"> <p align="left"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2010/NancyDuBrule-Clemente_small.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" style="font-weight: bold"></b> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><strong>NANCY DuBRULE-CLEMENTE</strong> </span></font> <p align="left"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"> Nancy DuBrule-Clemente is the owner of Natureworks Horticultural Services, an organic garden center, landscape design, consultation, installation and maintenance service in Northford, Ct. <br /><br /> Started in 1983, the Natureworks crews and retail store have sold and used only organic fertilizers and pest control products since the business began. Education is the primary focus of Natureworks. Newsletters, handouts, plant catalog, website, articles for local newspapers and magazines, talks to groups all combine to spread the word about organic and sustainable practices. <br /><br /> Nancy graduated from the Ratcliffe Hicks School of the University of Connecticut with a degree in Floriculture. She is a former board member and past president of NOFA/CT. She is the coauthor (with Marny Smith) of A Country Garden for your Backyard, published by Rodale Press in 1995. She is the author of Succession of Bloom in the Perennial Garden, self published in 2004.</span></font></p> <p style="float:center; padding:2em 2em 2em 2em;"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/juzZLvLEULc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/juzZLvLEULc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB" style="width: 747px"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><img border="0" src="seminarimages/2010/Colleen-Plimpton.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" style="font-weight: bold"></font> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><strong>Colleen Plimpton</strong> <br /> </span> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"> <br /> Garden writer, educator, lecturer and coach, Colleen Plimpton trained at the New York Botanical Garden, and has tended her sloping Connecticut acre for 18 years. She s appeared on <em>Good Morning America</em> and <em>PBS</em>; she pens the weekly gardening column for <em>the Danbury News-Times</em>; teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, and writes for publications such as <em>GreenPrints, The Litchfield Review, People, Places &amp; Plants, Connecticut Gardener, and Toastmaster.</em> Her garden memoir, <em>Mentors in the Garden of Life</em> was issued by Park East Press in May, 2010. </span> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Colleen looks upon each day as a challenge and an opportunity to learn more about the wonderful world of nature. She and her husband, Jerry Shike, have raised 3 children, who now reside in China, Connecticut, and Florida. </span></font></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Visit her blog at <a href="http://www.colleenplimpton.blogspot/"> www.colleenplimpton.blogspot</a> or her website at <a href="http://www.colleenplimpton.com "> www.colleenplimpton.com </a></span></font></span> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><span class="HTMLTypewriter3"> <span style="color: black"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2010/RogerSwain_small.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" width="200" height="307" style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Roger B. Swain</span></b> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Roger Swain, the man with the red suspenders, is recognized by millions as host of <em>The Victory Garden</em>, televisions longest-running gardening show. For fifteen years Roger planted and pruned, harvested and chatted with PBS viewers across the country. More recently, he co-hosted People, Places and Plants on HGTV, a show which celebrates New England gardens and gardeners, and features Rogers commentary, Food for Thought. </span> </font></span></span></p> <p align="left" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="HTMLTypewriter3"><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Biologist, gardener, writer and storyteller, Roger Swain was born and raised outside Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College, and went on to earn a Ph.D. , studying the behavior in ants in tropical rain forests, before becoming Science Editor of <em>Horticulture</em> magazine. Since 1978 readers have been enjoying Rogers essays and articles, as well as his five books: <span style="text-decoration: underline">Earthly Pleasures</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline">Field Days</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline"> The Practical Gardener</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline">Saving Graces</span>, and <span style="text-decoration: underline">Groundwork</span>. When he is not editing, writing, filming, or meeting with gardeners across the country, Roger can be found at work in the orchard and gardens of his New Hampshire farm.</span></font></span></span></p> <p align="left" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="HTMLTypewriter3"><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Roger Swain received the American Horticultural Society Award for Writing in 1992, and in 1996 he was awarded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Gold Medal for his power to inspire others. </span></font></span></span> </p> </td> </tr> <!--<tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/AmyZ040328A.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" width="200" height="150">A Connecticut Cottage Garden: Adapting a Classic Garden Style to New England Beginning in 2000, Amy conceived and built a cottage garden in Sherman, CT. This unique garden was a collaborative beautification project between Amy and a local business owner. Located near the center of Sherman and functioning as a public garden, this colorful, vibrant space has been recognized for its excellence and highlighted on many occasions in local newspapers (the Litchfield County Times, Danbury News-Times, Sherman Sentinel, and the Citizen News). In this richly illustrated PowerPoint presentation, Amy focuses on what makes a cottage garden and how to adapt a style we associate with the English gardening tradition to our more challenging climate and environment.</font><p> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Biography: <b>Amy Ziffer</b>, dba A Shady Lady Garden Design, has been designing, installing and maintaining gardens for clients in western Connecticut since 1998. She is a former editor at Fine Gardening magazine and a Master Gardener. Her freelance work as a garden writer and photographer can be seen in Reader's Digest books, Yankee magazine, Fine Gardening magazine and other publications. Her display garden was honored with inclusion in The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Directory beginning in 2007. She frequently lectures and teaches about garden subjects in Connecticut and the lower Hudson Valley.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/roger_closeup.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" width="200" height="250">Roger Swain, &#8220;the man with the red suspenders&#8221;, is recognized by millions as host of <i>The Victory Garden, </i>television&#8217;s longest-running gardening show. For fifteen years Roger planted and pruned, harvested and chatted with PBS viewers across the country<i>.</i>&nbsp; More recently, he co-hosted <i>People, Places and Plants </i>on HGTV, a show which celebrates New England gardens and gardeners, and features Roger&#8217;s commentary, &#8220;Food for Thought.&#8221; A five disc DVD set of <i>People, Places and Plants </i>is now available<i>: </i>46 episodes of non-stop gardening!&nbsp; </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Biologist, gardener, writer and storyteller, Roger Swain was born and raised outside Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College, and went on to earn a Ph.D. , studying the behavior in ants in tropical rain forests, before becoming Science Editor of <i>Horticulture</i> magazine. Since 1978 readers have been enjoying Roger&#8217;s essays and articles in that magazine, as well as his five books: <u>Earthly Pleasures</u>, <u>Field Days</u>, <u>The Practical Gardener</u>, <u>Saving Graces</u>, and <u>Groundwork</u>. When he is not editing <i>Horticulture</i>, filming the TV series or meeting with gardeners across the country, Roger can be found at work in the orchard and gardens of his New Hampshire farm.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Roger Swain received the American Horticultural Society Award for Writing in 1992, and in 1996 he was awarded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Gold Medal for his &#8220;power to inspire others.&#8221;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <p align="left"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/Richard-Jaynes2.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" width="200" height="150"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Richard Jaynes</b> received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his PhD from Yale. He worked at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for 25 years as a plant breeder and horticulturist where he published many scientific and popular articles. Most of his publications deal with the propagation and breeding of Kalmia, Castanea, Pieris and Rhododendron. He has named 36 cultivars of mountain laurel. He is author of a book on laurel and edited the reference book, Nut Tree Culture in North America. The third edition of his Kalmia book, Mountain Laurel and Related Species, was published by timber Press (1997). He has received several awards for his work on chestnut trees and laurel. He resigned from he Experiment Station in 1984 to continue his work with laurel, grow Christmas trees and establish Broken Arrow Nursery. He has grown Christmas trees in Hamden, Connecticut for over 60 years. A hobby of his is building stone walls. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/Sydney-Eddison-.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" width="200" height="150"><p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Sydney Eddison</b> brings to her popular lectures and gardening classes all the skills gained in more than twenty years of teaching drama. To her writing she brings the joy, enthusiasm, and experience of a life-long gardener. For her work, she received the Connecticut Horticultural Society's Gustav A.L. Melquist Award in 2002; the New England Wild Flower Society Kathryn S. Taylor Award in 2005 and 2006, The Federated Garden Club of Connecticut's Bronze Medal. </font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Her garden has been featured in magazines and on television: Martha Stewart Living and The Victory Garden. </font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Ms. Eddison has written six books on gardening and developed a color wheel for gardeners. Ms. Eddison has provided introductions to three books of photography by Harold Feinstein: One Hundred Flowers; Foliage and One Hundred Seashells (Bullfinch Press 2000, 2001 and 2005 respectively); and an introduction to Flora I edited by B. Martin Pedersen (Graphis, New York, May 2002). She has also written the