Succulent presentations by Debra Lee Baldwin. Garden design with succulents, succulents in containers, garden photography.


Sunwriter7@cox.net SUCCULENT PRESENTATIONS
Home Books by Debra Succulent Photo CDs Photo Essays (blog) Succulent Info Articles Garden Design Firewise Landscaping Awards and Clips Debra's Garden Debra's Watercolors Links	Join the fun! Meet Debra in person at one of her upcoming events. Have Debra address your group One of the horticultural community's most engaging speakers, Debra has the ability to entertain and enlightens in equal measure. She looks forward to showing your group how to use sculptural succulents to add beauty, sophistication and whimsy to gardens and outdoor living spaces. Debra's goal as a photojournalist, author and speaker is to share the beauty and practicality of these remarkable plants with gardening enthusiasts worldwide, regardless of their climate or space constraints. Unless otherwise noted, presentations are one hour (50 minutes plus Q&A). Before and after, Debra will sign Designing with Succulents and Succulent Container Gardens. Venue requirements A slide show requires a digital projector, screen, microphone, and a darkened room. A plant show-and-tell or potting demo can be done outdoors, and requires a work table, a clip-on microphone, a separate table for the book signing, and supplies (nursery plants, pots, soil, water, etc.). Topics Designing with Succulents. Slide presentation. Award-winning garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin explains how top designers use geometric, architectural succulents to enhance gardens and containers with spectacular blooms and foliage of every color—including cherry red, sky blue and magenta-black. As Debra shows the wide range of succulents now available, you'll discover how to use these sculptural plants to beautifully express your personal style. Included are low-maintenance, easy-care container arrangements perfect for patios, entryways and decks. Succulent Container Gardens. Slide presentation. Via her award-winning photography, Debra shows how top designers are using geometric, architectural succulents to create easy-care container gardens. You'll discover how to use these low-water plants in gorgeous potted gardens, wreaths, topiaries, miniature landscapes and more. Based on Debra's bestselling book, Succulent Container Gardens, this presentation is of particular interest to cold-climate and space-constrained gardeners. Beautiful Succulents for Your Garden. Plant show-and-tell. Audience interaction is welcome during this informal presentation. Debra introduces various types of succulents, discusses their care, describes what makes each interesting and unique, and explains how to use them to create lovely, low-water gardens and containers. Optional: The presentation is followed by a drawing (members of the audience will take home plants). Ideal for small groups (50 or fewer). Succulent Container Gardens Class (hand's-on). Using plants, pots, soil and other materials provided by the venue, Debra demonstrates how to design and plant a lovely succulent container garden. She then helps attendees select plants and create their own arrangements. Ideal for nurseries and garden centers. View a short video of Debra creating a succulent container garden. NEW! Succulent Field Trip to Oasis Water Efficient Gardens in Escondido, CA, is the new retail nursery for Altman Plants, the largest wholesale grower of cacti and succulents in the country. The plant material is gorgeous, and you'll see succulents you've never seen before. Nursery manager Carmen Contreras is an energetic gem. Email Debra to schedule a field trip to Oasis for your group, which includes a tour of the waterwise gardens by Carmen and a succulent potting demo by Debra. Succulents: Planting, Propagation and Design. Slide presentation. Debra explains how to enlarge your succulent repertoire with pups and cuttings, discusses soils and growing conditions, and gives design tips. Photos are different from those of the other presentations. May be combined with a plant show-and-tell and/or potting demo (during a second hour). Waterwise, Firewise Landscaping. Slide presentation. Debra tells the dramatic story of how the garden on the cover of Designing with Succulents saved the house from burning during the wildfires of 2007 and explains how smart gardening can protect your own home while reducing your water bills. Speaker bio, general presentation description Award-winning garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin authored Designing with Succulents (2007) and Succulent Container Gardens (2010), both bestsellers. She also is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and national gardening magazines. Debra's specialty is showing how top designers use architectural, waterwise and low-maintenance plants in a wide variety of creative, eye-catching applications. Debra has