SCHEDULE*
SUNDAY // JUNE 23rd
ARRIVAL at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
5:00-6:30 p.m. // Check-in & Welcome Reception
Light bites and beverages with Summit speakers
MONDAY // JUNE 24th
DESIGN DEMONSTRATIONS + FLORAL IMMERSION at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
8:00 a.m. // Registration & Check-in
Breakfast served
9:00 a.m. // Welcome & Introductions with Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers Society and our local host Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers
9:15 a.m. // MEET THE FARMER-FLORIST with Melanie Harrington, Dahlia May Flower Farm
Lecture and design demonstration
10:15 a.m. // Break
10:30 a.m. // MEET THE FARMER-FLORIST with Janis Harris, Harris Flower Farm
Lecture and design demonstration
11:30 a.m. // Lunch
Enjoy lunch and the beauty of Banff
1:00 p.m. // FLORAL IMMERSION
Dried Florals with Heather Henson
Floral Pigments for Textiles with Lourdes Still
Artful Mechanics with Hitomi Gilliam
4:00 p.m. // Day 1 Closing
TUESDAY // JUNE 25th
DESIGN DEMONSTRATIONS + CLOSING KEYNOTE at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
7:00-9:30 a.m. // Wildflower walk with Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, ALCLA Native Plants
Start the day with an optional guided wildflower walk with a local native plant expert.
8:00 a.m. // Breakfast
9:45 a.m. // Day 2 Welcome with Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers Society
10:00 a.m. // Dive into Native Plants with Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, ALCLA Native Plants
Lecture and Q&A
11:00 // FLOWERS FOR THE HOME AND TABLE with Cynthia Zamaria, House + Flower
Lecture and design demonstration, Q&A
Noon // Lunch
Book signing with Debra Prinzing and Cynthia Zamaria
1:00 p.m. // COLLECTIVE SELLING: FLOWER COOPERATIVES AND COLLECTIVES
Panel discussion and Q&A
Jaimie Reeves, The Local Flower Collective
Moira MacKinnon, Cooperative Flower Network of Edmonton
2:30 p.m. // Break
3:00 p.m. // CLOSING KEYNOTE: SUSTAINABLE & CANADIAN-GROWN DESIGN with Hitomi Gilliam
Design demonstration and Q&A
4:00 p.m. // Day 2 Closing
*Schedule subject to change