BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//American Horticultural Society - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ahsgardening.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for American Horticultural Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260419 DTSTAMP:20260115T204350Z CREATED:20260115T194634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T204350Z UID:10000049-1776297600-1776556799@ahsgardening.org SUMMARY:Colonial Williamsburg's 79th Annual Garden Symposium DESCRIPTION:Colonial Williamsburg invites you to join us for a symposium filled with inspiration and discovery as we explore the rich legacy and living beauty of some of America’s most iconic gardens. From the carefully cultivated landscapes of Charleston to the wild and visionary gardens of Bunny Mellon\, leading voices in historic and horticultural scholarship to explore how people\, plants\, and place have shaped one another over centuries. URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/colonial-williamsburgs-79th-annual-garden-symposium/ LOCATION:Colonial Williamsburg\, 101 Visitor Center Drive\, Williamsburg\, VA\, 23185 CATEGORIES:Lecture/Talk,Tour,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ahsgardening.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/tulips.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260307T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260307T120000 DTSTAMP:20260213T170812Z CREATED:20260120T192755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T170812Z UID:10000063-1772879400-1772884800@ahsgardening.org SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Private Garden Tour: Phoenix DESCRIPTION:Join Scott Burdick\, board chair of Desert Botanical Garden\, for a private tour of his famed Rancho Arroyo garden! Dating to the 1920s\, this acre property was originally owned by Hubert Earle\, director of the Desert Botanical Garden. Earle filled the grounds with rare specimens brought back from Mexico\, including boojum trees\, unusual cacti\, and striking desert flora. Successive owner Virginia Cave sculpted the landscape to echo natural desert wash with native plantings\, including palo brea and several different species of cacti. Further delights include heritage ironwood\, saguaro\, and totem pole cacti\, as well as a fountain-fed\, circulating stream that attracts wildlife and nourishes the flowers and grasses. \nScott Burdick is the board chair of Desert Botanical Garden and managing partner at Wiseman and Gale\, an interior design firm based in Scottsdale\, AZ. Burdick previously worked in Treasury and Finance at Saks Fifth Avenue’s corporate headquarters\, then at global management consulting firm Mercer Management Consulting – a division of Marsh & McLennan Companies\, in a senior financial role for their European businesses. Burdick received his undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Arizona and MBA from Thunderbird. \n$40 AHS members/$50 non-members\nAll tours are listed in location’s timezone\nRegister Here URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-private-garden-tour-phoenix/ LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ahsgardening.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_1509-768x903-1-e1768937234281.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260213T170754Z CREATED:20260120T192425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T170754Z UID:10000062-1772013600-1772020800@ahsgardening.org SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Behind-The-Scenes Tour: Winter Gardens in Winter Garden DESCRIPTION:Winter Garden\, Florida is a “charming little city with a juicy past”! Our Winter Garden gardens tour will begin at the Path of Life\, a small\, lush public garden created to enhance the beauty of Chapin Station Park while protecting the natural environment. Katy Moss Warner\, president emerita of the American Horticultural Society and president of the Bloom & Grow Garden Society\, will walk you through this peaceful place and share about the evolution of this special space on the West Orange Trail. The tour will continue to a fascinating private garden on Lake Apopka. Created by former nursery owners\, this beautiful garden is replete with palms\, epiphytes\, a collection of Tillandsia\, and lots of pollinator plants. Next\, the group will visit City Hall to learn about the Winter Garden Heritage Tree Project and view plans for the new 24-acre Health and Wellness Park under construction. The tour will end at the unique Live Trends retail plant shop near City Hall. You will want to extend your stay in Winter Garden to enjoy the shops and restaurants along Plant Street! \nKaty Moss Warner is president emerita of the American Horticultural Society and president of the Bloom & Grow Garden Society. She is also a board advisor for America in Bloom\, an organization that promotes nationwide beautification with an emphasis on volunteer community involvement. Warner trained in landscape architecture at the University of Arizona and was a Longwood Fellow in public garden administration at the University of Delaware/Longwood Gardens. For 24 years\, Warner worked as a professional horticulturist at Walt Disney World in Florida managing the landscapes of theme parks\, resort properties and roads on the 30\,000-acre property\, retiring as director of horticulture and environmental initiatives. She was awarded the Loeb Fellowship of the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge\, MA in 2000. From 2002-2005\, she served as President of the American Horticultural Society. \n$50 AHS members/$60 non-members\nAll tours are listed in location’s timezone\nRegister Here URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-behind-the-scenes-tour-winter-gardens-in-winter-garden/ LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ahsgardening.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Winter-Garden-Path-of-Life-768x515-1-e1768937033895.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T120000 DTSTAMP:20260213T170733Z CREATED:20260120T192134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T170733Z UID:10000061-1770460200-1770465600@ahsgardening.org SUMMARY:AHS LIVE: Behind-The-Scenes Tour: Manhattan Beach Gardens DESCRIPTION:The tour will begin at the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden\, a demonstration garden and certified nature habitat located in Polliwog Park. Garden director Gretchen Renshaw will share the season’s most stunning collections\, emphasizing the garden’s work on earth-friendly gardening techniques such as water conservation for the home landscape\, installation and care for California native plants\, and creating wildlife habitat. The tour will continue to private Manhattan Beach gardens to delight in designs highlighting native plants\, habitats for pollinators and birds\, and canopies of acacias that create the feeling of a secluded woodland. \nGretchen Renshaw is a horticulturist and teacher. She is a founder and volunteer director at the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden in California. This demonstration garden features California native plants and sustainable gardening practices. She is a former horticulture instructor at UCLA Extension\, where she taught for over 25 years. One of her courses was a four-unit class on Soils and Plant Nutrition. Difficulty finding a suitable textbook for the course\, lead her and her writing partner to write and publish: “Underground: A Gardener’s Guide to Soil and Plant Nutrition.” Prior to retirement\, Gretchen worked as a science teacher at an elementary school\, engaging students in hands-on science activities from kindergarten to fifth grade. She has a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from Cal Poly\, San Luis Obispo. \n$40 AHS members/$50 non-members\nAll tours are listed in location’s timezone\nRegister Here URL:https://ahsgardening.org/event/ahs-live-behind-the-scenes-tour-manhattan-beach-gardens/ LOCATION:American Horticultural Society – AHS Live CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ahsgardening.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Manhattan-Beach-Garden-1-768x706-1-e1768936777930.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR