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Lecture Schedule

Springfest was proud to present a highly informative and engaging lecture series at the 2008 show.

Nancy Kolacz, Sussex County Master Gardener
Miles Kuperus, Farmside Landscape and Design

"Curb Appeal" 

2008 LECTURE SCHEDULE


Thursday, March 6

 

 

12:00 pm
Lecture Area

 

Nancy Kolacz, Sussex County Master Gardener
Miles Kuperus, Farmside Landscape and Design
"Curb Appeal"

 

1:15 pm
Lecture Area

 

 Donna Traylor, Sussex County Farmland Preservation
"Birds of New Jersey"

    3:00- 5:00 pm
Garden Star Stage

 

Ralph Snodsmith  , WOR Radio Host ‘The Garden Hotline'
"Informal Garden Hotline with ‘My Basket of Trick
Book Signing to follow

 

 
Friday, March 7
 

 

 

10:00 am
Garden Star Stage

 

 

 

Ken Druse, nationally renowned garden expert joined by co-host Vicki Johnson
‘Real Dirt Radio' : Live Podcast

 

 

11:00 am
Lecture Area

 

12:30 - 1:30 pm
Garden Star Stage

 

Bruce Crawford, Director, Rutgers Gardens
"Ornamental Grasses"

 

Bruce Crawford:  ‘Meet & Greet"
Bring your gardening questions

 

 

1:15 pm
Lecture Area

 

 

Lynne Groves, Resource Interpretive Specialist. Kittatinny Valley State Park
"The Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden"

 

 

3:00 pm
Lecture Area
 
 

 

Ron Midgett, PhD, owner New Earth Orchids
"Home Orchid Growing"

 

 

3:00 - 4:00 pm
Garden Star Stage

 

5:00 pm
Lecture Area

 

 

David Daehnke, ‘Meet & Greet'
Bring your gardening questions

 

David Daehnke, Director Van Vleck House and Gardens
"Landscaping WITH Nature: How to Animal Proof Your Garden"

 

 
Saturday, March 8

   10:00 am
Lecture Area 

   

                                              Tom Smith, Garden State Koi
                                           "Self-Contained Water Features"

   

 

10:00-11:00 am
Garden Star Stage

 

11:30 am
Lecture Area

 

 

Tom Castronovo, ‘Meet & Greet'
Learn how to Green up your indoor air with houseplants.

 

Tom Castronovo, Editor and Publisher of Gardener News
"How to Have the Nicest Looking Lawn in the Neighborhood"

 

 

1:00 pm
Lecture Area

 

3:00-4:00 pm
Garden Star Stage

 

Ray Rogers, Garden editor and writer, public speaker
"Lots of Pots - Designing Container Plantings: Emphasis on Coleus"

 

Ray Rogers, Book Signing
 

 

3:00 pm
Lecture Area

 

Marty Carson, Garden Designer "A Garden Tour"

 
Sunday, March 9
 

 

     

11:00 am
Lecture Area

 

 

Chris Rubino, Monrovia Growers
"New Plants for 2008"

 

12:00-2:00 pm
Garden Star Stage

 

 

Lori Day, ‘The Zoo Keepers Daughter'
Meet & Greet her animals. Booksigning

 

 

1:15 pm
Lecture Area

 

 

Frank DeWitt, Alternative Energy Associates
"Go Green and Save"

 

 

2:00-4:00 pm
Garden Star Stage

 

 

John Beirne, Horticulural Therapist: Meet & Greet
Bring your gardening questions

 

2:30 pm
Lecture Area

 

Tony Cerbo III, Cerbo's Garden Center and Nursery of Parsippany and Hampton
"Trees in the Landscape"

 

           

 

 


           

 

 

           

 

 

 



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