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Southeastern Plant Symposium Friday dinner presentation

June 7, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
“Chasing New Knowledge among Perennial Change”
It is said that nothing remains the same except for change, and that is so true for the way we garden, the abundance of available information and even the purpose of a garden. Join us for a look back at these gradual changes and the thought leaders and technologies that have pushed us forward. Janet Draper has spent her career chasing information, only to discover that there is a huge difference between information and knowledge in the world of horticulture.

Janet Draper
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden Horticulturist, Smithsonian Gardens
Washington, D.C.
Janet Draper earned a degree in Horticulture from Purdue University, then spent the next ten years really learning through working in perennial nurseries in the U.S., Germany and England putting plants in little black plastic pots. Finally, she started putting plants in the ground and really seeing what they did through years of private estate work.