Schedule

8:00 am: Registration

9:00 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:10 am: Hometown Habitat Film Clips and Panel

Followed by Expert Panel Discussion:

10:00 am: Break

10:20 am: Breakout Session 1 (choose one)

Native Plants for Western Slope Gardens by Nick Daniel
Designing With Native Plants by Susan J. Tweit
Creating Native Plant Landscapes – Can Do Ideas for Beginners by Anne Clark (continued into Session 2 – may be attended as part of the full day or ½ day beginner option)

11:20 am: Breakout Session 2 (choose one)

Southeast and Plains Area Natives by Don Barnett
Establishing Natives: Native Plant Whisperer by Jim Borland
Creating Native Plant Landscapes – Can Do Ideas for Beginners by Anne Clark (continued from Session 1 – may be attended as part of the full day or ½ day beginner option)

12:10 pm: Lunch (provided – except for the beginner 1/2 day option)

1:00 pm: Breakout Session 3 (choose one)

Mountain Gardening with Natives – Firewise and Waterwise by Irene Shonle
Dryer Plants for a New Landscape Era by Kelly Grummons
Landscape Restoration – Native Plants on a Bigger Scale by Amy Yarger and Jim Tolstrup (aimed at professionals)

2:10 pm: Breakout Session 4 (choose one)

Gardening with Native Plants of the Front Range by Deryn Davidson
Plant This, Not That: Colorado Native Plant Alternatives to Common Garden Plants by Jennifer Bousselot
Creating Homes for Native Plants by Alison Peck (aimed at professionals)

3:00 pm: Break

3:20 pm: Breakout Session 5 (choose one)

Ask an Expert: Follow up Questions and Conversation conference partners panel
Water Conservation and Water Requirements for our Native Plants by Dan Johnson and Mary Hattendorf
Propagation of the Native Plants of the Interior West – Secrets Revealed by Scott Skogerboe (aimed at professionals)

4:10 pm: Closing Remarks