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

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