Hello- This is the information and registration for the conference we are having on March 4th.  Please share this! Have a wonderful day~Ashleigh

 

Please share this message with anyone who might be interested, especially with groups and organization emails.

Registration Starts Thursday, February 12!  Entire workshop (A & B): $59 (save $14!).  Workshop A only: $34.  Workshop B only (includes light dinner): $39.  Program #8301:  Changing the World One Garden at a Time

Call (608) 262-7942 or toll-free 800-725-9692  (TDD 265-2370)
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Changing the World One Garden at a Time
A Learning and Sharing Workshop
 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens
3330 Atwood Avenue
Madison, WI

Thursday, March 4
1pm-8pm

Two sessions: 1-4:15 pm  and  4:30-8pm
Can’t attend because of work?  Come to the late afternoon-evening session!
Got kids?  Bring them (free!) and know that we'll have activities for them.

Featuring
Debra Landwehr Engle, author of Grace from the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time, and Gene Rothert, Chicago Botanic Garden, author of The Enabling Garden: A Guide to Lifelong Gardening

Gardens That Heal…Gardens That Teach…Gardens That Bring People Together…Gardens That Inspire…Gardens That Feed and Nurture

Anyone Can Garden…and Anyone Can Benefit
There is something about growing plants that helps both individuals and neighborhoods grow.  It’s not only the fruits, vegetables and flowers that matter, but the people we nurture in home and community gardens.

Share ideas with people who have school and community gardens, environmental education and therapeutic gardens. 

Who Should Attend?
Teachers, counselors, therapists, neighbors, youth leaders and gardeners of all kinds. Master gardeners, community gardeners, home gardeners (beginners, too!) Individuals with disabilities. Care and support providers.  Youth leaders. Anyone interested in rehabilitation psychology, supported and assisted living, aging, occupational therapy, social work, direct services to people with disabilities. 

Agenda
Workshop A
12:30pm  Registration, displays
1pm  Welcome
1:15pm Keynote:  Gene Rothert: Enabling Gardens
2pm  Break 
2:15  Breakout Sessions
3:15  Break
3:30-4:15 pm Networking and idea sharing

Workshop B
4-4:30  Registration
4:30 pm  Keynote: Debra Engle: Grace from the Garden
5:15  Break
5:20-6:15pm  Breakout sessions
6:15-6:45  Supper; exhibits
7-8pm  Networking, idea sharing

Breakout Sessions:

·       Q & A with Gene Rothert and Debra Engle
·       Hands-on activities for kids and adults
·       Gardening without work
·       Backyard permaculture
·       Food policies, bioengineering and seed saving
·       Worm composting
·       Seed to supper: growing and tasting Italian heirloom vegetables
·       Horticulture therapy for older adults

(Note: Some sessions will be repeated)
About Grace from the Garden: 
“Grace from the Garden conveys a single and important message: We can make the world a better place. The people featured in this book prove that it's possible through their garden-related projects...they may inspire you to do the same.”

 “As the stories in this remarkable collection demonstrate, the simplest act of gardening can produce significant changes in the lives of people we might never even meet. Consider the man who sends seedlings and greenhouses halfway around the world to feed hospital patients, or the immigrant woman who began selling her own flowers as a way to raise money for overseas charities, or the couple who offers their land as a midday retreat for the residents of nearby nursing homes. These acts and others are not heroic — or even unusual — as Ms. Engle tells us. We see ourselves in these uplifting tales from the garden, as they inspire us to transform our own little parts of the world into places of greater peace, repose, play and healing. For gardeners, community activists, and those who understand the spiritual value of putting spade in the soil.”

About Gene Rothert
Throughout his over 25 year career in public horticulture Gene Rothert has been committed to the belief that human interactions with plants, gardening and nature have many positive physical, social, intellectual and spiritual influences.

Former president of the American Horticulture Therapy Association, Rothert manages the Chicago Botanic Garden’s 11,000 square foot Buehler Enabling Garden.  It is state-of-the-art, interpreted public exhibit of universal garden design, techniques, tools, plants and programs that actively engages anyone in lifelong gardening. The Horticultural Therapy Services Program which he manages is local, national and international source for professional education, technical assistance and consulting in program planning, barrier-free and therapeutic garden design. 

For More Information
If you have questions about the program, please call or email: Ashleigh Ross at the CAC Gardening Program: 246-4730 Ext. 238, growedibleflowers@... or Rick Brooks rbrooks@...  265-4077.

Registration:  Entire workshop (A & B): $59 (save $14!).  Workshop A only: $34.  Workshop B only (includes light dinner): $39.  Program #8301:  Changing the World One Garden at a Time

Call (608) 262-7942 or toll-free 800-725-9692  (TDD 265-2370)  Be sure to register soon and bring a friend!