introductory essay for Monet, The Gardener, by Robert Gordon (universe/Rizzoli International, 2002); and has contributed chapters to Salad Gardens and Essential Tools, Brooklyn Botanic Garden handbooks in the 21st Century Gardening Series. </font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Besides writing frequently for Fine Gardening and other publications, Ms. Eddison, a former scene designer and teacher of drama, continues to teach a few courses every year at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB"> <div> <span class="HTMLTypewriter3"> <span style="color: black"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/marcie_martin.jpg" align="left" hspace="15" width="200" height="269"></b></font></span></span><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong>Marci Martin</strong></font></div> <div> <font size="2" face="Verdana">Marci has been a rose grower for thirty years.&nbsp; She is a consulting Rosarian with the American Rose Society, a AARS Test Garden Judge, President of the Connecticut Rose Society and the new consulting Rosarian for Elizabeth Park.&nbsp; Marci has also been the Rosarian at Woodland Gardens in Manchester, CT.</font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/bob.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" width="200" height="250"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Started in Business in 1964 and have owned <b>Paul Buettner</b> Florist since 1973. On the Bd of Directote Conn,. Floist Assoc. Past President of The Greater Hartford Florist Co -op Instructor of Floral Desigh at Manchester Community Collage Instructor&nbsp; Floral Design&nbsp; East Hartford&nbsp; Adult Ed<br> Avid SCUBA diver Long distand bicycle&nbsp; rider in numerous Charity events The longest being 400 miles from Montreal Canada to Portland Maine<br> President of Frogmen Volunteers. A group very active at&nbsp; The Hole In The Wall Camp.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB" style="color: #000000"><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/Weil.jpg" align="left" hspace="12" width="200" height="250"></font><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times; color: black"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Pamela Weil</b> started <i>Connecticut Gardener</i> in 1995. Currently, it has 2000 subscribers in five states and keeps her busier than she ever could have imagined!</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; color: black"> <font size="2" face="Verdana">She is a Master Gardener and served as the President of the Connecticut Master Gardener Association from 1996-1998.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; color: black"> <font size="2" face="Verdana">In addition to publishing <i>Connecticut Gardener</i>, Pamela enjoys writing and lecturing about gardening. She has taught the herbaceous ornamentals class to state master gardeners. She also lectures at garden clubs in Connecticut and New York on a variety of topics.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; color: black"> <font size="2" face="Verdana">She is a past co-chair of the Westport Tree Board and was a member of the Westport Conservation Commission for 7 years.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; color: black"> <font size="2" face="Verdana">Currently she serves as President of the board of directors of the Experiment Station Associates, a group formed to promote the work of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.</font></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#DDCFFA" style="color: #000000"> <span class="HTMLTypewriter3"> <span style="color: black"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/Rob_Dietter.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" width="200" height="225"></b></font></span></span><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Rob Dietter Jr.<br> Dietter&#8217;s Water Gardens</b><br> Rob Dietter received his BS Degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986 and has been building and maintaining water gardens for more than 25 years in Connecticut and California. Rob has received international awards for his work with invasive aquatic plants and lectures extensively on many water garden subjects. </font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Dietter&#8217;s Water Gardens is presently one of the largest aquatic nurseries in the country and home to Comets to Koi. Comets to Koi is also one of the largest ornamental fish dealers in the United States. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#EBE3FB" style="color: #000000"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <img border="0" src="seminarimages/2009/Joe_Cannavo.jpg" align="left" hspace="12" width="200" height="181"></font><span style="font-family: Times; color: black"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Joe Cannavo Jr.</b> owns and operates a third generation landscape construction company with his wife Theresa. Started in 1932, Cannavo Landscaping has installed tens of thousands of square feet of both segmental block retaining walls and paver sidewalks in a multitude of applications. Joe received his engineering degree from Central University in 1983 and is a certified installer for Versa Lok, Mesa, Unilock as well as many other segmental block and interlocking paver companies. Joe is also certified by N.C.M.A., I.C.P.I. Both are nationally recognized accrediting agencies for installers. Joe resides in Winsted, CT in the Northwestern Corner with his wife and 3 daughters. Cannavo Landscaping services all of Connecticut as well as parts of Massachusetts and New York. 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