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Spring Fever Mini-Symposium
Iowa Arboretum
Saturday, April 17th, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Feed your spring fever by exploring how
to design with perennial plants. We are
pleased to welcome renowned garden
designers Scott Ogden and Lauren
Springer Ogden of Fort Collins,
Colorado, to the Iowa Arboretum.
Many of you first became acquainted
with Lauren by reading her award
winning book, The Undaunted Garden:
Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty.
Now Scott and Lauren have collaborated
to produce Plant-Driven Design:
Creating Gardens that Honor Plants,
Place, and Spirit, the topic of their first
presentation.
Join us for an exciting day of presentations, plant talk with your friends, a delicious lunch, and book and plant
sales! You will have an opportunity to purchase their book and have it personally autographed by the authors.
We have also chosen 12 of Scott and Lauren’s favorite grasses and colorful perennials for you to purchase.
The Day’s Schedule
10:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m. Presentation: Plant Driven Design
11:30 a.m. Lunch and Book Signing
1:00 p.m. Presentation: Designing with Bulbs
2:00 p.m. Plant Sales
Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens that Honor Plants,
Place, and Spirit
Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden believe that putting
plants first makes a landscape worthy of the name “garden.”
Challenging current landscaping trends that result in static, over-
designed plant installations or mere outdoor living spaces, they
explore marrying a love of plants and design without sacrificing
one to the other. The Ogdens show how making plants the starting
point of design creates enduringly beautiful, ecologically intelligent gardens where we rediscover and invite a
powerful, primordial connection between person, plants, and place. Their concepts, ideas, and practices
empower gardeners to design, and designers to plant.
Designing with Bulbs for Seasonal, Sustainable Beauty
Few plants give so much in return for so little as perennial bulbs, and the midwestern climate offers myriad
opportunities for these thrifty plants to make the most of the distinct seasons. Planting bulbs is easy—
integrating them into a garden’s design requires more thought. Scott and Lauren will explore these cyclical
and highly sustainable plants’ possibilities with diverse styles, companions, layering, and effects in gardens
both large and small. They will show how to take advantage of the exuberant seasonal moments and sensual
qualities inherent to these stalwart garden players.
Register before March 22nd to take advantage of lower early registration fees. See registration form for
details. Space is limited – another good reason to register early.
Spring Fever Mini-Symposium
Iowa Arboretum
Saturday, April 17th, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
 Feed your spring fever by exploring how to design with perennial plants. We are pleased to welcome renowned garden designers Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden of Fort Collins, Colorado, to the Iowa Arboretum. Many of you first became acquainted with Lauren by reading her award winning book, The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty. Now Scott and Lauren have collaborated to produce Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens that Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit, the topic of their first presentation.
Join us for an exciting day of presentations, plant talk with your friends, a delicious lunch, and book and plant sales! You will have an opportunity to purchase their book and have it personally autographed by the authors. We have also chosen 12 of Scott and Lauren’s favorite grasses and colorful perennials for you to purchase.
The Day’s Schedule
10:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m. Presentation: Plant Driven Design
11:30 a.m. Lunch and Book Signing
1:00 p.m. Presentation: Designing with Bulbs
2:00 p.m. Plant Sales
Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens that Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit
Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden believe that putting plants first makes a landscape worthy of the name “garden.” Challenging current landscaping trends that result in static, over-designed plant installations or mere outdoor living spaces, they explore marrying a love of plants and design without sacrificing one to the other. The Ogdens show how making plants the starting point of design creates enduringly beautiful, ecologically intelligent gardens where we rediscover and invite a powerful, primordial connection between person, plants, and place. Their concepts, ideas, and practices empower gardeners to design, and designers to plant.
Designing with Bulbs for Seasonal, Sustainable Beauty
Few plants give so much in return for so little as perennial bulbs, and the midwestern climate offers myriad opportunities for these thrifty plants to make the most of the distinct seasons. Planting bulbs is easy—integrating them into a garden’s design requires more thought. Scott and Lauren will explore these cyclical and highly sustainable plants’ possibilities with diverse styles, companions, layering, and effects in gardens both large and small. They will show how to take advantage of the exuberant seasonal moments and sensual qualities inherent to these stalwart garden players.
Register before March 22nd to take advantage of lower early registration fees. See registration form in the attachment section below for details. Space is limited – another good reason to register early.
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