Salvia Summit III

Environmental Education Center, Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, California

Friday October 7 to Sunday October 9, 2016

Thursday evening� 4-7 pm Registration/reception at Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden

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Friday and Saturday talks at the Environmental Education Center, Tilden Regional Park

Friday 8-9����� Registration

9-9:15� ����������� Welcoming remarks

9:15-10����������� John Whittlesey�������� Diversity of Salvias� their adaptability and how they have co-evolved with pollinators and habitats.

10-10:30��������� India Pinnock����������� Designing the Salvia perennial borders at Kew

Break�� 10:30-10:45����

10:45-11:15���� India Pinnock ���������� Planting and managing the Salvia perennial borders at Kew

11:15- noon���� Jesus Gonzales �������� Salvia diversity in Sierra Madre Occidental, northwestern Mexico

Lunch 12-1 PM

1-1:30� ����������� Tom Carlson� ����������� Ethnobotany of Salvia

Break�� 2:30-2:45��������

2:45-3:30�������� Liberto Dario ����������� Salvias in Greece: the wild species and the attempt to grow as many of the genus as possible in a garden setting in Athens

4 �������������������� Tour of University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Dinner at the Julia Morgan Hall at the Garden.�������������������

Saturday�

8:15-9� ����������� breakfast

9-9:45� ����������� Scott Ogden� ����������� Intemperate Beauties: Sages on the Edge and in Between�Fort Collins CO and Austin TX gardens

9:45-10:15������ Kermit Carter���������� A Salvia nursery�rewards and challenges

Break�� 10:15-10:30

10:30-11��������� Sue Templeton���������� Developments Down Under: Salvias in Australia

11-11:30��������� Bart O'Brien� ����������� Cultivation of California Salvias�species and cultivars

11:30-12��������� Bryan Drew�������������� Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number

Lunch ����������� 12-1

1-1:45� ����������� Rolando Uria������������ Salvia exploration in Northern Peru

1:45-2:15�������� Frank Fischer����������� Salvias in Europe

Break�� 2:15-2:30

2:30-3:15�������� Don Mahoney����������� Salvias in the Strybing cloud forest.

3:15-4� ����������� Lighning talks�

4-7pm� ����������� Tour of Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden

Sunday ���������

9am ��������������� Tour of San Francisco Botanic Garden (Strybing)

Lunch on your own in San Francisco (lots of choices near Strybing)

2pm���������������� Visit Annie's Annuals