Schedule for the 2026 Plant Select Annual Conference
May 13th, 2026
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Conference location:
The 2026 Plant Select Annual Conference will take place on Thursday, June 11.
- The in-person event will be held at Denver Botanic Gardens. (1007 York Street, Denver, CO).
- The livestream event will take place over Zoom.
Tickets are required.
Here is the schedule for the day:
8:00 am-8:30 am – In-person arrival and check in**
** Please arrive on the early side to have plenty of time to check in and choose your seat!
8:30 am – Welcome and Plant Select update with Ross Shrigley, Executive Director of Plant Select
9:00 am – GRANITA® pussytoes (Antennaria dimorpha ‘PJS03S’), a 2026 Plant Select selection
9:05 am – “Designing Immersive Plantings: A Garden Maker’s Perspectives” with Lauren Springer
10:05 am – Break
10:20 am – MANDYᵀᴹ sun daisy (Osteospermum ‘Mandy’), a 2026 Plant Select selection
10:25 am – “A Fresh Look at Native Plants” with Bryan Fischer
11:25 am – Silver Shield French sorrel (Rumex scutatus ‘Silver Shield’), a 2026 Plant Select selection
11:30 am – Break / In-person lunch + book signing for “The Rocky Mountain Native Plant Primer” with Lauren Springer and Bryan Fischer
12:45 pm – Plant Select Annual Awards celebrating the people and places that exemplify and advance the Plant Select program
1:15 pm – FLATIRON™ sand cherry (Prunus pumila var. besseyi ‘Boulder Weeping’)
1:20 pm – “Trees for the Apocalypse” with Kenton Seth
2:20 pm – Break
2:35 pm – UNFORGETTABLE™ hummingbird trumpet (Epilobium x canum ‘PUND03S’), a 2026 Plant Select selection
2:40 pm – “How and Why Bird Diets Change During the Year” with Dave Leatherman and “Hummer Havens: Where Plants, People and Hummingbirds Connect” with Pat Hayward
3:40 pm – Closing comments with Ross Shrigley of Plant Select
3:50 pm – Optional for in-person: Explore Denver Botanic Gardens at your leisure
