10:00 a.m. - Noon:  Educational Program

Winter is coming.  How to Protect Plants during Extreme Cold & Dramatic Weather Events.   Mike Emmons, Prides Corner Farms, Lebanon, CT. 

Looking to Ubiquity in Search of Difference:  Uncommon results from three common genera.  Ed Bowen, Opus Plants, Little Compton, RI.  

Redheaded Flea Beetle:  A Devastating Nursery Pest.  Brian Kunkel, Extension Specialist at the University of Delaware. 

Why Biodiversity Matters in the Urban Landscape.  Mina Vescera, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, NY.  

Commercial Propagation of Temperate Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia).  John Courtney, Aquascapes Unlimited, Pipersville, PA.  

A Total System Approach to Chemical-Free Propagation - Pest, Disease, Sanitation.  Lloyd Traven, Peace Tree Farm, Kintnersville, PA. 

12:00 p.m.   Lunch in the Garden Terrace Room

1:00-3:00     Tour to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory which houses the Kiku display, led by Marc Hachadourian, Director of the Nolen Greenhouses.   The formal program ends at 3:00p.m. but you are welcome to stay and explore the grounds - the Perennial Garden, the Native Plant Garden, and the Giant Pumpkin display will be close by.