II-I: Rob Fuoco  is a consultant and designer of historic landscapes including Nook Farm in West Hartford, the Butler-McCook property in Hartford, the Harkness Estate in Waterford & the Hillstead Museum in Farmington. Rob authored the historic grounds report that is credited with saving the Nook Farm grounds & is currently developing new theories on historic landscape preservation. Rob’s lecture, NEW THINKING IN HISTORIC LANDSCAPES, will share secrets of the art of landscape design through an illustrated lecture on new ways of treating historic landscapes.

 II-J: Gordan Hayward, our Keynote Speaker, returns to give a lecture on THE USES OF STONE IN THE GARDEN, a subject for which he is well qualified since he and his wife, Mary, have been developing a one and one-half acre garden around their 220 year old farmhouse in southern Vermont for the past 23 years as well as a tiny garden outside their cottage in the Cotswold Hills of England. Places that have plenty of stones for the garden.

II-K:  Sarah Middeleer  is a professional landscape designer residing in Newtown who has been committed to the environment, encouraging the fostering of a healthy, diverse ecosystem with a meaningful connection between architecture and landscape. For many years she has written for The Connecticut Landscape Architect. Sarah’s lecture, STRUCTURE IN THE LANDSCAPE, will explore the universal challenge in landscape design – shaping space that is inviting & functional. Concepts & techniques applied to create designs with impact will be identified.

 II-L: Mike Ruggiero, a horticulturist at Matterhorn Nurseries in Spring Valley, NY, is a former senior curator at the NY Botanical Gardens and is the author of Annuals with Style. He has taught many classes at NYBG, IES and UCONN & has lectured on different subjects to over 100 garden clubs and extension classes. Mike’s lecture, DESIGNING WITH ANNUALS, will redefine the term annual by showing the varied plant types that now fit the new definition of ‘annuals’. He will show the many uses of annuals from containers to borders and how to make a spectacular show of them.

I-F:  Jeff Hutton, owner of Earthworks Landscaping in Tolland, is an award winning landscape designer. He writes a column on landscape design for The Journal Inquirer, and his new book is The Art and Craft of Residential Landscape Design. Jeff’s lecture, THE ‘ART’ OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN: COMMON CREATIVE PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION, will include a discussion of the common creative aspects of landscape & other arts, Including interior design, & gardening as a single element of overall landscape design with associated positive & negative components.

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

II-G: Sarah Bailey  is Hartford Coordinator for the Master Gardener Program and has her own garden design/consultation/maintenance firm in West Hartford. As a CT Accredited Nursery Professional, she has provided design advice in the Farmington Valley for nine years & was the horticulturist for Lexington Gardens in Farmington for a number of years. Sarah’s lecture, LANDSCAPE DESIGN 101, will define concepts to consider and techniques for designing a livable, attractive and functional outdoor space. This course will give basic design principals for those who have “no clue” on how to start designing.

II-H:  Laura Eisener  is a landscape designer and lecturer from Saugus, MA. who teaches at the Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. She is president of HortResources, a non-profit organization for gardeners & landscape professionals of New England. She is an Associate Editor & writer for People, Places, Plants magazine. Laura’s lecture, DESIGNING WITH VINES, will illustrate how vines can solve landscape problems with woody, perennial & annual vine species that can be used in New England. She will recommend support structures appropriate for each type of climber.