2024 Educational Conference
Once upon a thyme...stories from the garden...
June 20 - 21, 2024 in Malvern, PA
Conference Agenda and Registration
EdCon 2024 invites HSA members and friends to America's Garden Capital, Philadelphia, PA! This year's agenda offers several options for add on tours and workshops, as well as a more convenient check-in process and plated dining. The Thursday evening Welcome Reception and Awards Dinner is included in the registration fee.
No refunds will be issued after Tuesday, May 28. Conference registration closes May 31. Optional registration closes June 3.
Wednesday, June 19
Hotel Check-in 3PM
Dinner on your own.
Thursday, June 20
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Opens
Optional paid tours and presentations
10:00 am - 3:00 pm Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Community Gardens Tour, departs from hotel lobby at 10 am
10:30 am - 3:30 pm Northview Garden Tour and Lunch, departs from hotel lobby at 10:30 am
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Pam McKee – Monoprints & Imagination
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Valeria Kremser/ Herbarium Album Workshop
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Elizabeth Kennel – Make a Tussie-Mussie – Let it Speak for You!
Free presentations and Thyme Experience
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Special Interest Groups (In place of HSA Library and Archives)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Adaptive Gardening with Karen Kennedy, HSA Educator
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Navigating the HSA Website
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm It's About Thyme Experience
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception 30 minutes, followed by HSA Awards Dinner
Friday, June 21
7:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast buffet
7:00 am - 3:00 pm Marketplace opens
7:00 am - 10:00 am Concurrent meetings
10:15 am - 3:30 pm Presentations
10:15 am Keynote Address: Beyond the Walls and Behind the Hedges: Philadelphia’s Private Gardens, Nicole Juday
11:00 am Once upon a thyme…learn the stories of three gardens. Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Jenny Rose Carey.
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm lunch
1:45 pm Samuel Cusumano, Biodata Sonification - A Musical Story of Plants
2:30 pm Dr. Lisa Meek, BiblioBotany: Artistic expression using the pages of books to create botanical sculptures
4:30 pm Closing Remarks
MORE INFO - TOURS, WORKSHOPS and PRESENTERS
