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Andalusia Garden Symposium

  • Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum 1601 State Road Bensalem, PA, 19020 United States (map)

Andalusia Historic House, Garden and Arboretum will be hosting its first-ever Garden Symposium. Join professionals and avid amateurs at this extraordinary event showcasing Andalusia’s gardens, designed by Lady Arabella Lennox- Boyd, in their peak season.

This symposium will feature world-renowned speakers at a one-day event with lectures taking place in a dedicated indoor conference space followed by an afternoon tea with book signings by the speakers and an opportunity to explore the extensive gardens and grounds at Andalusia, located on the Delaware River in Bucks County, PA. Individual tickets are available with discounts given to Friends of Andalusia and members of the Garden Club of America.

The symposium begins with a coffee reception and check-in in the Belle Voir Conference Center at Pen Ryn Mansion, located next door to Andalusia, and ends in a lavish tea tent at Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum, with book signings by the speakers and an opportunity to explore the gardens.  The symposium agenda is as follows:

8:00 am –8:45 am    Registration and Coffee Reception at Belle Voir, Pen Ryn Estate

8:45 am –9:00 am     Welcome, Opening Remarks

9:00 am –10:00 am   First Speaker, Xa Tollemache

10:00 am –10:15 am  Break

10:15 am-11:15 am    Second Speaker, Frances Palmer

11:15 am -11:30 am    Break

11:30 am -12:30 pm    Third Speaker, Annie Novak

12:30 pm-1:30 pm      Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm     Fourth Speaker, Fergus Garrett

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm     Closing remarks, adjourn to Andalusia

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm    Tea, book signings by authors and Q & A, self-guided garden tours

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