In addition to shopping, visitors will have the opportunity to attend a variety of special events, demonstrations and lectures, including 2 special symposia from the biggest names in gardening. Plus, television gardener P. Allen Smith will present an afternoon lecture on Saturday and Sunday for all GardenFair attendees.
Please continue to check this site as more Special Events details are confirmed.
| Friday, September 15: Symposium: Key Planting (Tickets available with Patron Package.)
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| 7:30 AM |
Early-Bird exclusive shopping ONLY for symposium registrants; privileged parking (for your car) and Plant Park (daylong care for your purchased plants while you attend the events)
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| 8:15 AM |
Continental breakfast
Symposium: Key Planting: The New Way to Unlock Your Distinctive Garden
How do you discover the key plants that make a distinctive garden? What elusive quality wins a plant a place in a plant explorer's own garden? And what extra element would you add to take any garden from excellent to superb?
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| 9:00 AM |
Key Planting Discoveries: Nan Sinton, Horticulture magazine
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| 9:15 AM |
Garden Jewels, the Ultimate Guide to Peonies and Their Companions: Roy Klehm
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| 10:30 AM |
Capturing Fragrance with the Best Plants: Page Dickey
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| 11:30 AM |
Plants I Would Die For, or Those I Know I Will Die With: Dan Hinkley
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| 12:30 PM |
Lucky Plant Collector
The speakers present 20 plants onstage! Check your ticket number to see if you're a winner.
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| 1:00 PM |
Symposium concludes
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| 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Shopping
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| 4:00 PM |
Special Guest Lecture by the Countess of Arran on her ancestral home, Castle Hill. Lecture followed by a private GardenFair Floral Tour and evening reception.
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| Saturday, September 16: Symposium: Tomorrow's Garden Now (Tickets available with Patron Package or Contributor Package.)
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| 7:30 AM |
Early-Bird exclusive shopping ONLY for symposium registrants; privileged parking (for your car) and Plant Park (daylong care for your purchased plants while you attend the events)
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| 8:15 AM |
Continental breakfast
Symposium: Tomorrow's Garden Now
Explore the outer edge of plant discoveries, as well as some unexpected ways to plant your garden.
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| 9:00 AM |
Who's Planting What Now: Nan Sinton, Horticulture magazine
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| 9:15 AM |
An Air of Rarity: Excellent Unknown Plants and How to Grow Them: Dan Hinkley
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| 10:30 AM |
Unexpected Dividends: Silhouettes, Shadows, and Movements in the Garden: Page Dickey
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| 11:30 AM |
I Like It, I Love It, I Want Some More of It: Tony Avent
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| 12:30 PM |
Lucky Plant Collector
The speakers present 20 plants on stage! Check your ticket number to see if you're a winner.
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| 1:00 PM |
Symposium concludes
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| 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Shopping
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Antiques in Bloom Display in the Winterthur Galleries
16 Winterthur collection objects will be interpreted by award winning floral designers. Set on individual pedestals in the galleries, the floral arrangements will borrow from the form, color, and line of the elegant antiques to create a living homage to the craftsmanship of early America. The Antiques in Bloom display in the Winterthur Galleries is included in the price of General Admission.
GardenFair Floral Tour
The Winterthur floral arrangers will create lush arrangements to accent the collections of Henry Francis DuPont. Visitors will enter through the Conservatory and stroll through 5th floor highlights including Montmorenci Stairhall and the Chinese Parlor, and exit through the Conservatory. The Conservatory will feature the work of local designers in a table setting competition. Each of the 6 designers will decorate a table using beautiful blooms and garden accents to suit a Garden Party even H. F. would be proud to attend. (Additional $5 fee.)
Gardening 101
Don't miss these valuable lectures and demos throughout the weekend. You'll get down to gardening basics with topics like how to pot and repot, buying and caring for potted herbs, and all you need to know to force and grow bulbs. Gardening 101 lectures and demos are included in the price of General Admission.
Guest Speakers
Award-winning garden designer P. Allen Smith, host of public television's P. Allen Smith's Garden Home and the syndicated P. Allen Smith Gardens, will share design inspirations and ideas, on both Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17 at 2:00 PM on both days. Admission to Smith's lectures is included in the price of General Admission, but space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Discover the Winterthur Garden through the eyes of Chris Strand, Director of the Garden and Estate. Learn why many consider Winterthur to be one of America's greatest gardens and explore how its design can be adapted for your own home landscape. Admission to Strand's lectures is included in the price of General Admission. Please continue to check this site as details on dates and times for Strand's talks are confirmed.
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