• Well-known author and columnist Sonia Day introduces her entertaining new book Incredible Edibles: 43 Fun Things to Grow in the City
  
• Beckie Fox gives an inside peek at the launching of her beautiful new magazine Garden Making
  
• Author and avid gardener Yvonne Cunnington shares her experience in “Making a Meadow” through her stunning photographs
  
• Hamilton Spectator columnist Rob Howard discusses “Why We Garden” and gets us excited about Open Garden Week
  
• Learn about the top ten hummingbird plants, hot hostas, evolution of trees,
  bonsai from start to finish
  
• Visit the feature garden — East Meets West
  
• See some hot new plant introductions
  
• Enjoy some serious shopping in our gardener-friendly marketplace
  

Includes admission to the outdoor gardens which are all OPEN FOR THE SEASON
Daily admission rates:
Member: FREE (Please show your membership card)
Adult: $12.50
Senior (65+): $9.50
Student/youth*: $9.50
Child age 5 to 12: $7.25
Child under age 5: FREE
Family (2 adults, 2 children under age 18): $32.25

Speakers and Demonstration Schedule
Friday April 23
10:15 a.m. Claudette Sims, Top 10 Hummingbird Plants
11:00 a.m. Kathy Renwald
12:15 p.m. Charlie Hogg, What Smell is that Anyway?
1:00 p.m. Connie Dam-Byl, How to have your Garden and Eat it too
2:15 p.m. Ann Granatier, Irises
3:00 p.m. Karen McKeown, Healthy Landscapes
4:15 p.m. Jim Lounsbery, Dwarf and Unusual Shrubs in the Landscape

Saturday April 24
10:15 a.m. Doris Calder, Dividing and Planting Perennials
11:00 a.m. Beckie Fox, Making a New Garden Magazine
12:15 p.m. Doris Calder, Planting Summer Bulbs
1:00 p.m. Rob Howard, Why we Garden/Open Garden Week
2:15 p.m. Bob Leask, Hot Hostas and Cool Combinations
3:00 p.m. Sonia Day, Incredible Edibles
4:15 p.m. George Pagowski, Growing Better Roses

Sunday April 25
10:15 a.m. Irene Foulkes, Ikenobo Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Demonstration
11:00 a.m. Paul Zammit, The Edible Garden: More than Just the Harvest
12:15 p.m. Mike McCallion, Bonsai From Start to Finish
1:00 p.m. Yvonne Cunnington, Making a Meadow
2:15 p.m. David Marshall, Starting Plants from Seeds & Cuttings
3:00 p.m. Catherine Kavassalis, Evolution of Trees
4:15 p.m. Lorne Sparrow, Roses 101