Speakers

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

Marion Jarvie
Web Site: http://www.marionjarvie.ca
Marion Jarvie is a passionate plantswoman who has been gardening in Thornhill for over forty years.

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

Martin Hajman
Matin Hajman is the head gardener at Tromsø Botanic Garden, part of the Arctic University of Norway.

Matt Mattus

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

Nick Courtens
A passion for skiing and mountains brought Nick Courtens to Vail, Colorado in the spring of 2010.