Below is a list of programs that Tony Avent will be presenting on the road during 2008 which are open to the public. We hope that you will be able to attend one or more of these events in your area. Please see our Education Center Schedule for classes to be taught at the Nursery/Gardens.

Tony hopes to see you at one of the programs on the 2008 Travel Schedule! Click here for information on how to schedule a talk for your group and proper etiquette for hosting your speaker.

Group: Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Assn Winter Symposium

Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday January 16, 9am and 115pm

Location: Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury CT

Contact Person/Phone: 800.562.0610

Program: #1 Big, Bold, and Bodacious and #2 New Perennials for Seasonal Interest

Group: Piedmont Chapter North American Rock Garden Society

Presentation Date/Time: Saturday January 19, 10am

Location: NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

Contact Person/Phone: Bobby Ward biblio@nc.rr.com

Program: Mow no Mo - The Wonderful World of Ornamental Grasses

Group: NCSU Agricultural Economics Class 495G

Presentation Date/Time: January 22; 1145am-1pm

Location: Nelson Hall, NCSU rm 1206

Contact Person/Phone: Charles Safley 515-4538

Program: Marketing

Group: West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Assn.

Presentation Date/Time: Tuesday Jan 29, 2008 @ 10:15am

Location: Embassy Suites, Charleston, WVA

Contact Person/Phone: Bill Mills, TerraSalisGarden@aol.com

Program: Herbaceous is Bodacious - There is Life beyond Woody Plants - New and Underused Perennials

Other Speakers: Mike Dirr, Don Shadow, Paul Capiello, Chip Callaway,

Group: Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association

Presentation Date/Time: Feb 4; 9-1015am and Feb 5, 10-11:15am

Location: Pigeon Forge Convention Center, TN

Contact Person/Phone: Louree Walker, 931.473.3951

Program: 2 talks; New Perennials, Getting Customers Excited

Group: Greenville SC Mg Symposium

Presentation Date/Time: Saturday Feb 9, 2008, either 9 or 11am

Location: Greenville SC

Contact Person/Phone: Marian St Clair gardnpea@charter.net

Program: My Favorite 100 Perennials

Other Speakers: Carol Reese, Linda Askey, Jenks Farmer

Group: Yew Dell Gardens, Crestwood KY

Presentation Date/Time: Saturday March 8, 2008

Location: Louisville KY

Contact Person/Phone: Dr. Paul Capiello 502.241.4788 paulc@yewdellgardens.org

Program: tba

Group: Massachusetts Hort, New England Flower Show

Presentation Date/Time: March 11 and 12

Location: Bayside Expo Center, Boston, MA

Contact Person/Phone: Trish Umbrell 617.933.4921

Program: #1 If You Want to Make A Garden, You.ve Got to Break a Few Rules and #2 Propagation Workshop

Other Speakers: Stephanie Cohen, Roger Swain, Tovah Martin, Rick Darke, Paul Miskovsky, Ray Rogers, Paul Tukey, Amy Stewart

Group: Lahr Native Plant Symposium

Presentation Date/Time: Saturday March 29

Location: US National Arboretum, DC plant sale for natives afterwards

Contact Person/Phone: Joan Feely Joan.Feely@ars.usda.gov

Program: Native Plant Cultivars

Group: NCSU Perennials Class

Presentation Date/Time: Thursday April 3, 2008; 415-545pm

Location: NCSU, Raleigh

Contact Person/Phone: Denny Werner, JC Raulston Arboretum 919.515.3132

Program: Our top 100 Perennials

Group: JC Raulston Arboretum

Presentation Date/Time: Thursday April 3, 2008; 730pm

Location: JCRA, Raleigh

Contact Person/Phone: Chris Glenn 919.513.7005

Program: The Wacky World of Hardy Aroids

Group: Trillium Symposium

Presentation Date/Time: April 17 -19

Location: Copeland Auditorium, Winterthur, DE

Contact Person/Phone: Jeanne Frett ph 302.239.4244 ex. 212

Program: Commercial Trillium Propagation

Other Speakers: Cole Burrell, Fred Case, Alan Weakley, Tom Patrick,

Susan Farmer, Bill Cullina, Ron Gagliardo, Jim McClements, John Lonsdale, Mark Rose, John Gyer

Group: Fellows Riverside Gardens, OH

Presentation Date/Time: Saturday April 19, 2008

Location: Youngstown OH

Contact Person/Phone: Norma Roden 330.740.7116

Program: tba

Group: GC St. Louis

Presentation Date/Time: Thursday Sept. 16, 2008

Location: tba

Contact Person/Phone: Irene Holmes 314.991.0889

Program: tba

Group: Georgia Master Gardener State Convention

Presentation Date/Time: Saturday October 18, 2008

Location: Atlanta GA

Contact Person/Phone: Jo-Evelyn Morris, 770.428.4714

Program: If You Can.t Stand the Heat, Get Outta the Garden

Other Speakers: Lea Ann White, Dan Benarcik - Containers, Lucinda Hudson