Schedule
Subject to change, of course.
Downloadable schedules are now here!
Items in bold are open to the public.
Team Leader (keeper of the schedule): David Teager, Convention Chair
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
8:00 am // Registrant check-in (until 5 pm)
8:00 am // Hosta show setup
9:30 am // Philly gardens optional tour departs
10:00 am // Vendor setup
1:00 pm // Judges' Clinic I (until 5 pm)
1:00 pm // Hosta show prep/entry (until 10 pm)
2:30 pm // AHS Board meeting (until 5 pm)
5:00 pm // Newcomers' Welcome (until 6 pm)
6:00 pm // Meet & Greet party, Vendors open
7:30 pm // Technical session: Warren Pollock
Note: snacks served during Meet & Greet; dinner on your own as needed. Lunch on your own.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
7:00 am // Breakfast buffet
7:30 am // Hosta show prep/entry (until 10 am)
8:00 am // Registrant check-in (until noon)
8:30 am // Judges' Clinic III (until 10 am)
8:45 am // Pollock International Hosta Symposium
(three speakers: Zilis, Colley, Philips)
9:00 am // Vendors open (until ??)
10:20 am // Judges' Instructions, Show Judging
12:30 pm // Lunch in Grand Ballroom
1:30 pm // Keynote Speaker: Bob Olson
2:20 pm // Dessert break. Hosta show open
2:45 pm // Longwood Preview: Sam Hoadley
3:45 pm // Longwood buses begin departure
Dinner (on your own) at Longwood or near hotel
8:00 pm // First bus(es) depart Longwood
10:00 pm // Last buses depart Longwood
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
6:00 am // Breakfast buffet
7:30 am // Buses begin departure for gardens (4)
Boxed lunch provided off-site
2:00 pm // Hosta show, vendors open
2:30 pm // Judges' Clinic II
2:30 pm // Hosta Symposium continued: Hogarth
2:30 pm // Local/Regional leadership meeting
4:30 pm // Auction plant preview, cash bar
5:00 pm // Auction Part I
6:30 pm // Dinner and awards (Fisher Award)
8:00 pm // Auction Part II
9:30 pm // 50th Birthday party & Hostatality
Wear your favorite convention apparel for the party!
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
6:00 am // Breakfast buffet
7:00 am // Buses begin departure for gardens (3)
Boxed lunch provided off-site
10:30 am // Hosta show open to public
12:00 pm // Vendors open to public
3:00 pm // Educational session: panel discussion
3:00 pm // Hosta show, vendors break-down
5:00 pm // Cocktail reception, cash bar
6:00 pm // Banquet dinner, awards (Summers),
50th Anniversary party!
9:30 pm // Post-convention leadership meeting
9:30 pm // Final night hostatality!
Wear your Phinest for Phifty in Philly!