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Take Advantage of the Early Bird Special Ending January 1!
 
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Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

 This one-day annual symposium includes keynote speakers, a panel discussion, an open marketplace, and great food.  Beginning gardeners will have the chance to enter a raffle for a garden consultation with a URI Master Gardener.   
Early bird tickets are $65.  After January 1, the fee will increase to $75.  
Doug Tallamy, "A Case for Native Plants"

Doug Tallamy is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.  His extensive publications include his most recent textbook, The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke and published in 2014.  Among his awards are the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation, and the Tom Dodd, Jr. Award of Excellence.  His presentation titled "A Case for Native Plants" will focus on the importance of including sustainable, native plants in our gardens.
Colleen Plimpton, "Not Tonight, Deer"

Colleen Plimpton is a professional garden communicator who has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, and penned a prize-winning newspaper column & book titled Mentors in the Garden of Life. She will entertain us with her presentation titled, "Not Tonight, Deer". Gardening in deer country demands a multifaceted approach. Included is the recipe for her never-fail deer repellent, along with other strategies for outwitting the dratted deer. She also discusses what to do about voracious voles, bodacious bunnies, greedy groundhogs, and other nefarious nabobs of the garden.

Louis Raymond, "Potted! Gardening on the Edge"

 

Louis Raymond combines his talents as a former opera and concert singer, his flamboyant stage presence, free-lance writing skills, and years as a landscape designer to both educate and entertain in the field he loves best - to plant, grow and nourish all things green. Louis's lecture is titled, "Potted! Gardening on the Edge." He has nearly six decades of expanding the limits of gardening in pots, pools, pans, tubs, troughs, contractor bags and garbage cans!  Don't miss his very lively and informative presentation!