25th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium and Plant Sale

Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Agriculture, US National Arboretum

Speakers Include:

• Allan Armitage – Renowned researcher, award-winning writer, speaker, and teacher
• Cole Burrell – Author, garden-designer, lecturer, founder of Native Landscape Design and Restoration
• Scott LaFleur – Director of New England Wildflower Garden, conservationist, native plant advocate
• Sylvan Kaufman – Ecologist, Evolutionary Biologist, owner of Sylvan Green Earth Consulting
• Carole Ottesen – Garden designer, photographer, author of books on native plant gardening
• Jeremy West – Manager, Natural Resources Conservation Service's National Plant Materials Center

Location: This year the symposium will be held at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) as the arboretum’s administration building is under renovation. Map and directions.

Registration: Registration information will be available February 1, 2011 at www.usna.usda.gov.

More Information: Lindsay Hicks, Horticulture Education Programs Specialist, U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202-245-5898, lindsay.hicks@ars.usda.gov