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WESTERN WINTER STUDY WEEKEND

March 2-4, 2007

Schedule of Meetings

(Schedule is subject to change)

Friday, 2nd March

8:30-noon

NARGS Administrative Committee Meeting

1 PM

Sales/Exhibits area open for set-up only

2-4 PM

NARGS Board Meeting

2 PM

Registration opens

3-6 PM

Sales/Exhibits/Silent Auction open

6:30-7:30 PM

DINNER

7:45 PM

Richard Turner, master of ceremonies:Welcome to the Study Weekend

8:00 PM

Ron Parsons: Calochortus: The Tulips of the West

9:00-10 PM

Sales/Exhibits area/Silent Auction open

Saturday, 3rd March

6:30-7:30 AM

BREAKFAST

7:45 AM

Early Bird Drawing & Announcements

8-9 AM

David Schwartz: Dryland (xeric) Ferns for Rock Gardens

9-10 AM

[Victor Reiter, Jr.]: Plants for a Mediterranean Rock Garden
[channelled by Ted Kipping]

10-10:30 AM

COFFEE BREAK. Coffee/decaf/assorted teas

10:30-11:30 AM

Jack Muzatko: Growing Uncommon Lewisias

11:30AM-12:45 PM

BUFFET LUNCH

12:45 PM

Early Bird Drawing & Announcements

1-2 PM

Rebecca Lance: Rock Garden Warriors: Battling Heat, Drought, and Critters in the Foothills

2-3 PM

Ernesto Sandoval: Rock Gardening with Succulents

3-6:30 PM

Sales/Exhibits area/Silent Auction open

5-6 PM

Members' Slides Event: SHOW YOUR FAVORITE SLIDES

6:30 PM

Silent Auction closes

6:00 PM

NO HOST COCKTAIL HOUR

7:00 PM

BANQUET (Announcement of Silent Auction winners)

8:00 PM

Banquet Program: Terry Sozanski: The Anza-Borrego Desert

9:00-10 PM

Sales/Exhibits area open

Sunday, 4th March

6:30-7:45 AM

BREAKFAST

7:45 AM

Early Bird Drawing & Announcements

8-9 AM

Walter Teague: Plant Hunting in the Andes

9 AM

Plant Inspector: Phytosanitary certification

9-10 AM

Loren Russell: On the Margin: Mediterranean Plants and Mediterranean Rock Gardens

10-10:45 AM

Sales/Exhibits area open
COFFEE BREAK. Coffee/decaf/assorted teas

10:45 AM

Ron ParsonsThe Rest of the Western Wild Bulbs

12 Noon

Sales/Exhibits area closes
Conference Closes

12:30 PM

Bus Tour to UC Santa Cruz Arboretum (includes box lunch)

6 PM

Bus Tour returns to hotel

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