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:
- Susan Tweit – Moderator
- Alison Peck – Designer, Matrix Gardens
- Connie Holsinger – Habitat Heroes Project Founder, Terra Foundation
- Linda Boley – Local Colorado Native Plant Gardener, Habitat Hero
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
