Conference Program
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SATURDAY
8.30 — 9.00 REGISTRATION
Tea and coffee
9.00 — 9.05
Welcome and Opening
Warwick Forge Conference Director
9.05 — 10.00
Garden Design Today: leading designers, current trends and creating my gardens
Rosemary Alexander
10.00 — 10.50
Sustainable Cities Combining Green Roofs and Other Systems
Edmund Snodgrass
10.50 — 11.20 MORNING TEA
11.20 – 12.10
Mud Houses and Dry Gardens in South Morocco: a modern vision of paradise
Eric Ossart
12.10 – 1.00
Narratives of Ecology in
Contemporary Design – major projects
Thomas Woltz
1.00 — 2.00 LUNCH
2.00 — 2.50
Gardens of California: The search for style in a Mediterranean climate
Nancy Power
2.50 — 3.40
The Kitchen Garden Program: growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing seasonal, organic food.
Stephanie Alexander
3.40 — 4.10 AFTERNOON TEA
4.10 — 5.10
Roberto Burle Marx: Paisajes Líricos
(The Lyrical Landscape)
Marta Montero
6.00 — 8.00 Speakers’ Cocktail Party
Tay Creggan, Hawthorn
SUNDAY
8.30 — 9.00
Tea and coffee
9.00 — 9.50
Gardens are for People
Nancy Power
9.50 — 10.40
Integrated Water Systems for Sustainable Urban Landscapes
Josh Byrne
10.40 — 11.10 MORNING TEA
11.10 — 12.00
Narratives of Ecology in
Contemporary Design – private gardens
Thomas Woltz
12.00 — 12.50
The Gardens of Ossart and Maurières in France: the art of outdoor living
Arnaud Maurières
12.50 — 1.50 LUNCH
1.50— 2.40
History, Design and Planting for Green Roofs
Edmund Snodgrass
2.40 — 3.30
Planting Design Today: contemporary planting themes and inspirational colour associations.
Rosemary Alexander
3.30 — 4.00 AFTERNOON TEA
4.00 — 4.50 A SENSE OF PLACE, A Sense of Time
James Broadbent
4.50 — 5.00
Conference Summary
