National speaker and award-winning author Evelyn J. Hadden shares inspiring examples of lawn alternatives and lawnless garden designs, along with cutting edge information about nature-friendly landscaping techniques.
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Events and Appearances Now scheduling events in the western and southwestern USA during Sept-Nov 2012, and in the eastern USA during Feb-March 2013. |
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2013 (For 2012 Events, Scroll Down)
- February 5 Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Chestertown Garden Club, Chestertown, MD - location and time TBA (booksigning to follow)
2012
- February 9 Live Interview, WTIP North Shore Radio, Grand Marais, MN - 4:00 - 5:00pm
- March 3 West Side Book Bash, Three Crows Coffeehouse & Cafe, Delano, MN - 3:00 - 6:00pm (Drop in anytime! Books will be available for purchase as long as they last, or bring your copy to be signed.)
- March 4 East Side Book Bash, The Covington Inn, St. Paul, MN - 2:00 - 6:00pm (Drop in anytime! Books will be available for purchase as long as they last, or bring your copy to be signed.)
- March 11 Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA - 1:30-3:00pm (Public event, $10/person. Reservations: 703-642-5173)
- March 14 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C. - 6:30-8:00pm (Free, pre-registration required.)
- March 16 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, 2012 Siouxland Garden Show, Marina Conference Center, South Sioux City, Nebraska - 3:30PM (Public event, $5/day, registration required)
- March 16 Seedhead Bingo, 2012 Siouxland Garden Show, Marina Conference Center, South Sioux City, Nebraska - 5:30PM (Public event, $5/day, registration required)
- March 17 Beautiful Waterwise Yards, 2012 Siouxland Garden Show, Marina Conference Center, South Sioux City, Nebraska - 11AM (Public event, $5/day, registration required)
- March 17 Seedhead Bingo, 2012 Siouxland Garden Show, Marina Conference Center, South Sioux City, Nebraska - 1:30PM (Public event, $5/day, registration required)
- March 24 Story Gardens, 2012 Spring Garden Symposium, Rotary Botanical Gardens, Janesville, WI - 10:30 AM (Public event, registration required)
- April 3 Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Friends of the Northfield Library Annual Meeting, Northfield, MN - 7pm (lecture at 7:30, free and open to the public)
- April 12 booksigning in conjunction with a talk by Michelle Kalantari, whose garden is featured in the book Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Wild Ones - St. Croix Oak Savanna Chapter, Stillwater, MN - 6:30pm (Free and open to the public)
- April 14 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Minnesota Hosta Society, Minneapolis, MN - time and place TBA
- April 15 (tentative, MN)
- April 19 Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI - 6:30pm ($15 for non-members, advance registration required)
- April 27 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Meadow Brook Hall and Gardens, Rochester, MI - 10am
- April 29 Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, NC - 2-4PM (lecture and refreshments followed by a booksigning, $25 for non-members)
- May 4 Beautiful No-Mow Yards Featuring Eastern Native Plants, Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, PA - 1pm
- May 6 Beautiful No-Mow Yards, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA - 2:30pm (Open to the public, $25/person, register online.)
- May 18-20 Garden Bloggers Fling, Asheville, NC (Advance registration required.)
- June 9 (tentative)
- August 9 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Government Building, 555 18th Avenue Southwest, Cambridge, MN 55008 - 7pm (sponsored by Isanti County Master Gardeners, free and open to the public)
- October 12-15 Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium, Tucson, AZ (Advance registration required.)
- November 3 Lawnless Western Gardens full-day seminar with Evelyn Hadden, Saxon Holt, and Scott Calhoun, location TBA
2011
- November 14 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Burnsville, MN - 7pm (sponsored by Daffodil Garden Club)
- November 9 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Stillwater, MN - 10AM (sponsored by Perennial Club of Stillwater)
- September 18 Keynote: Eco-Friendly Gardens, Native Gardening Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, Madison, WI - 3pm (registration required)
- June 16 Eco-Friendly Gardens, Traverse City, Michigan Ð 7PM (sponsored by Botanical Garden Society of NW Michigan)
- June 14 Eco-Friendly Gardens, Trinity Lutheran Church, 955 James Street, Frankfort, Michigan Ð 7PM (sponsored by Plant It Wild)
- June 11 Eco-Friendly Gardens, First Church of the Nazarene, Jackson, Michigan Ð 10AM (sponsored by Jackson County Master Gardener Association)
- April 5 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Rice Lake public library, Rice Lake, Wisconsin - 7PM (sponsored by Rice Lake Area Garden Club)
- March 19 Breakout session: Eco-friendly Landscaping, The Art of Gardening Symposium, Muscatine Community College, Muscatine, Iowa - 3PM (sponsored by Muscatine County Master Gardeners)
