I have big plans for 2012! I’d love to meet blog read­ers and those whose blogs I stalk as well!  I have sev­eral events ten­ta­tively sched­uled for 2012 already.  Addi­tional events will be forth­com­ing.  If you are part of a garden-related event and you’d like to have it listed here, just let me know and I’ll include a link.  Join me for the fol­low­ing events in 2012:

Utah Green Conference

The pro­fes­sional con­fer­ence and tradeshow of the Utah Green Industry!

Jan­u­ary 23–25, 2012  South Town Expo Center,

Advance reg­is­tra­tion and tick­ets required for classes.  Trade show is open to the pub­lic, $10.

If you’ve ever wanted to ‘learn at the feet of a Mas­ter’ then join me in the audi­ence to lis­ten to world-renowned Land­scape Archi­tect, Topher Delaney!  Pro­fes­sion­als from many local busi­nesses, edu­ca­tional insti­tu­tions and even national nurs­eries will be there.  If you can’t attend the classes, at least visit the tradeshow where you can see what’s new for 2012, live and in bloom!  And, if ‘feet of a Mas­ter’ isn’t a pre­req­ui­site for you, make sure to join me for the dis­cus­sion of the QWEL pro­gram– a new pro­gram designed to improve the water­wise land­scape skills for local land­scape con­trac­tors.  I will be a pan­elist for this ses­sion along with mem­bers of the USU Exten­sion Ser­vice and UNLA.

2012 Salt Lake Tri­bune Spring Home and Gar­den Festival

March 8–11, 2012                South Town Expo Center

The annual home & gar­den show fea­tur­ing beau­ti­ful gar­den exhibits and pur­vey­ors of all things gar­den­ing! This year’s show fea­tures Ahmed Has­san of HGTV’s series “Yard Crash­ers”.  Yard candy and eye candy all rolled into one package!

After work­ing the show non-stop for the past 5 years, I am EXTREMELY excited to sim­ply work the booth for the Gar­den then go home and recover!  No more pri­vate con­sult­ing means I’ll actu­ally be spend­ing this Spring work­ing on my OWN yard for a change and enjoy­ing the show with­out stress! Woot!

SNAP! Cre­ativ­ity Conference

April 19–21, 2012             Thanks­giv­ing Point, Lehi, Utah

I am so excited for the SNAP! Cre­ativ­ity Con­fer­ence! SNAP!  is geared to blog­gers and DIY home­own­ers who enjoy home decor and DIY projects, espe­cially if they like to blog about their exploits!  There are some amaz­ing speak­ers whose work and blogs I’ve fol­lowed for years!  I can’t wait to be inspired by their tal­ents– in per­son.  I will be serv­ing as a pan­elist for one of the ses­sions and I’m a lit­tle embar­rassed for my name to be included on the list given the extreme tal­ents of the other par­tic­i­pants.  The gals who run the SNAP! Con­fer­ence have out­done them­selves in fer­ret­ing out tal­ented blog­gers from all over the USA to ignite the cre­ative spark in atten­dees!  This is such a great local oppor­tu­nity for any­one wish­ing to attend. Don’t miss it!

 Breath­ing Space Blog­ger Retreat

      Day­break, Utah                                                  MAY 4–5, 2012

I will be attend­ing this event with some local blog­gers.  Can’t wait! In addi­tion to amaz­ing classes, we’ll be stay­ing overnight in the model home vil­lage, b   bed & break­fast style!  It’s the Wis­te­ria Lane of Blog­gers!  If you have ever seen the gor­geously designed vil­lage with 14 amaz­ing homes, you’d know why I’m so thrilled to go!

Home & Gar­den Club:

 Sat­ur­day, June 9, 2012

6:00–9:30 pm
Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter
8275 South 1300 West
West Jor­dan, Utah

To Reg­is­ter, fol­low THIS link:  Sum­mer Soiree & Gar­den Tour

More than a decade in the plan­ning, I am FINALLY able to launch a local Home & Gar­den Club!  The Club is a FREE monthly group/opportunity for those inter­ested in improv­ing their homes and land­scapes– espe­cially if you need to do it DIY style!  To cel­e­brate and kick this thing off in style, we’ll be hav­ing a huge Home & Gar­den DIY event.  For detailed infor­ma­tion, visit the fol­low­ing link: Jor­dan Val­ley Home & Gar­den Club.  We’re bring­ing in some amaz­ing speak­ers who’ve gar­nered NATIONAL atten­tion.  JOIN US!

Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park Plant Sale:

Sat­ur­day, June 9, 2012
10:00 am– 3:00 pm
Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter
8275 South 1300 West
West Jor­dan, Utah

The first annual Plant Sale at Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park!  The Plant Sale will involve a num­ber of qual­ity local nurs­eries sell­ing gor­geous plants that actu­ally LIKE grow­ing here in Utah!  Classes will be offered by local-favorite Bar­ney Bar­nett of Willard Bay Gar­dens (peren­ni­als) and designer Lori Simonich of Inspired by Design (land­scape design).  There is no charge for these classes but you will want to reg­is­ter in advance to ensure a seat– they’re both great teachers.

To reg­is­ter, fol­low this link: Plant Sale Classes

The high­light of the event is a class by author and plantswoman extror­di­naire, Lau­ren Springer-Ogden!  Her orig­i­nal book “The Undaunted Gar­den” is one of my must-have gar­den­ing books.  I first heard her lec­ture in 1995 when I was fresh out of Land­scape Archi­tec­ture school and her philoso­phies have tremen­dously influ­enced mine.  I’m BEYOND THRILLED that we’re able to bring her here to Utah to inspire locals to GARDEN LOCAL!  Lau­ren is one of the orig­i­na­tors of the entire “Water­wise Land­scapes” con­cept and few can match her knowl­edge of plants and design.  Don’t miss it!

To reg­is­ter for Lauren’s Class, fol­low this link (this class WILL sell out, get your seat early!):  Lau­ren Springer-Ogden

My Classes:

Con­tainer Gardening

Tues­day, April 3, 2012

Pri­vate Group

I’ll be train­ing a local women’s group to suc­cess­fully grow plants in con­tain­ers.  We’ll cover con­tain­ers, soil and fer­til­iz­ing as well as plant selec­tion.  Top­ics will include suc­cess with annu­als, suc­cu­lents and veg­eta­bles in con­tainer culture.

How to Grow Plants in Containers

Sat­ur­day, April 28, 2012
10:00 am-11:30 am
Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter
8275 South 1300 West
West Jor­dan, Utah

To reg­is­ter, fol­low THIS link

I will be tag-team teach­ing this class with the lovely and tal­ented Holly Erick­son.  Come and learn the secrets to keep­ing con­tainer plants alive in our relent­less sum­mer sun!  We’ll talk about con­tainer selec­tion, secret soil recipe, water­ing and fer­til­iz­ing and everyone’s favorite– plant selection!

STUDIO 5!  

May 3, 2012

I will be join­ing the Stu­dio 5 crew again to dis­cuss the “Plant”ation Shut­ter project I did last sum­mer.  I have come up with a sim­pler ver­sion for the home gar­dener specif­i­cally for the show.  Should be a fab­u­lous time!

STUDIO 5– Reprise

June 5th, 2012

I will be on Stu­dio 5 along with Emily of the blog “Organic Sub­ur­ban Farm Girl” and Sausha of “Sweet Pick­ins”.  Together we will be pitch­ing the new Home & Gar­den Club and the event which is being held on June 9th.  I really hope we can get the Club mov­ing for­ward as it is an awe­some oppor­tu­nity for locals to learn, social­ize and achieve home & gar­den related projects.  Join us!

Gar­den­ing with Succulents

Sandy City Gar­den Club
Tues­day, June 12, 2012
12 pm
Pri­vate Res­i­dence– Club Mem­bers Only

I’ll enjoy the oppor­tu­nity to teach mem­bers of the Gar­den Club how to cre­ate unique gar­den projects with suc­cu­lents as well as the prac­ti­cal mat­ter of keep­ing them alive and thriv­ing in our cli­mate.  Suc­cu­lents make amaz­ing con­tainer gar­den plants in Utah and who can object to a once-per-week water­ing schedule?

Tem­ple Square Gar­den Talks

Wednes­day, June 20, 2012
7:30–8:15 pm
Brigham Young His­toric Park
State St & 2nd Ave
Salt Lake City, Utah

I am hon­ored to be asked to par­tic­i­pate in this gar­den­ing series offered by the ven­er­a­ble gar­dens of Tem­ple Square.  I once told Peter Las­sig, the for­mer Land­scape Archti­tect for Tem­ple Square, that he had my dream job.  He assured me that he had HIS dream job too!  In any case, I’ll try to do jus­tice to the topic of “Water­wise Along The Wasatch” and hope that the lovely sur­round­ings can com­pen­sate for any bor­ing­ness I might project!

Build Your Own Ter­rar­ium Class

Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 1, 2012
10:00 am-11:30 am 
Con­ser­va­tion Gar­den Park Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter
8275 South 1300 West
West Jor­dan, Utah

There is a $10 charge for the class but you will get to make your own hang­ing ter­rar­ium as part of the class! Come and learn how to incor­po­rate “liv­ing arrange­ments” in your home!