Speakers

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. 

Paul Zammit

Bio:  Paul Zammit, a graduate of the University of Guelph, is the Nancy Eaton Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden.

Peter Korn

Web Site:  http://www.peterkornstradgard.se

Bio:  Peter Korn is a noted Swedish horticulturalist and author. His specialty is natural looking landscapes.

Peter Zale

Peter Zale, Ph.D holds a Master’s degree and Ph.D in plant breeding and genetics (2009, 2014) from The Ohio State University

René Giguère

Bio:  Rene is newly retired from the Montreal Botanical Garden where he was curator of the alpine garden at for 23 years.

Robert Pavlis

Robert Pavlis is a well-known speaker, and educator with over 40 years of gardening experience. He is the author of several books, Building Natural Ponds, Soil Science for Gardeners and Garden Myths

Todd Boland

Web Site: http://www.mun.ca

Bio:  Todd Boland lives in St. John's Newfoundland where he is currently Research Horticulturistat Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Tony Reznicek

Bio:  Tony describes himself as an ‘avid gardener, with interests in native plants, rock gardening, Chinese and Japanese woodland plants, hardy succulents, and plants of evolutionary and botanical interest.’

Virginia Hildebrandt

Bio:  I have been a lifelong gardener, but my first love was science. I graduated as a Registered Medical Technologist (Bacteriology) and worked in that field for 5 years.