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Callaway Gardens and Horticulture Magazine Symposium are partnering to offer garden enthusiasts a weekend of fun and education!  Come for the day or spend the weekend and join in on all the AutumnFest activities during your stay.

Overnight Package

To make a weekend for this event, we have put together a special package (does not include the workshop fees and registration).

The overnight package includes:

• Accommodation in the new luxurious Lodge or the newly refreshed Inn rooms
• Admission to Callaway Gardens – Day Butterfly Center, Sibley Horticultural Center, Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden, Callaway Brothers Azalea Bowl, Memorial Chapel and more
• Use of Callaway Fitness Center

Or call 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292) to make your reservations.

Rates are per room, per night based on double occupancy. Taxes are not included.  Based on availability.  Not valid for groups.  Other restrictions and black out dates may apply.

Schedule of Events

Saturday, October 25

Special Event for Symposia Attendees:

Behind the Scenes at Callaway Gardens

3:30 p.m.

Take a Gardeners’ Tour through some behind-the-scenes areas of Callaway Gardens with the Gardens’ experts who are in the know. You’ll learn the secrets to the Vegetable Garden and tour the Victory Garden South with David Chambers, co-author of Vegetable Gardening by Pantheon Books. After that, Hank Bruno, Director of Horticulture, will lead you through the Sibley Horticultural Center and production greenhouses for an up-close look at cascade chrysanthemum culture and much more. You’ll end the afternoon with an informal gathering mingling with these and other Callaway Gardens experts.

NOTE: This event is included in your overnight stay at Callaway Gardens. No additional registration or fee is necessary; this event is only available to symposia attendees who stay overnight at Callaway Gardens.

Sunday, October 26

Downloadable Flyer

Smaller Gardens: Real Solutions for Designing & Planting in Limited Space

Events:

Down to Earth Gardening: Working with the Reality Of Your Site
Keynote Speaker: Helen Dillon

Practical, opinionated, and a hands-on gardener to the core, Helen Dillon has created one of the world’s iconic gardens in Dublin, Ireland. Dillon will show how to take a fresh look at an existing garden, evaluates its potential – for design and plants – and brings new concepts and an innovative approach to even the smallest space.

Natural Design for the Shaded Garden
Presented by C. Colston Burrell

Blending nature and culture through artistic design Burrell specializes in environmentally friendly gardens.  With experience in designing and making gardens from Zone 4 to 8,  he is adept at combining the best of native plants with choice specimens from the global garden.

Hostas, Hellebores & Hydrangeas
Presented by John Elsley

They’re three of the classic plants for the shaded and partially shaded garden. John Elsley, a renowned plantsman and hands-on gardener who has hybridized both hellebores and hostas, and searched out many of the very best hydrangeas, will reveal not only new and exciting selections but also his all time winning plants for your smaller garden.

Light Fantastic - Transitioning from Sun to the Edge of Shade
Presented by Stephanie Cohen

No one knows better than the ‘Perennial Diva’ the best new perennials that suit smaller gardens.  Forget the thugs, the finicky floppers and the rampant growers, you’ll discover deceptively tough, elegant plants that take the worst of the weather and keep on performing. From late winter, through the heat of summer to the last days of fall these are the plants to choose to have your garden flow seamlessly from sun into the shade.

For details and to register, or request a brochure, call toll-free at 1-877-GDN-PROG (877-436-7764). 

Cost: $138 per person (includes lectures, printed materials, morning refreshments and a box lunch)