May Happenings

April 29-May1  Garden Antiques Show Bronx NY
NY Botanical Garden Annual Show, 10AM-5PM Conservatory Tent.

April 30-May 3 Garden Symposium, Williamsburg, VA
Colonial Williamsburg Garden Symposium featuring author Pamela Harper, Brent Heath of Brent & Becky's Bulbs, Landscape Architect & author Julie Moir Messervy.

May 5 Architecture in the Garden, Wheaton, MD
10-11:30AM, Brookside Gardens, Lecture by James van Sweden of Oehme, Van Sweden & Associates, co-creator of "The New American Garden" look.

May 6-7 Garden Conservancy Tours, CA, NY, NC, TX
San Francisco County, CA; Suffolk, Westchester Counties, NY; Chowan County NC; El Paso County TX

San Francisco County, CA;

May 6-13 Tulip Festival. Holland, MI
Where Else?  See them all. (800) 822-2770

May 8, Handkerchief Gardens, Del Mar, CA.
7PM, Surfside Race Place, Del Mar Fairgrounds. Author Sharon Lovejoy shares design tips on creating small space magic in the landscape. (858) 792-6715

May 11-12 4th Annual Green Roofs Conference, Boston, MA
4th Annual "Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities" sponsored by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Hynes Convention Center.

May 11-12 Color in the Garden, Columbus OH
Franklin Park Conservatory. The Am. Horticultural Society, conference on "The Art & Science of Color in the Garden." (703) 768-5700 ext. 121

May 13 Georgetown Garden Tour  Washington DC
(202) 965-1950 or purchase tickets on day of tour at 31st & O Sts. NW

May 13 Garden Conservancy Tours , CA, CT, NY
Alameda County, CA; New Haven County, CT; Columbia County, NY

May 13-14 Garden Tour , Atlanta GA
Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour, Atlanta Botanical Garden (404) 876-5859

May 13-21 Urban Garden Show, Chicago, IL
"Garden in a City," Grant Park. Landscape designers set up 40 gardens-plus under a white tent.  Urban horticulture, community greening & more.

May 17 CSI Plants, Washington DC
6:30PM Lecture by Shirley Graham of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Learn which plants help investigators solve crimes.

May 18 Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill, Boston, MA
Walking tour 13 private and very special gardens. 9AM-5PM (617) 227-4392

May 19 Design Symposium, Ridgely, MD
Adkins Arboretum, "Creating Native Landscapes by Design," (410) 634-2847

May 20-21, 27 Garden Conservancy Tours, CA, CT, MA, NJ, NY, NC, TX, WA
Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara County, CA; Fairfield & New Haven County, CT; Berkshire County, MA; Essex & Morris County, NJ; Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester County, NY; Orange County, NC; Dallas County, TX; King, Pierce County, WA

May 21 Garden Tour Washington DC
Shepherd Park-Colonial Village-North Portal 6-8 Gardens 1-4PM
Tickets Shepherd Elementary, 14th & Kalmia St NW noon

May 19-July 9 Botanical Art Exhibition Washington DC
Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Botanical Treasures of Lewis & Clark"

May 22-June 2. Graphics Workshop, Manhattan, KS
Mike Lin's 12 day intensive drawing workshop.

May 25 Green Roofs Workshop, Washington DC
10:30AM-2:30PM US Botanic Garden. Professional workshop on design, construction & plant palette for green roofs.  Chris Counts of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. and Ed Snodgrass of Emory Knoll Farms

Through June 18 Smithsonian Traveling Show, Northampton, MA
The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens, Smith College, Lyman Plant House

Lookahead:

June 1-3 Native Plants Conference, Millersville, PA
16th Annual "Native Plants in the Landscape" Conference Millersville University
Cornell's Bernd Blossey and Steven Handel on invasive plants and restoration of the urban landscape; designer & author Leslie Sauer; Jim Plyler of Natural Landscapes nursery.
July 16-22 APLD Summer Conference , Philadelphia, PA
Annual Meeting, Assn of Professional Landscape Designers
July 17-21 Landscape Architecture and Community Design Conference, Chatauqua, NY Landscape Architect James van Sweden, author Sarah Susanka and more.
August 6-20 Lecture Series, Framingham, MA
New England Wildflower Society 
August 25-28 Garden Writers' Assn Annual Conference Valley Forge, PA
58th Annual Conference featuring architect and author William McDonough and others.
October 6-9 Am. Society Landscape Architects Annual Conference Minneapolis, MN