Friday, July 21st, beginning at noon

  • Registration
  • Sales tables for seeds, books, botanical art and local crafts

Reception and dinner

  • Loraine Yeatts -" Western Alpines: Life on the Tundra"

Saturday, July 22nd

Breakfast

  • Sales tables continue into the evening
  • William Parry -"Setting the Stage: The Geology of the Western Cordilleras"
  • Noel Holmgren - "Penstemons"
  • Concurrent Breakout sessions:
    • Stuart Winchester - " Ruby Mountains"
    • Elizabeth Neese - " Southern Utah"
    • Willam Gray - " Wasatch Mountains"

Lunch

  • Sean Hogan - "Lewisias and their Associates"
  • Concurrent Breakout sessions:
    • Richard Hildreth - " Snowy Range"
    • Noel Holmgren - " Teton Range"
    • Wander the Wasatch on your own

Reception and Dinner

  • Rick Lupp - "Growing and Propagating Western Alpines: How I do it Over Here"
  • Graham Nicholls - "Growing and Propagating Western Alpines: How I do it Over There"
  • After-hours slides

Sunday, July 23rd

Breakfast

  • James Reveal - “Eriogonums”
  • Leave for field trips

Evening meals at field hotels

Monday, July 24th and Tuesday, July 25th

  • Days spent in the mountains with plants
  • Informal evenings at field hotels

Wednesday, July 26th

  • Return to Snowbird for Plant Sales
  • Reception and Closing Banquet with scenes from all five field trips
  • Return to the Plant Sales

Thursday, July 27th

  • Departure for post-conference tour
  • Plant inspectors available
  • Salt lake City gardens open

Field Trips /////Hotel Reservations /////Conference Registration