Speakers
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
Sean James
Named by GardenMaking magazine as one of “20 Making a Difference” and by Landscape Ontario 2020 and 2021’s Garden Communicator of the Year, Sean has been gardening professionally since he was sixteen and speaking to horticultural societies for more than 25 years.
Sharon and John Bowler
Sharon and John Bowler are members of the Grimsby Garden Club and the Ontario Rock Garden and Hardy Plant Society.
Susan Chater
As she describes herself, Susan Chater was born in England with a gardening grandmother who enriched her life with a love of gardening.
Todd Boland
Web Site: http://www.mun.ca
Tom Freeth
Tom Freeth, trained in horticulture and landscape designing, is a nature lover in all its forms.
Tony Reznicek
Tony Reznicek has recently retired from his day job as a Curator at the University of Michigan Herbarium, especially working with the flora and biogeography of the Great Lakes region, with strong interests in rare plant conservation, plant migration, and related topics.
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.
