Middle Atlantic Chapter
American Rhododendron Society

SCHEDULE

Friday, October 20

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

ARS Board Meeting

3:00 PM -- 7:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

4:00 PM -- 7:00 PM

Fall Foliage Show open for entries

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Reception (with cash bar) and light meal

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Informal, interactive talk by Ken Webb, Western Vice President, about his Sydney, BC garden and propagation and
Preview of 2018 Convention in Bremen, Germany

9:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Plant and Book Sales Open

Saturday, October 21

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration Desk Open

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast Buffet

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM

Update by National Arboretum Horticulturist Barbara Bullock on Glenn Dale azalea collection

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Presentation by Joe Bruso - “Hybridizing for Foliage”

11:00 AM - Noon

Presentation by Richard Flavell – “Hybridizing for Large Leaf Rhododendrons”

Noon -- 1:00 PM

Sandwich Lunch Buffet

1:00 PM– 1:50 PM

Presentation by Ron Rabideau – “Rhododendron Species for the Middle Atlantic Region”

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Presentation by Dale Berrong – “Propagating Japanese Maples by Grafting”

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Wrap Up Discussion with Speakers

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Plant and Book Sales open

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Social Hour (with cash bar) and Plant Auction

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Banquet buffet

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Talk by Steve Krebs, Eastern Vice President
“The Holden Arboretum and Leach Hybrids”

8:30 PM – 11:00 PM

Plant and Book Sales open and informal socializing

Sunday, October 22

Breakfast on your own and sightseeing on the way home. Recommended in the Richmond area are Agecroft, Ginter Botanical Garden, Hollywood Cemetery, and Maymont.