Schedule for the 2025 Plant Select Annual Conference
March 24th, 2025
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**
** This event is sold out. 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
