PROGRAM
Thursday, 24 August 2023
Introduction
• Naturalistic planting design - Noel Kingsbury (UK/Portugal)
In practice - planning, planting and practice
• On dynamic plantings (to be confirmed) - Nigel Dunnett (UK)
• Working with the existing in industrial landscapes - Julie Bargmann (USA)
• Creating complexity to create habitats (tbc) - John Little (UK)
In progress – Development and maintenance
• Creating and maintaining naturalistic plantings in the USA (tbc) - Roy Diblik (USA)
• Infinity is not the target - Longevity is the target - Reducing maintenance
Panel discussion: Jonas Reif (Germany), Noel Kingsbury (UK/Portugal), Heiner Luz (Germany), Bettina Jaugstetter (Germany), Christian Meier (Germany), Anna Lena Hahn (France)
Optional: informal end of the first day at Hermannshof, Weinheim
Friday, 25 August 2023
Introduction
• Nature as an ecological pallet - Cassian Schmidt (Germany)
In the public realm - public perception, education and training
• Changing lifestyles and the role of green spaces (tbc) - Gilles Clément & Véronique Mure (France)
• Learning how to look after things - Tom Stuart-Smith (UK)
• The well-gardened mind - Sue Stuart-Smith (UK)
• Perspectives on creating and guiding long-lasting plantings in urban environments - Giacomo Guzzon (UK, Italy) & Ton Muller (Netherlands)
• Creating Jardin Extraordinaire in Nantes (tbc) - Jacques Soignon (France)
Extra: BUGA
• Perennial plantings at the BUGA - Bettina Jaugstetter
Optional: Visit to the Spinelli grounds at the BUGA and the Ebertpark in Ludwigshafen with perennial plantings by Harald Sauer.
Speakers and topics subject to change