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2012 Peak to Prairie Landscape Symposium Program
Please note the 2012 program is organized differently
this year. The program features a full day program on Saturday
and specialty presentations on Friday.
Specialty Presentations on Friday March
30, 2012
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Friday Morning, 8:00-noon, Focus on Trees (registration fee
$15) |
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Registration and Socializing, 8:00-8:30
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Birth of the Palmer Tree Coalition
Judith Rice Jones |
Urban
Greening and the Livable Community: What Does Research
Tell Us?
Dr. Kathleen Wolf,
College of the Environment, University of Washington |
Recommended Trees for The Pikes
Peak Region
Becky Wegner,
Mountain High Tree Care and Consulting |
Watering Trees and
Shrubs: Striking The Balance Between Plant Health and
Water Conservation
Ronda Koski,
Research Associate, Colorado State University
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| Lunch, 12-1 p.m. |
Optional Friday
Afternoon Workshops & Small Group Presentations, 1-4 p.m.
(registration fee $25)
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Drip Irrigation
Workshop for Residential Landscapes
(limit 35 participants)
Denis Slibsager
of Ewing Irrigation, Joe
Dixon of Dixon Irrigation and Carla
Anderson, Landscape Architect |
Shrub Pruning And Maintenance
Workshop, 1-3 p.m.
(limit 35 participants)
Al Wegner, Mountain
High Tree Care and Consulting |
Small Group Presentation: Landscape
Design for Water-wise Beauty
(limit 40 participants)
Loretta Mannix, Landscape Designer and Horticulture
Consultant
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General Session Presentations on Saturday
March 31, 2012
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| Full Day,
8:00-4:15 (registration fee $30) |
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Registration and Socializing, 8:00-9:00 |
Every Yard
Counts! How Everyone in the Community Benefits from
Quality Landscapes
Dr. Kathleen Wolf,
College of the Environment, University of Washington |
So You Think You Want to Convert Your Bluegrass
Lawn? Alternative Lawn Options in The Pikes Peak Area
Carey Harrington,
Colorado Native Plant Master, Certified Colorado
Gardener |
Ruthless Gardening: Learning Tough Love for The
Home Garden
Shane Smith, Cheyenne
Botanic Gardens |
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Lunch, 12:15-1:15 |
Apple Trees for Colorado's
Front Range
Joel Reich, Colorado State University Extension,
Boulder County |
Soil Savvy: Working with Your Local Soil
Dr.
Jean Reeder, Ph.D. Soil Scientist
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Mythbusters!
Peak to Prairie Landscape Symposium Planning
Committee |
Presentations & Schedule subject to change
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