Saginaw Valley Nursery & Landscape Association's
2011 SVNLA Garden Day

Located at the Home & Lifestyle Show
March 19 & 20, 2011

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
(Master Gardener - MSUE/MG Educational Credits, 1 hour per session)

Saturday March 19th
10:00 - Emerald Ash Borer Update
Department Of Entomology, Hal Hudson, Consumer Horticulture Extension Educator

11:30 - Dr. Arthur Cameron, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Great Michigan Plants

Dr. Arthur Cameron, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Join Dr. Art Cameron as he takes you for a virtual walk through the MSU Horticulture Gardens. He'll point out some interesting and noteworthy annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, vegetables and more as he takes you on this tour of the 14-acre gardens. Along the way, he'll discuss plant performance in Michigan, plant and garden maintenance and present new trends in gardening. He'll show how tough and tender plants combined with a bit of artistry can create interesting displays that teach, inspire, and amuse. From rooftop to rain gardens, potager to natives, there is always something to learn from the gardens.

BIO:
Directory of the Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens, Art Cameron is renowned for his exuberant presentation style, beautiful slide shows and his passion for plants! An avid botanist and gardener, he has a broad interest in plants native and exotic, flowering and non flowering, perennials and annuals. He has designed several demonstration gardens dedicated to ornamental grasses, herbaceous perennials and vegetables. The designs are an expression of his free-spirited approach to plants - and to life! A world traveler, Art- with his wife Marlene - has explored and lectured in Australia, Indonesia, Africa, Europe, Thailand, China, New Zeeland and the United States.

1:00 - 'Gardens of Inspiration'
Joseph Hillenmeyer, Joseph HIllenmeyer and Associates

I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, into a family with a Horticulture tradition that dates back to the 1700's in France and Germany. My great-great-great grandfather, Fracis Xavier Hillenmeyer, came to America in 1838 after training at the famous Baumann Brothers Nursery in France. His arrival set into motion what has now been six generations of my family in the horticulture industry here in Lexington. I grew up in Lexington, leaving in 1993 to attend The McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN. After graduation, I worked with Don Shadow at Shadow Nursery in Winchester, TN. Don is nationally recognized premiere horticulturists noted for his work in developing new cultivars of ornamental plants.

In 1996 I traveled to New Zeeland where I worked as a horticulturist at a horse farm and interned at a perennial nursery. My next trip took me to Western Turkey where I worked at the well-known Karaka Arboretum outside of Istanbul. This is where I was really able to begin forming comprehensive ideas about garden design and thinking about organic connections between the garden and the home. I have now returned to Lexington where I began my own garden design firm in 2001. Since then I have had the opportunity to continue to travel the world and the US studying Garden Design and Horticulture. IT has been a real privilege working with my clients these past few years, some of whose gardens you will be able to see here.

2:30 - Dean & Derek, DIY Network

Sunday, March 20th

12:00 - Planting Techniques, How to Insure Long Term Success
Dr. Robert Schutzki, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University

1:30 - Landscape Design, Developing Planting Compositions
Dr. Robert Schutzki, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University

Bob Schutzki is an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture and has been a faculty member at Michigan State University since 1982 with responsibility in teaching and extension. Teaching emphasis includes courses in Landscape Design, Environmental Design, Landscape Restoration, and Landscape Management. Serve as Curator of the Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum. Extensions focus includes conducting professional workshops on Landscape Design, Plant Evaluation, Plant Selection, Landscape Management, and Plant Establishment in the Landscape, Invasive plants, and other topics related to the nursery and landscape industry. Research interests include plant exploration, plant evaluation, sustainable landscape development and management, and invasive species assessment. Serve on several MIchigan Nursery and Landscape Association committees, an active member of the Landscape Plant Development Center and a board member of the Michigan Invasive Plant Council.