2023 Agenda
Saturday March 11
Small Space Saturday
Big ideas for tiny spaces, from balconies to beds
11:30am EST
Steal the Look – Charming Southern Backyard Garden
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm EST
Ashlie Thomas
The Mocha Gardener
Fundamentals: Small Space Gardening
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.
1pm EST
Jill Ragan
Whispering Willow Farm
Lose the Lawn: Grow Food Instead
Want a more productive front yard, back yard, side yard… any yard? Jill Ragan – author of Tiny But Mighty Farm – walks you through planning your productive, food growing space no matter how large (or small) it is.
Among other important points, this session dives into the sometimes confusing topic of “succession planting” so you can maximize production year round.
2pm EST
Wendi Phan
Wendiland
Trellis Tricks for Vertical Growing
3pm EST
Graham Gardner
Landscape Designer
Tiny & Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow
4pm EST
Dave Whitinger
Victory Seed Company
Best Veggies for Small Spaces
From small dwarf sized to downright tiny, old school plant breeders are creating new, exciting and tasty veggies specifically for small space and container gardening. Join Dave Whitinger, owner of Victory Seed Company, as he shares his favorites (spoiler: MICRO TOMATOES) that will fit perfectly in any space. And, as an added bonus, you’ll learn a little bit about the age-old art of how new varieties are made through traditional plant breeding.
5pm EST
Niki Jabbour
Savvy Gardening
Four Season Gardening: Use Garden Covers to Grow More Food
Your food garden doesn’t have to conclude at the first frost date! Niki shares techniques for year-round gardening from her snow covered Nova Scotia home.
No matter where you grow, her advice will help you enjoy a year-round harvest.
Sunday March 12
Seeds & Soil Sunday
All the dirt on soil and seeds
11:30am ET
Steal the Look - Clark Cottage Gardens
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Carrie Spoonemore
From Seed to Spoon
Fundamentals: Seed Secrets
How long do seeds last? How do I know my seeds are still good? How do I store them? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this fundamentals class on seeds.
1pm ET
Jesse Frost
Rough Draft Farm
Home Garden Soil Secrets From a No-till Farmer
Learn how to apply no-till soil principles to your home garden. Jesse will share his experience and experimentation with no-till practices from his Kentucky farm and make them applicable to your home garden no matter how small it might be.
2pm ET
Linda Ly
Garden Betty
Tips for Starting Tricky Seeds
Having trouble getting your seeds to germinate? If you’ve simply been tossing a few seeds into the soil and hoping for the best, there IS a better way to improve your chances of germination—make that 6 better ways! Linda Ly shares the real reasons your seeds are being so stubborn and reveals all her favorite tips and tricks for getting them to germinate fast.
3pm ET
Marco Thomas
Microbes by Marco
Do I Have Bad Soil?
Good soil is the foundation of a healthy garden. And it is a complex topic, too. Marco breaks it down so you can determine what your soil needs for maximum health and productivity. Spoiler: there will be talk of microbes.
5pm ET
Kamili Bell Hill
PlantBlerd
Houseplant Happy Hour: Custom Houseplant Soil Blend Recipes
Just like people, houseplants need unique conditions to thrive. In this session, Kamili will share her custom soil mix recipes for different types of houseplants. Anyone say “aroid mix”? Yes, we hear you! Find out the best blends for aroids and more.
Monday March 13
Mindful Monday
Magic and mindfulness in the garden
11am ET
Good Morning Garden Tours
11:30am ET
Steal the Look - Follow the Path: The Garden of Joyce Hannaford
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Jovan Sage
Sage’s Circle
Fundamentals: Basics of Garden-based Wellness
Gardens have long been used as a refuge from the world. As we seek to increase mindfulness in our daily lives, home gardens become even more important.
Learn how incorporating sound, fragrance and other elements into your garden space – no matter how small – can create an oasis of tranquility.
1pm ET
Stephanie Rose
Garden Therapy
Garden Therapy: Five Minutes a Day to Transform Your Life
Spending just five minutes with plants can make a world of difference to your wellbeing. Stephanie Rose shares her journey of rehabilitation from severe disability starting with just five minutes a week in the garden. In this seminar, you’ll see the unbelievable transformation that can happen by starting small and get a bounty of quick ideas to include plants in your life and home. From making botanical bath and body products and herbal cleaners to natural candles and garden crafts, you will leave this session with inspiration, motivation, and surely a few laughs!
2pm ET
Linda Black Elk
United Tribes Technical College
Grow Your Own Medicine
Gardens were the original pharmacies and more people are re-learning how to partner with plants to increase health and wellness safely. In this session, learn about basic medicinal plants anyone can grow and what to do with them to help heal your body and soul.
3pm ET
Leo Carver
Ayurvedic Counselor
Growing Consciousness: The Gardener's Guide to Seeding the Soul
6pm ET
Maria Fallia
Growing Joy Podcast
Houseplant Happy Hour: Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness
Learn to transform plant care into self-care by identifying your plant parent personality and matching it with plant care/self care practices inspired by your lifestyle. Discover the power of plants to help you disconnect from the stress and anxiety of modern life and grow more joy in your world. By the end of the talk you’ll have identified your plant parent personality and walk away with an easy plant care/self care practice tailor made for your plants and personality.
