Register online for upcoming symposium

Only three more weeks until the Perennial Plant Association Southern Region Symposium, Oct. 7.

If you are a landscape designer or architect, landscape maintenance company, grower, nursery retailer or garden writer from the South, it might be of value to attend the 2nd annual symposium Sustainable Style at the Dallas Arboretum. You'll learn to better navigate the challenges of extreme weather conditions, while still creating beautiful landscapes. Intense heat, drought and flooding are impacting both how you do business, what you sell and the landscapes you create. 
 
Leslie Halleck, PPA southern region director, has brought together an inspiring group of speakers as they cover topics such as native plants, heat and drought tolerant plant selections, landscape restoration, organic versus sustainable plant production for growers, an update on rose rosette disease and using plants with a purpose.
 
Featured speakers: Kelly D. Norris (Plants with style) · Lloyd Traven (Organic vs. sustainable plant production) · Susan Martin (Moving beyond pretty: plants with bonus points) sponsored by Eason Horticultural Resources (www.ehrnet.com/) · Dr. Kevin Ong (Rose rosette disease update) sponsored by Southwest Perennials (www.southwestperennials.com/index2.html) · Andrea DeLong Amaya (Native plants for southern landscapes) sponsored by Living Earth (livingearth.net/)
 
Thank you to our event sponsors: Halleck Horticultural, North Haven Gardens (www.nhg.com/), Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden (www.dallasplanttrials.org/), Local Plant Source (new.localplantsource.com/), Eason Horticultural Resources, Inc., Southwest Perennials, Inc., Living Earth. 
 
Find tickets directly here 
 
$99 PPA members
$50 industry students
$149 non-PPA members
 
Beverages, snacks and lunch included. Lunch is Noon-1 p.m.
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. Tour the trial gardens. Guided by Jenny Wegley, director of horticulture, and DABS staff.
 
Industry Association CEUs Available: 
Texas Nursery & Landscape Association - 5 CEUs
Association of Professional Landscape Designers - 5 CEUs
National Association of Landscape Professionals - 4 CEUs

Do you have clients or friends who are interested in sustainable gardening practices? On Saturday, Oct. 8, the Arboretum will host a public day featuring Kelly Norris, Lloyd Traven and Andrea DeLong Amaya. Details on the Arboretum's Sustainable Style Symposium.