About this Event
Plant Select Annual Conference 2025 | Thursday, June 26
Every year, we host an annual conference—a fun, one-day event for plant enthusiasts.
Please join us on Thursday, June 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens for engaging presentations from regional experts and a short celebration of our annual award winners. Get inspired, build your knowledge, meet fellow plant lovers and explore the gardens at your own pace.
One-day event:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Tentative schedule: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm MT
Includes lunch in the outdoor pavilion
This event is ideal for:
Landscape professionals, plant enthusiasts, master gardeners, home gardeners, municipalities, garden center teams, botanic garden teams and others from across the Intermountain West. All are welcome.
Get inspired with presentations like:
- The RAD West: Creating Urban Landscapes With an Inspiring Sense of Identity with Emmanuel Didier of Didier Design Studio
- 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
- Vivacious, Vibrant and Robust Plants for the Intermountain West with Robb Smith and Nich Boynton of Edwards Greenhouse (Boise, Idaho)
- The Beauty of Adaptation: Exploring the Water Conservation Garden at Red Butte Garden and Arboretums with Guy Banner of Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
Save with the early sign-up special:
Tickets are just $75 through April 18, 2025. Regular price: $90.
Agenda
8:30 Welcome and Plant Select Overview
Host: Ross Shrigley - Plant Select
8:55 The RAD West
Host: Emmanuel Diddier - Didier Design Studio
9:55 Break
10:10 Denver Botanic Gardens Welcome
Host: Brian Vogt - Denver Botanic Gardens
10:20 Thriving Together
Host: Sonya Anderson - Denver Botanic Gardens
11:25 Lunch & book signing
Info: Lunch at outdoor pavilion
12:30 Plant Select Annual Awards
Info: Celebrating the people and places that exemplify and further the Plant Select program.
12:55 Vivacious, Vibrant and Robust Plants for the Intermountain West
Host: Robb Smith and Nich Boynton
Info:
1:55 Break
2:20 The Beauty of Adaptation
Host: Guy Banner - Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
3:20 Closing remarks, Ross Shrigley
3:25 Explore Denver Botanic Gardens on your own.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver, United States
USD 75.00 to USD 90.00
