SCHEDULE*
Filoli Historic House and Garden
SUNDAY // JUNE 20th
ARRIVAL
Filoli Visitors Center
4:00-7:00 p.m. // Check-in & Welcome Reception
5:00-7:00 p.m. // Light bites and beverages with Summit guests and speakers
MELISSA OLSON, PENFLORA DESIGNS - Seasonal Floral Design from Filoli
JIM SALYARDS, FILOLI ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE INITIATIVES - Welcome
and introduction to Filoli's "Grown and Gathered" Project
MONDAY // JUNE 21st
FILOLI GARDEN TOURS
LECTURES + DESIGN DEMONSTRATIONS
Filoli Visitors Center
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. // Check-in
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. // Breakfast
9:00 a.m. // Welcome & Introductions with Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers Society
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. // Guided small group tours with Filoli Staff
Vegetable Garden
Cutting Garden
Rose Garden
Production/Greenhouse
Display Gardens
11:00 a.m. // BLACK SANCTUARY GARDENS with LESLIE BENNETT
On infusing your mission and values into your floral enterprise
Lecture, Book-signing to follow
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. // Lunch Buffet
Guests are encouraged to dine throughouth indoor spaces and outdoor grounds
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. // EXPLORING WILLOW AS A FLORAL CROP AND DESIGN ELEMENT
with ALANA AND MICHAEL KARAM
Lecture and Hands-On Design Session
3:00 p.m. // Break
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. // DESIGN-FORWARD FLOWER FARMING with KRISTINE ALBRECHT, JACQUELINE PHAM, and JENNIFER McCLENDON
Expert growers on selection, breeding, and cultivation for floral design
Lecture and Design Demonstration, Book-signing to follow
5:00 p.m. // Day 1 Closing
TUESDAY // JUNE 22nd
DESIGN DEMONSTRATIONS, FLORAL TAKEOVER + CLOSING RECEPTION
Filoli Visitors Center
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. // Breakfast
9:00 a.m. // Welcome with Filoli CEO KARA NEWPORT
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. // LANDSCAPES FOR YOUR VASE with LESLIE BENNETT AND PINE HOUSE EDIBLE GARDENS TEAM
Lecture and Design Demonstration, Book-signing to follow
11:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. // FLORAL TAKEOVER
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. //
Remarks from Kelly Shore, The Floral Source (flower sponsor)
Remarks/Instructions from Teresa Sabankaya, creative director
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. // Lunch (pick up your box lunch to eat at your leisure)
12:30 p.m. // SUSTAINABLE FLORAL DESIGN ON A LARGE SCALE with NICHOLE SKALSKI
On-Site Design demonstration
Filoli Mansion
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. // FLORAL DESIGN TAKEOVER
Participants join design teams to "flower" the rooms and spaces of the FILOLI Mansion
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.. // Wrap Up and Viewings
5:30 p.m. // THE DRAMA OF DRIED FLORALS with HANNAH MULLER
A site-specific installation with California-grown dried flowers
Closing Reception
Filoli's Redwood Grove
*Schedule subject to change