Garden Show Session Agendas
Saturday January 18
Oklahoma City - Home & Garden Show
Title Sponsor
3pm CT
Elizabeth Richardson
Containers for Food & Flowers
Elizabeth is the founder of Adorn, a custom container garden and outdoor décor company based in Oklahoma City. With over 20 years of gardening experience, she launched Adorn in 2013 to help clients create stunning first impressions for their homes and businesses. Inspired by her parents’ love for gardening, Elizabeth combines creativity and expertise to design impactful, unique planters that enhance curb appeal.
4pm CT
Jacques Lyakov
Seed Starting Secrets
Jacques started seriously gardening during the pandemic as a way to relax and find purpose. In the process he discovered that everything from the garden tastes so delicious and vibrant which opened a world of flavor that couldn’t be found anywhere else! This revelation gave him purpose, he wants to bring the joy and delicious flavors of home gardening to as many people as possible. By teaching people the how and why behind gardening practices Jacques hopes to empower others to discover what he did — flavor!
Sunday January 19
Oklahoma City - Home & Garden Show
Title Sponsor
12pm CT
Elizabeth Richardson
Wonderful Window Boxes
Elizabeth is the founder of Adorn, a custom container garden and outdoor décor company based in Oklahoma City. With over 20 years of gardening experience, she launched Adorn in 2013 to help clients create stunning first impressions for their homes and businesses. Inspired by her parents’ love for gardening, Elizabeth combines creativity and expertise to design impactful, unique planters that enhance curb appeal.
1pm CT
Crystal Walker
Garden Success with Super Soil
Ensure a healthy and vibrant flower patch season after season with helpful tips and tricks from Crystal Walker the “Compost Fairy”… learn how to keep your soil fertile for the best blooms plus the basics of composting for those who have yet to take the plunge. Crystal believes anyone can compost successfully for the best, healthiest soil and plants and she can’t wait to share her expertise with you! Your flowers will thank you!
2pm CT
The Wild Mother/Lauren
From Grocery Store to Glorious
The Palmer sisters, eighth-generation Oklahomans, each came to flowers on their own individual paths, but they all agree that the seeds of floral joy were planted early in their lives. The three women grew up exploring their grandparents’ garden and picking wildflowers, which they arranged and experimented with at the kitchen table
February 19-23
Seattle - Northwest Flower & Garden Show
Title Sponsor
4pm PT Daily
Epic Gardening
Small Space Solutions with Epic Gardening
Join the team from Epic Gardening and their friends for a daily dose of Small Space Solutions. Each day at 4pm on the Main Stage, tips and tricks will be provided to gardeners working with limited gardening space. From growing your own groceries to grow bags to trellising, smart seed starting for smaller plants to containers that go-go-go… join this fun, interactive session daily and enjoy new ideas and insights from the experts at Epic Gardening!
And be sure to stop by the Epic Gardening booth to meet your favorite speakers at 5pm daily!
Friday March 7
Philadelphia Flower Show
Title Sponsor
12pm ET
Jenny Rose Carey
Supercharge Your Summer Flower Garden
The colors, shapes, and scents of flowers are as ravishing to the senses as to the soul. But it’s all too easy get things wrong: colors that clash, flowers that bloom at the wrong time, plants that fail to thrive… In this session Jenny Rose Carey tells you exactly how to get started, how to combine plants for the most spectacular effects, and how to keep your flowers beautiful all summer long.
2pm CT
Ashlie Thomas
Tiny Seeds to Big Feasts: Growing Nutritious Gardens in Limited Spaces
What does “small space gardening” mean? Do small space gardening techniques differ from a large space? Yes, even small spaces can provide abundant food, beauty and resilience for their gardeners.
In this session learn key concepts, explore your motivation and discover that no matter what your garden yields, it’s always worth the wait.
6pm ET
Robin Avni
Plant Passions: Best Tips for Growing Cut Flowers
There is an ever-expanding interest in the floral lifestyle as gardeners and homeowners aspire to become floral fluent. The backyard gardener has moved on from simply planting vegetables or bedding plants; they want to grow unique botanicals in their own cutting gardens, containers, and raised beds — floral elements for everyday enjoyment and cherished celebrations. Join Robin Avni – co-author of “The Flower Farmer,” (with Debra Prinzing) to introduce the lives, farms, and flowers of growers across North America. This presentation will cover how to select must-have cultivars that the pro’s grow and understand the best varieties for long-lasting arrangements.
Saturday March 8
Philadelphia Flower Show
Title Sponsor
12pm ET
Eliza Blank
Secrets of a Houseplant Whisperer
Eliza Blank, founder of The Sill, shares her tips and tricks for helping you house full of plants thrive while sharing her vision for the future of the houesplant movement and more. Don’t miss this intimate conversation with the “mother of the modern houseplant movement”…
2pm ET
Kevin EspirituJacques Lyakov
Seed Talk: Tips for a Thriving Garden with Epic Gardening
Come hang out with Epic Gardening’s Kevin Espiritu and Jacques Lyakov as they dive deep into all things seed-related! From starting seeds to planning where to plant, they’ll provide tips and tricks to help you grow like a pro. Get an inside look at Epic Gardening’s brand-new seed line, too! (CHANGE) inspire a global community to grow their own food and connect with nature.
6pm ET
David Mizejewski
Five Gardening Rules to Ignore
Beautiful gardens and well-designed landscapes are pleasing to the eye and give us a place to enjoy nature, right? Wrong. Though it might look green and natural, the standard American landscape is anything but and often does more harm than good to our planet. But it doesn’t have to be that way! National Wildlife Federation Naturalist David Mizejewski will break down the five common gardening practices that hurt the natural world and offer alternatives that will help you create the perfect slice of nature, right outside your door for you and the wildlife that calls your space home, too.
Sunday March 9
Philadelphia Flower Show
Title Sponsor
12pm ET
Kamili Bell Hill
Container Gardening with Houseplants
In this demonstration, Kamili will share the art of designing beautiful container arrangements using houseplants that share the same watering and lighting needs. Florists and big box stores often sell beautiful plant arrangements with plants whose needs are incompatible, and of course the arrangement ends up killing at least one of the plants. This session reveals how to select and combine plants that not only look great together but also thrive together. After picking compatible plants, Kamili will demonstrate how to arrange them for an eye-catching plant display in any space.
2pm ET
Ann Amato
Propagation Secrets
Much like cooking, the craft of propagation can be engaging, performative AND recipes are often used and, sometimes, altered. Come watch and learn more about this green thumb skillset from a professional propagator who’s propagated thousands of plants for regional nurseries we all know and love. From seeds to cuttings, spores to simple grafts, air layering to division—to answering questions about tissue culture—Ann has seen it all! Please bring your questions. Tools and techniques will be highlighted as well.
4pm ET
Kathy Jentz
Dealing with Deer & Other Pesky Mammals in Your Garden
Bambi may be cute, but he and his mother, cousins, and rest of the herd are very hungry and they would love to make a feast of your garden. This talk will cover proven and humane tactics for gardening with deer, rabbits, squirrels, rats, groundhogs, and other creatures that are attracted to both edible and ornamental gardens. Kathy Jentz, garden book author and host of the GardenDC Podcast, shares her tips and tricks for gardening alongside hungry critters.