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Expanded Speaker Seminars

Don't miss this year's "All Star Cast". We have some of your favorite television and radio personalities to give you advice first hand to jumpstart spring! Inspiring seminars given by local and nationally recognized speakers will cover a wide range of topics, including creative garden design, plant selection, organic gardening and everything else in between.

Please see complete Seminar Schedule & Bouquet for the Day Speaker Schedule on the show Link labeled ‘Seminar Schedule’

		Tara Dillard Tara Dillard is a nationally recognized garden designer, author, and speaker who has hosted her own TV program, The Better Gardening Show, on CBS. After earning degrees in engineering and horticulture, she began designing and inst... [More]

		Sam Harris Sam Harris can’t remember not being in the garden. His earliest memories permeated with the smell of warm springtime soil and hot tractor oil as he helped his Grandfather Patteson “put out” a vegetable garden at the tender age of ... [More]

		Mark Viette Mark Viette is an American celebrity gardener who has been perfecting the art of horticulture for over 20 years. After graduating with a degree in Horticulture from Virginia Tech in 1980, Viette then completed an in-depth course ... [More]

		Arthur Chadwick Arthur founded Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc in 1989 in Powhatan, VA with his father, Art Sr., who had been growing orchids as a hobby since 1945. Arthur has an Electrical Engineering degree from NC State and a Masters in Business f... [More]

		Peggy Singlemann Ms. Peggy M. Singlemann graduated from the State University of New York at Cobleskill with a degree in Horticulture and is a Certified Nurseryman through the Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association. She earned her North Americ... [More]

		Sandra McDougle Sandra McDougle, owner of Sandy’s Plants, Inc., has been growing and propagating perennials for years. She established her wholesale/retail nursery in 1979 after a chance encounter with a nurseryman who spied her colorful garden. ... [More]

		Kyle Ewing • Board Certified Master Arborist, one of approx. 300 worldwide (see www.isa-arbor for details) • B.S. Forestry from Virginia Tech, 2000 • Virginia Certified Horticulturist #1996 • Professional memberships include- Internation... [More]

		Chris French Chris French is the Virginia Director for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) where he directs the organization’s community outreach and restoration programs. As a native of Virginia, he allowed his passion for the outdoors... [More]

		Drew Harrigan Drew Harrigan holds a degree in Landscape Architecture and is the owner of Four Winds Design, LC in Richmond. Over the past eight years he has worked on many environmentally responsible landscapes throughout Central and Tidewater... [More]

		Grace Harrison Grew up in Charlotte County and spent a lot of time on her grandfather's 200 acre farm. She was fortunate to experience firsthand sustainable farming. There were very few things that needed to be purchased at a store. In 2008 s... [More]

		Ron Petitt Ron is retired from IBM and Compaq and stays very busy with the Hanover Master Gardeners, the Episcopal Church and his family - five children and 8 grandsons. He became a Master Gardener in 2004 and has been the day class coordin... [More]

		Dr. Byron Vaughan Dr. Byron Vaughan has a Ph.D in soil fertility/chemistry and plant nutrition. Dr. Vaughan has more than 25 years of soil fertility and soil testing experience. He was administrative director for the Soil and Plant Analysis Counci... [More]

		Lou Verner Lou Verner is a Watchable Wildlife Biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. With over 30 years experience as a university professor, ecologist and wildlife biologist, Lou’s major interest is educating ... [More]

		Cheryl Wilfong Cheryl Wilfong discovered gardening the same year she attended her first retreat at Insight Meditation Society in 1977. She has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Antioch New England, with a concentration in Mindfulne... [More]

		Robert W.M. Zemp Bob Zemp, is Chief Operating Officer and founding member of Trident Products and Services, LLC. He is a graduate of The Citadel and Pepperdine University. He contributed to the identification and selection of the organisms used ... [More]