David Culp's Brandywine Cottage

Well-known Chester County gardener David Culp is going to be one of the featured speakers at the Pennsylvania Garden Club Convention in King of Prussia, which will run from April 21 through 23. He'll be speaking about his book, "The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage," leading a tour of the very same Brandywine Cottage (located near Downingtown), and giving a workshop on hellebores.

Also on the convention's agenda: a tour of "WynEden," the Chadds Ford garden of Wayne and Doris Guymon; a presentation by Kika Shibata, Sogetsu Regional Director of North America, on “Harmony With Fresh and Unconventional Materials;" a luncheon program by Frances Thrash on "The Simple Joys of Flower Arranging”; and additional plant workshops by Dave Guleke (daylilies), Wayne Guymon (spring ephemerals), and Eleanor Tickner (peonies).

For more details and to register (you don't need to belong to a garden club), visit www.pagardenclubs.org  and click on “2013 GCFP Convention.” Reservations close March 29 -- and you can bet that some of these events will sell out quickly (I noticed that the April 27 trip that Longwood Gardens is running to Culp's garden is already waiting list only). The convention will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, 301 West DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia.

Thank you to Laurie Taylor of the Spade & Trowel Garden Club for sharing this news.