The 26th Perennial Plant Symposium will be held July 20-26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The headquarters hotel will be the Sheraton City Center Hotel. All lectures and the trade show will occur in the Sheraton. The 7-day program will include lectures, trade show, and professional tours of garden centers, nurseries, public and private gardens. The Perennial Plant Symposium is the only annual program dedicated solely to perennial education. Click here to view a PDF listing lecture topics, speakers, and tours.

Additional information on the program and trade show will be available in April 2008. Contact: Perennial Plant Association: 3383 Schirtzinger Road, Hilliard, Ohio, 43026 USA. www.perennialplant.org, 614-771-8431 or email ppa@perennialplant.org

Symposium Sites of the Past

The first Perennial Plant Symposium was held in Columbus, Ohio in 1983. This program was sponsored by The Ohio State University. The idea of the Perennial Plant Association was conceived at this symposium and the rest is history. The following list illustrates the year and city where each symposium was held. The 26 th Perennial Plant Symposium will be hosted by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2008.

• 1983 – Columbus, Ohio
• 1984 – Columbus, Ohio
• 1985 – Columbus, Ohio
• 1986 – Columbus, Ohio
• 1987 – Baltimore, Maryland
• 1988 – Portland, Oregon
• 1989 – St. Louis, Missouri
• 1990 – Atlanta, Georgia
• 1991 – Hartford, Connecticut and Long Island, New York
• 1992 – Cleveland, Ohio
• 1993 – Whistler and Vancouver, British Columbia
• 1994 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1995 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1996 – Denver, Colorado
• 1997 – Raleigh, North Carolina
• 1998 – Boston, Massachusetts
• 1999 – Lansing, Michigan
• 2000 – Toronto, Ontario
• 2001 – Crystal City, Virginia (Washington, DC)
• 2002 – Chicago, Illinois
• 2003 – Sacramento and San Francisco, California
• 2004 – New York City, New York
• 2005 – Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee
• 2006 – Montreal, Quebec
• 2007 – Columbus, Ohio – 25 th Anniversary