presented at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, the Denver Botanic Garden, and major flower shows in Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco. Her own garden near San Diego has been featured in Sunset, Better Homes & Gardens and the San Diego Union-Tribune, among other publications. Succulents, which store water in fleshy leaves and stems to survive periods of drought, offer spectacular blooms and foliage of every color—including cherry red, sky blue and purple-black. Debra introduces various types of succulents, discusses their care, describes what makes each interesting and unique, and explains how to create lovely, low-water gardens and containers. With Debra's expert guidance, you'll quickly discover how you can use these easy-care, sculptural plants to beautifully express your personal style. Hand-out sheets -- Designing with Succulents Basic Plant Palette -- Do's and Don'ts of Succulent Garden Design -- Waterwise/Firewise Landscaping for Southern California Accolades from event organizers and attendees Ron Vanderhoff, nursery manager, Roger's Gardens, Orange County, CA You have a very good presentation style, not too complicated. Your subject is timely, and your audience eager for ideas and inspiration. Designing with Succulents has come to symbolize the change in garden fashion happening here in California. San Diego Horticultural Society, Judy Bradley, events chairperson You received many accolades at our board meeting for your presentation. There were over 400 people there, an all-time record. It will go down as one of the most memorable evenings. What you are doing is magic. Attendees at the UCCE Master Gardeners spring symposium Presentation was superb...Very articulate, interesting, humorous and enthusiastic...Great speaker--best of the day--I never wanted succulents before but I now have a list to incorporate into my garden...Lively and dynamic speaker. Beautiful photos, relevant subject...Great slideshow--didn't want it to end...Loved it--we need more classes like this...Bring her back! View Debra's presentation at Copperfield's Books in Sebastopol, CA. Radio Debra does garden radio shows from coast to coast. John Bagnasco, co-host of California's Garden Compass radio show and Garden Life, a national garden talk radio show, says, "Debra is the expert who has made cactus and succulents exciting. Whenever I'm asked about them I mention her books." TV View Debra at the San Diego Botanic Garden, on 10 News. Podcasts Timber Press interview, Part 1: Debra explains how containers make a difference for succulents, especially in colder climates. She also discusses succulents' role in basic design concepts. (13:22) Timber Press interview, Part 2: Debra talks about how easy it is to care for succulents, how to deal with one you've over-watered, and the use of succulents in green roofs and as fire-retardants. (11:33) Timber Press interview, Part 3: Debra talks about the increasing focus on plant staging — how to choose a pot, where to get them, and where to go to see the best succulent displays. (11:42) Timber Press interview, Part 4: Debra discusses the sophisticated appeal of succulents and why they're better than flowers, as well as what plants to look for and buying succulents online. (14:26) Upcoming presentations This list is revised frequently. Please check back for updated info. Fri., Oct. 1, 2010 San Marcos Growers Field Day, 125 South San Marcos Road, Santa Barbara, CA. Details to be finalized. Fri., Oct. 1, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Santa Barbara Cactus & Succulent Society, Louise Lowry Davis Center, 1232 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara Sat., Oct. 23, 2010, Open House Celebration, Oasis Water Efficient Gardens, 10816 Reidy Canyon Trail, Escondido, CA. Details to be finalized. Fri., Nov. 5, 2010, Potting demo, Oasis Water Efficient Gardens, 10816 Reidy Canyon Trail, Escondido, CA. Thurs., Nov. 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m., San Gabriel Cactus & Succulent Society, Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA Thurs., Nov. 18, 2010, 9:30 a.m., Crown Garden Club. Coronado Public Library, Winn Room, 640 Orange Ave., Coronado, CA Wed., Jan. 26, 2011, 7 p.m. Mission Hills Garden Club, San Diego, CA. Non-members $10. Late-March, 2010, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show. Details to be finalized. April 10, 2011. Tentative: California State Flower & Garden Show, Sacramento, CA Thurs., April 14, 2011, noon. Modesto Garden Club, 211 Bodem St., Modesto, CA. Guests $10. April 24 - April 29, 2011 --- Two presentations for the Cactus and Succulent Society of America 2011 Biennial Convention, Mission Valley Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA. Details to be finalized. Mon., May 9, 2011, 6:30 p.m. Charleston Horticultural Society, Charleston, SC.
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