Speakers
Paul Spriggs
Paul Spriggs has been rock gardening for roughly 22 years and building crevice gardens for about 15 years.
He is an avid plant explorer, photographer, mountaineer, owner of Spriggs Gardens Landscaping company, and current President of the Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society.
Paul Zammit
Bio: Paul Zammit, is a graduate of the University of Guelph and is an instructor of Horticulture at Niagara College.
Peter Korn
Web Site: http://www.peterkornstradgard.se
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
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.
Sue Payne
HISTORY OF ITSY BITSY HOSTAS
Susan Payne has been an avid gardener for over 40 years. She became fascinated with mini hostas when trying to identify the variety of the one mini hosta in her garden. During this pursuit she discovered that there are hundreds of varieties, and she fell in love with them! Over time she has amassed a collection of over 100 varieties and continues to seek out new additions for her garden.
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.