- March 19 Keynote: Shrink Your Lawn, The Art of Gardening Symposium, Muscatine Community College, Muscatine, Iowa - 9AM (sponsored by Muscatine County Master Gardeners)
- March 15 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Brookview Community Center, Golden Valley, MN - 6:30 PM (sponsored by Golden Valley Garden Club)
- February 18 Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn, Saint Paul Home & Patio Show, Saint Paul, MN Ð 3:30PM
2010
- September 16 "Design Ideas for Eco-Friendly Gardens" - Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI Ð 7pm
- September 14 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI Ð 7pm
- June 26 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI - 10am
- June 23 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Emmet County Fairgrounds Community Center, Petoskey, MI - 7pm (sponsored by Emmet County MSU Extension Master Gardener Program)
- June 22 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Suttons Bay, MI - 6pm (sponsored by Leelanau MSU Extension Master Gardener Program)
- June 20 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Sarett Nature Center, Benton Harbor, MI - 3pm
- June 19 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - DeGraaf Nature Center, Holland, MI - 2pm
- June 15 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Woodland Dunes Nature Center, Two Rivers, WI - 6:30pm
- May 19 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Northern Horticulture Club, Roseville City Hall Complex, old Fire Station building, Roseville, MN - 7pm
- May 10 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Minnetonka Garden Club, Minnetonka Community Center, Minnetonka, MN - 1pm
- April 28 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Morris Public Library, Morris, MN - 6:30pm (sponsored by Friends of the Morris Public Library and Pomme de Terre Garden Club)
- April 15 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Rochester Garden and Flower Club, Rochester Community Technical College, Rochester, MN - 7pm
- April 12 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Dakota County Heritage Library, Lakeville, MN - 7pm
- March 30 "Design a Lawnless Garden" - MN State Horticultural Society NEW building, 2705 Lincoln Drive, St Paul, MN - 6:30-8pm. Call 800-676-6747 x 211 to register.
- March 23 "Design Ideas for Eco-friendly Gardens" - MN State Horticultural Society NEW building, 2705 Lincoln Drive, St Paul, MN - 6:30-8pm. Call 800-676-6747 x 211 to register.
- February 27 "Creating Habitat for Humans and Other Species" - Design With Nature Conference, Roseville, MN - 3:15pm
- February 17 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Mahtomedi Garden Club, District Education Building, Mahtomedi, MN - 6:30pm
- January 21 "Design Ideas to Shrink Your Lawn" - Big Woods Garden Club, Watertown, MN - 6:30pm
2009
- December 16 Delano Writers Group, Delano, MN - 6pm
- November 19 St Croix Wild Ones, FamilyMeans Building, 1875 Northwestern Ave., Stillwater, MN - 6:30pm
- November 18 Shoreview Garden Club, Shoreview Community Center, Shoreview, MN - 7pm
- November 7 ReThinking Idaho Landscapes Symposium - 9AM - 3:30PM (sponsored by Idaho Botanical Garden)
- September 27 Botanica, Wichita, Kansas - 3pm
- September 26 Indian Creek Nature Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 1pm
- September 24 Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI - 7pm (sponsored by Greater Madison Healthy Lawn Team)
- September 17 Anoka County Master Gardeners, Bunker Hills Activity Center, Andover, MN - 7pm
- August 27 Washington County Master Gardeners, Bayport Library, Stillwater, MN - 7pm
- August 22 Habitat Here!, Hartley Nature Center, Duluth, MN - 9am-3pm
- August 15 Rush Lake Improvement Association, Nessel Town Hall, Stanchfield, MN - 9:30 AM
- April 25 Boardman River Nature Center, Traverse City, Michigan - 9:30 AM (sponsored by Botanic Garden Society of NW Michigan)
- April 22 Carol Stream Public Library, Illinois - 6:30 PM (sponsored by DuPage Organic Garden Club)
- April 19 Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Preserve, Niles, Michigan - 2 PM
- March 21 Environmental Landscape Workshop, Woodbury, Minnesota - 8:30 AM
- March 14 Rice County Master Gardeners Hort Day, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN - 9 AM
- February 25 Prospect Park Garden Club, Minneapolis, MN - 6:30 PM
- February 21 Wild Ones Spring Expo, Radisson Hotel, Roseville, MN - 8:45 AM
- February 5 Three Crows Coffee House, Delano, MN - 7-9PM
- January 31 Three Crows Coffee House, Delano, MN - 10:30AM - 12:30PM
- January 16 Terrace Horticultural Books, St Paul, MN - 6-8PM
- January 15 St. Croix Wild Ones meeting, Stillwater, MN - 6:30-8:30PM
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"Your presentation was top notch."
"The evaluations were uniformly positive, commenting on your depth of knowledge and appreciative of your willingness to respond to questions."
"Your talk was so much fun... we all left on a higher note because of it."
"Your presentation was excellent. Best we have ever had."
" Everyone LOVED your presentation - I think we'll have some lawns shrinking all over T.C. this summer thanks to you. Looking forward to your return visit."
"Our club members really enjoyed your talk, and I think they came away with lots of good ideas."