Succulent Extravaganza 2015 - Details
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SCHEDULE
We are so excited for an action-packed year! Here's the schedule. Stay tuned for more details, pictures, and info!
At a glance, in addition to the gorgeous creations of our own Succulent Gardens team, we're going to have tours, demonstrations, lectures, and workshops by these fine professionals (in no particular order):
- Robin Stockwell, Founder of Succulent Gardens
- Baylor Chapman, Lila B. Design
- Saxon Holt, Saxon Holt Photography & PhotoBotanic
- Debra Lee Baldwin, Author
- Janet Sulis, Sunset Western Garden Collection
- Brian Kemble, The Ruth Bancroft Garden
- Sean Stout & James Pettigrew, The Organic Mechanics
- Steve Sutherland, SSA Landscape Architects
- Andrea Hurd, Mariposa Gardens
- Tim Dale Hill & Christine Watten, Hill and Dale Landscapes; Robert Armstrong, Artist
- Aaron Ryan, Grower for Succulent Gardens
- Julia Bell, Creative Director for Succulent Gardens
- Kristin Scheidt, Desert Mandala
- Laura Balaoro and the Succulent Fanatics
- Brian & Mary Merrell, Living Creations
- The Monterey Bay Master Gardeners
- and more!
Learn more about our speakers and presenters here.
**Bring your own wagon so you can shop 'till you drop!**
FRIDAY, September 25
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8:00 |
Succulents of the World Tour Brian Kemble |
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Following Brian’s tour, stop by the welcome table for coffee & donuts. |
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9:00 |
Hardy Succulents Saxon Holt |
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Visit Saxon’s Garden Photography Gallery and experience gorgeous garden photography. |
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10:00 |
Sunset Western Garden Collection Low Water Companion Plants for Succulents Janet Sluis |
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Following the talk, visit our Curated Collections for Instant Gardens. Succulents for shade, plants that grow well in mixed dry borders, and plants that fulfill other landscape solutions will be displayed so that you can go home with an instant landscape. |
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11:00 |
Installation of a Xeric Cacti Garden Robin Stockwell |
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11:30 |
Lunch at the Taco Truck |
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12:00 |
Succulents in the Edible Garden Aaron Ryan |
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12:30 |
Wholesale Customer Discussion John Rodkin |
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1:00 |
Recipes for Great Container Gardens Debra Lee Baldwin |
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After the talk, grab our Container Recipes at the Master Gardener’s Potting Bar or make your own custom creation. |
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2:00 |
Succulent Vertical Garden Art--a walk-and-talk with a stop at Andrea Hurd's Leaning Flagstone bench from the 2014 Extravaganza. Andrea will be on hand demonstrating, as well. Baylor Chapman |
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After the art tour, visit our Make & Take DIY Design Bar and make your own succulent art. Brian & Mary Merrell of Living Creations will host living picture and wreath demonstration station. |
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3:00 |
Unusual Succulent Container Gardens Sean Stout & James Pettigrew of the Organic Mechanics |
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Stop by and view entries into the Succulent Fanatics’ Container Competition in Greenhouse 1 and vote for the most unusual container and your favorite container in other contest categories. |
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4:00 |
BBQ & Live Music Hamburgers, local tamales, grilled nopales and local beer |
SATURDAY, September 26
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8:00 |
Succulents of the World Tour Brian Kemble |
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Following Brian’s tour, stop by the welcome table for coffee & donuts. |
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9:00 |
Garden Photography Tour Saxon Holt |
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Visit Saxon’s Garden Photography Gallery and experience gorgeous garden photography. |
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10:00 |
Instant Succulent Gardens Debra Lee Baldwin |
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Following the talk, visit our Curated Collections for Instant Gardens. Succulents for shade, plants that grow well in mixed dry borders, and plants that fulfill other landscape solutions will be displayed so that customers can purchase singles or multiples and go home with an instant landscape. |
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11:00 |
Art in the Succulent Garden Walk-and-Talk, including visit with Hill & Dale’s Xeric-Mix: Plants, Patterns & Sticks Garden Robin Stockwell & Julia Bell |
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After the tour, visit our Make & Take DIY Design Bar and make your own succulent art. Brian & Mary Merrell of Living Creations will host a living picture and wreath demonstration station. |
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11:30 |
Lunch at the Taco Truck |
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12:00 |
Medicinal Succulents Self-guided tour in House 1. Created by Kristin Scheidt of Desert Mandala. |
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1:00 |
Living Centerpieces Baylor Chapman |
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Stop by and view entries into the Succulent Fanatics’ Container Competition in Greenhouse 1 and vote for the your favorite container in several contest categories. |
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2:00 |
Irrigation Demonstration Steve Sutherland |
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3:00 |
A Year in the Succulent Garden Julia Bell & the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners |
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After the talk, grab our Container Recipes at the Master Gardener’s Potting Bar or make your own custom creation. |
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3:30 |
Succulent Fanatics Combination Planter Awards |
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3:45 |
Closing Address |
Learn more about our speakers and presenters here.
Castroville, CA— The fifth annual Succulent Extravaganza is a FREE event to be held at Succulent Gardens in Castroville, California on Friday, September 25, 2015 and Saturday, September 26, 2015. This year the theme is “The Landscape Has Changed,” and the two days will focus on succulent plants in the modern landscape—including modern design elements and the modern (timely) reality of landscaping during a time of limited water resources.
The current drought in California has elevated awareness of resource conservation, ensuring summer-dry climate succulent plants a lasting place in the landscape. The event will showcase ways leaders in the industry are responding to the drought—turning the challenge into an opportunity to reduce both money and time spent on the landscape.
Attendees will enjoy two days fully packed with speaker presentations, panel discussions, tours, and workshops. Everyone will learn how succulent plants fit into a diversity of landscape styles, from formal to clean and modern designs to wild or native gardens. High on the list of topics to be covered is how to add value to the landscape while saving money and time using simple tips from design experts.
New in 2015
- Make & Take DIY Design Bar: There will be container garden “recipes” and a container gardening bar staffed with master gardeners so that attendees can take home custom creations.
- Curated Collections for Instant Gardens: Succulents for shade, plants that grow well in mixed dry borders, and plants that fulfill other landscape solutions will be displayed so that customers can purchase singles or multiples and go home with an instant landscape.
Speaker Presentations and Demonstrations
A nationally and internationally known panel of speakers will present tours, lectures, and demonstrations during the two-day Extravaganza. Debra Lee Baldwin, always a crowd favorite, will discuss new ways to use succulents in container gardening and landscaping. 
Saxon Holt, award-winning photographer, will conduct a photography how-to tour with takeaway tips and a presentation on summer-dry gardening. Brian Kemble, Curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden will lead his ever-popular landscape tours, kicking off each morning bright and early. Also on tap are presentations about how to can nopales (edible succulents), succulents in art gardens, vertical gardening, irrigation solutions for succulent gardens, xeriscaping, and more.
Details
Attendees should come prepared to enjoy Succulent Extravaganza rain or shine. The first day (Friday) ends with a free bar-b-que serving burgers, tamales, and other goodies. A taco truck and other local food trucks will be on hand for lunch purchases.