Speakers

Lisa Roper

Lisa Roper is the Gravel Garden and Ruin horticulturist at Chanticleer, a public garden in Wayne Pa. where she has gardened for the past 26 years in various parts of the garden. 

Liz Knowles

Liz has been gardening in the Hockley Valley for 45 years. Her one hectare garden comprises several perennial beds, extensive rock and crevice gardens and raised tufa beds.

Malcolm McGregor

Bio:  Malcolm McGregor has been growing alpine plants for over 25 years — and saxifrages for most of that time. He says that it is the unforced charm of mountain plants that most attracts him.

Marilyn Cornwell

Website:  http://marilyncornwell.com
 
Bio:   Marilyn Cornwell is a gardener and photographer living in Grimsby Ontario.

Marion Jarvie

Web Site:  http://www.marionjarvie.ca

 Bio:   Marion Jarvie is a renowned plantswoman who has been gardening in Thornhill for over 30 years.

Martin Galloway

Martin Galloway holds a BSc Biology ( Guelph), MSc Zoology ( U of T ) B. Ed ( U of T).

Matt Mattus

Website:  http://www.growingwithplants.com/
Most people consider gardening just a hobby, but Matt sees little difference between his obsession with plants, biology and with design.

Mike Bone

Mike Bone is the curator of the Steppe Garden, and oversees the trial gardens, plant breeding, and propagation of wild collected material brought into the Denver Botanic garden.

Miriam Goldberger

Web Site:  http://www.wildflowerfarm.com

 
Bio:  Long before “Sustainable” became a powerful buzzword, Miriam Goldberger began growing wildflowers.

Paul Spriggs

Paul Spriggs has been rock gardening for roughly 22 years and building crevice gardens for about 15 years.