Tuesday March 14
Take It Easy Tuesday
Tips and tricks for the time-strapped gardener
11am ET
Good Morning Garden Tours
11:30am ET
Steal the Look - Hillside Beauty: The Garden of Ellie Gilbert
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Dominique Charles
Plots and Pans
Fundamentals: Garden Easy Hacks
1pm ET
Tasha Greer
Author
Weed-free Gardening
2pm ET
Diego Footer
Epic Gardening
Simple Garden Planning for Busy People Just Like You
Why do most people fail when it comes to gardening? The pressures of weeds, weevils, and work can quickly overwhelm you, turning your green dreams into an overgrown jungle. We’ve all been there. Without a plan, nature will always win, and the prize probably isn’t what you want. Fortunately, there is an easier way. Using key planning strategies, you can drastically reduce your garden workload and grow more food than ever. Get rid of garden overwhelm forever, and join Diego Footer from Epic Gardening to create a plan to have your best harvest ever.
3pm ET
Stacey Hirvela
Proven Winners ColorChoice
Low-Maintenance, High-Impact Gardens
No matter what your skill or comfort level with plants and gardening, it’s always nice to have a few time-saving plant suggestions and design ideas in your back pocket. Learn some plants that give way more than they take, as well as how to site them so that, once they’re established, you needn’t do much more than smile every time you see them.
6pm ET
Paris Lalicata
The Sill
Houseplant Happy Hour: Awesome Airplants
The ultimate easy houseplant, air plants come in a range of quirky shapes and some have beautiful blossoms. While “air plant” may make it seem like you set them on the shelf and just smile, these interesting beauties do require regular tending to help them thrive. Paris Lalicata from The Sill breaks down the facts on air plants to keep them happy and easy going for years to come.
Wednesday March 15
Wildlife Wednesday
Welcome birds, bees, bats and more
11am ET
Good Morning Garden Tours
11:30am ET
Steal the Look – The Cottage Garden at Bochner Farms
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Dan Wilder
Norcross Wildlife Foundation
1pm ET
Heather Andrews
Garden Thoughtfully
Blinded Me with Science: Beautify Your Backyard by Attracting Butterflies
Have you ever wanted to host butterflies in your backyard? Discover actionable, science-based tips you can use to attract and host the Jewels of the garden to your outdoor spaces.
2pm ET
Mary Phillips
National Wildlife Federation
Garden for Wildlife: Be a Hummingbird Hero
More than 180 North American plant species depend on hummingbirds for pollination. They use their thin beaks and long tongues to drink nectar from flowers and rely on insects to feed their young. Mary Phillips, Head of Garden for Wildlife at National Wildlife Federation and certified master naturalist will share fun facts about these beautiful hummingbird species from across the U.S and the important plants to attract and support the life cycle of these animated creatures.
3pm ET
Owen Wormser
Landscape Designer
Lawns Into Meadows
Learn how to convert your lawn into a low maintenance, eco-friendly meadow. In a world where lawns have wreaked havoc on our natural ecosystems, meadows offer a compelling solution.
It is garden landscaping that is beautiful and easy-care, all year round.
4pm ET
David Mizejewski
National Wildlife Federation
Garden For Wildlife: Bats and Their Benefits
Bats have long been painted as scary monsters or dangerous pests, but the reality is that this diverse group of flying mammals is incredibly important ecologically and even beneficial in our gardens. Naturalist David Mizejewski will introduce you to the fascinating bats of North America and highlight both why you want bats around and how you can help them in your own yard or neighborhood.
5pm ET
Josh Brown
Predatory Plants
Keeping Carnivorous Plants
The ultimate native plant, learn how to care for carnivorous house plants and enjoy the side benefit of pest control. This session also shares the critical importance of where you should purchase carnivorous plants to protect diminishing stands in the wild.
6pm ET
Taylor Whitney
Whitney's Flora
Houseplant Happy Hour: Taming the Small Space Jungle
We collect plants because they bring us joy and make our space feel cozy. So, how do we grow our collection without letting them overrun our space? Join Taylor as she shares some of her tips and tricks for keeping her ever-growing plant collection healthy while also aesthetically pleasing.
Thursday March 16
Transformation Thursday
All about landscaping from dreaming to doing
11am ET
Good Morning Garden Tours
11:30am ET
Spectacular Spring Front Yard: The Garden of Renee Minirth
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Scott Zona
Author
Fundamentals: Gardener's Guide to Botany
In this fundamentals class, learn the basics of plant botany so you can make wiser decisions while planning or caring for your outdoor environment.
Focusing on the home landscape, this session breaks down the fundamentals of botany so you can easily apply them to your everyday (garden) life.
1pm ET
Ryan McEnaney
First Editions® Shrubs & Trees
Field Guide to Outside Style
2pm ET
Linda Vater
lindavater.com
Design a Perfect Potager Garden
3pm ET
Sandra Nam Cioffi
Ink Landscape Architects
Getting Back to Basics with Design
Shopping for plants can be enormously fun! That is, until you end up with a hodgepodge of pots and no plan in mind. Before getting ahead of yourself and your buying spree, learn how the basics of design through simple sketching techniques and with affordable drawing tools will better prepare you for your adventures in the garden.
