Schedule for the 2025 Plant Select Annual Conference
March 24th, 2025
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The 2025 Plant Select Annual Conference will take place on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at Denver Botanic Gardens (York Street location).
Here is the schedule for the day:
8:00 am-8:30 am – 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 Overview with Ross Shrigley, Executive Director of Plant Select, and Jennifer Riley-Chetwynd, Interim CEO of Denver Botanic Gardens
9:00 am – RAMBLER™ Mountain Fleabane, a 2025 Plant Select selection, with Mike Kintgen
9:05 am – The RAD West: Creating Urban Landscapes With an Inspiring Sense of Design with Emmanuel Didier of Didier Design Studio
10:05 am – Break
10:20 am – Thriving Together: Pollinators of the American West and the Plants They Need with Sonya Anderson of Denver Botanic Gardens and Amy Yarger of Butterfly Pavilion
11:20 am – Rocky Mountain Goldenrod, a 2025 Plant Select selection
11:25 am – Lunch + Book Signing for “Pollinators of the American West”
12:40 pm – Plant Select Annual Awards celebrating the people and places that exemplify and advance the Plant Select program
1:05 pm – Vivacious, Vibrant and Robust Plants for the Intermountain West with Robb Smith and Nich Boynton of Edwards Greenhouse (Boise, Idaho)
2:05 pm – Break
2:20 pm – PINK ON REPEAT™ Lilac, a 2025 Plant Select selection, with Scott Skogerboe
2:30 pm – The Beauty of Adaptation: Exploring the Water Conservation Garden at Red Butte Garden and Arboretum with Guy Banner of Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
3:30 pm – Closing Remarks with Ross Shrigley of Plant Select
3:35 pm – OPTIONAL: Explore Denver Botanic Gardens at your leisure
