BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a10f8639d214bea48c80ecccf9206dc6312 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Garden Stories: "An Australian Perspective on Creating Beautiful Dry Gardens" DESCRIPTION:
What holds us back from ha ving better gardens? Is it our increasingly harsh climate, a lack of appropriate plants, or our own prejudices? We have created a paradigm over several ge nerations about what a garden ‘should’ span>look like, what a ‘beautifu l ’ plant is, and is not. span> Changing our prejudices can be difficult, but it makes us better garden ers.
Join Simon in taking a l ook at plant selection and design with an Australian plantsman’ s critical eye.
Simon Rickard is a gardener and pla ntsman. He was head gardener at the Diggers Club until 2009, overseeing one of Australia’s best-known gardens - coincidentally called Heronswood (sinc e 1871) - and its sister garden, the Garden of St Erth. Simon ran a market garden until 2012, growing bespoke produce for a restaurant. These days, he runs a garden design, consultancy and coaching service. Simon leads intern ational garden tours for Abercromie & Kent and Botanica World Discoveri es, and he delivers lectures and workshops for international audiences for the Australian Landscape Conference. Simon has written two books, The New O rnamental Garden (2011) and Heirloom Vegetables - a guide to their history and varieties (2014).
Somehow, Simon finds time to lead a parallel li fe as a musician, specialising in historical bassoons.
This is a Zoom presentation. Price is $5 for members; $10 for non-members
HP SO programs are recorded and available for two weeks following the original presentation to all those who register for the programs.