Educational Program  

 

International Camellia Congress
Education Program - Preview*

This year’s education sessions are in memory of our late friends Don Bergamini and Florence Crowder (former ICS Vice Presidents) and Roger Vinson (former ACS President and ICS member).

  1. Jim Nuccio in a live, on-stage interview with Dr. Brad King discussing Nuccio’s Nursery’s three generations of contributions to the camellia world
  2. Restoration of the Historic Wentworth Woodhouse Camellia collection by Geraldine King of RHS Rosemoor in Devon 
  3. Prof. Gao Jiyin and Mark Crawford on the Chinese-American commercial partnership to introduce new four-season hybrids to the American market
  4. Bobby Green, five-time winner of America’s Peer Sasanqua Cup, on breakthroughs leading to a new generation of Sasanqua hybrids for the American market
  5. Renowned horticulturist Dr. Peter Zale, director of Longwood Gardens’ plant collection, on Longwood’s historic and ongoing research and field trials
  6. A spotlight on new and renewed International Gardens of Excellence by Anke Koschitz, ICS Vice-President (Europe)
  7. ICS President Hon. Gianmario Motta will moderate a panel on the International Symposium on Sasanqua and the newly revised ICS-produced book on Sasanquas
  8. The world’s top two nomenclature experts, Dr. Zhonglong Wang and Dr. Brad King, discuss future challenges and opportunities for camellia nomenclature in an AI world
  9. How the Nuccio Plant Collection is being preserved by Descanso Gardens - Andrew Payne
  10. The Many Legacies of Dr. Clifford Parks – Man of the Camellia World - David Parks
  11. The Story of Tsukasa Kiyono’s American Odyssey by Dr. Randall DuPont
  12. Success in identifying 18th century camellias - Dr. Wayne Strohmeyer
  13. Dr. Russell Clayton on the great Italian-American camellia artist Athos Menaboni’s contribution to nomenclature
  14. Celebrating Sixty-Five Years of ICS Champions and Achievements by Forrest Latta, ICS Vice-President (Americas)

* All listings are subject to change. See “Call for Papers” to submit a proposal.