4pm ET
Jim Putnam
HortTube
Favorite Flowering Shrubs
6pm ET
Darryl Cheng
Houseplant Journal
Houseplant Happy Hour: Transforming Houseplants with Light
Outdoor gardeners generally have a good sense of their sunlight exposure and indoor grow ops have well documented instructions to follow – but houseplant owners are left with vague, hand-wavy directions like “bright indirect light” – which leads to dramatically different interpretations and results.
In this talk, Darryl will reveal the secrets to understanding light with a particular focus on how it applies to houseplants – comparing natural light and grow lights. You will finally be able to make sense of light!
Friday March 17
Flower Friday
Growing and arranging all the beautiful blossoms
11am ET
Good Morning Garden Tours
11:30am ET
Steal The Look - Peony & Iris Tour: The Garden of Kris Jurik
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Sean & Allison McManus
Spoken Garden
Fundamentals: Flowering Bulb Basics
1pm EST
Yan Skates
Author
Big Flower Design
Inspiration! Inspiration! Inspiration! Big! Big! Big! (Did we mention big inspiration?!) You might know Yan from Big Flower Fight on Netflix. In this session, there’s no fight – just love of design and flowers. Yan walks through his “flowers-as-art-installation” aesthetic and provides tips and ideas to create your own masterpiece at home.
2pm ET
Briana Bosch
Epic Gardening
Planning & Planting Your "Perfect Palette" Cutting Garden
Planning for a special occasion or just in love with certain color palettes? Please don’t stop supporting your local flower grower but why not grown your own? Learn how to plan, plant and tend your own cut flower garden in a rainbow of your choice. Enjoy months of color coordinated floral bliss or impress the world on your special occasion…
3pm ET
Teri Speight + Panel
Cottage in the Court
Black Flora Creator Panel
4pm ET
Isha Foss
Isha Foss Design
Container Design from a Florist's Perspective
Move beyond the typical “porch pot” mentality, Isha Foss walks through her process for creating containers with a florist’s eye. Learn a new way to design including how to pick the right vessel, color matching and adding “accessories” so your containers make every day a special event.
6pm ET
Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
Houseplant Guru
Houseplant Happy Hour: Secrets of Flowering Houseplants
Flowering houseplants are a fun and beautiful way to expand your growing skills and the number of specimens in your houseplant family.
Want to see the colorful, intricate and sometimes fragrant blooms houseplants can offer? This session dispels the unfair reputation that flowering houseplants are tricky and offers simple insider strategies to coax blossoms out of your houseplants.
Saturday March 18
Small Space Saturday 2
Big ideas for tiny spaces, from balconies to beds
11:30am ET
Steal The Look - Flowing Borders With Tera’s Gardens
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Matt Lebon
The Foodscaper
Fundamentals: Fruit in Small Spaces
1pm ET
Mark Ridsdill Smith
Vertical Veg Guy
Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening
2pm ET
Jacques Lyakov
Epic Gardening
Transplants vs. Direct Seeding Pros & Cons
3pm ET
Jessica Damiano
The Weekly Dirt
Companion Planting Essentials
4pm ET
Kevin Espiritu
Epic Gardening
Growing Microgreens at Home
5pm ET
Miranda Niemiec
Great Garden Plants
There Are No Small Gardens…
Only small ideas! There’s no need to compromise on bodacious blooms, lush foliage, and a large presence when gardening in small spaces – as long as you choose the right plants. Discover which small (yet mighty) shrubs and perennials are ideal for nestling into small beds, balcony containers, or urban gardens.
Sunday March 19
Sustainability Sunday
Garden for a Brighter Future
11:30am ET
Steal The Look - Exploring a Sustainable Garden: The Garden of Heidi Heiland
Ever watched a garden tour on YouTube and wondered how you can get that exact look at home? Wonder no more! Garden Gate Magazine and Ryan McEnaney from First Editions® Shrubs & Trees are taking you through a beautiful home garden each morning of the Great Grow Along and providing style commentary and plant suggestions so you can easily recreate these beautiful gardens at home.
12pm ET
Mike Lizotte
American Meadows
Fundamentals: Gardening & Sustainability
1pm ET
Sally Morgan & Kim Stoddart
The Climate Change Garden
2pm ET
Andre the Farmer
Permaculture Life
Food Forest: Permaculture Principles
3pm ET
Dan Wilder
Norcross Wildlife Foundation
Kill Your Lawn
4pm ET
Janet Sluis
Sunset Plant Collection
Water-wise Gardening
5pm ET
Doug Tallamy
Co-Founder Homegrown National Park®
What's the Rush? (World Premier!)
Doug Tallamy presents the grassroots science-based solution to the biodiversity crisis and explains why it’s so urgent to take action. Learn how individually and together, our small or large actions can make a huge impact and what you can do to get started NOW. Each of us can be part of this extraordinary cooperative conservation movement – together – we can regenerate biodiversity and see the impact of our actions almost immediately.