2026 Plant Select® Annual Conference

Please join us for an engaging day of talks from regional experts (including Lauren Springer, Bryan Fischer, Kenton Seth, Dave Leatherman and Pat Hayward) and a short celebration of our annual award winners.

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026

Tentative schedule: 8:30 am - 4 pm MT

Ticket pricing:

• In-person tickets are $95. (Includes lunch.)
• Livestream tickets are $65.

New for 2026: Livestream tickets

Join our conference livestream via Zoom if you can't attend in person. We’re pleased to offer online access, so you can be part of the experience, no matter where you are.

All are welcome. This event is ideal for plant enthusiasts, including:

Landscape professionals, master gardeners, home gardeners, municipalities, garden center teams, botanic garden teams, and others from across the Intermountain West.

This year's speakers and presentations include...

• Lauren Springer | Designing immersive plantings: A garden maker's perspectives
• Bryan Fischer | A fresh look at native plants
• Kenton Seth | Trees for the apocalypse
• Pat Hayward | Hummer havens: Where plants, people and hummingbirds connect
• Dave Leatherman | How and why bird diets change during the year (and how our gardens play a role)

Premier sponsors:

Denver Botanic Gardens, High Country Gardens, Northern Water

Gold sponsor:

Bailey Nursery

Silver sponsors:

Gulley Greenhouse and Garden Center, Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery

Info: Celebrating the people and organizations that exemplify and advance the Plant Select program

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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