Proven Perennials

Cost per lecture:  $15 Ladew member  |  $20 non-member

Wednesday, April 14
4:00 pm
Proven Perennials
with Richard Hawke, horticulturist at Chicago Botanic Garden

It's new… but is it a winner or a dud? Richard Hawke will share information on perennials that have proven to be beautiful, reliable, and hardy in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s evaluation trials. Find out which perennials are winners and why. 

Richard Hawke has been the Plant Evaluation Manager at the Chicago Botanic Garden since 1986.  Hawke is an instructor for the School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the author of Plant Evaluation Notes, and is an author and contributing editor for Fine Gardening. In 2005 he received the Perennial Plant Association’s Academic Award for teaching excellence. The Plant Evaluation Program received the Award for Program Excellence from the American Public Garden Association in 2008. Hawke is the Midwest Regional Director of the Perennial Plant Association. Learn more https://www.chicagobotanic.org/collections/staff/hawke

Lectures will be presented virtually through Zoom. They will be recorded and available for paid registrants.

For questions: contact Sheryl Pedrick at spedrick@ladewgardens.com  or 410-557-9570, x 226