The Ipswich Plant Expo features some of Queensland’s most recognised horticultural key note speakers who are well respected in the industry and by the gardening public to ensure an entertaining and enjoyable event.

Key speakers are in the horticultural media spanning radio, TV, print and internet.

2013 guest speakers are:

Paul Plant (radio RiverFM, subTropical Gardening, Ipswich Advertiser, etc.)

Clair Levander (radio 4BC)

Arno King (subTropical Gardening, Your Garden, Garden Drum, etc.)

Claire Bickle (subTropical Gardening, Earth Garden, Local Bulletin, About the Garden, etc)

Brian Sams (radio 4GR, WIN TV, etc.)

Stephen Flood (subTropical Gardening)

Rod Hultgren (radio ABC)

Barbara Beerling (subTropical Gardening)

Check the Timetable to find out what day and time each presenter is giving their talks. 

SATURDAY 9th March 2013 MAIN SPEAKER STAGE
10am Opening by Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale
10.30am Paul Plant – Celebrating the subtropics with gardening
11.30am Brian Sams – Plant propagation: new plants from old
12.30pm Arno King – This goes with that: great plant combinations in the garden
1.30pm Stephen Flood – Sustainable soil management

SATURDAY HOW TO STAGE
9.30am – Bruce Tinworth (for SGAP Ipswich Branch) – book launch ‘Garden Escapees become Environmental Weeds’ see more here
10am – nil – refer to Mayor’s Opening
11am – Colin Purnell – Giving your garden the WOW factor with Earthlife products
12noon – Stephen Flood – Propagation of tropical plants from cuttings
1pm – Brian Sams – How to grow great potted plants
2pm – Arno King – Aerial gardens

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SUNDAY 10th March 2013 MAIN SPEAKER STAGE

9.30am Claire Bickle – Organic vegetable growing: the basics
10.30am Clair Levander – Plant diversity: bring back the bees, the birds and You!
11.30am Rod Hultgren – Getting the best from your roses
12.30pm Barbara Beerling – Fruit trees to grow is SE Qld
1.30pm Paul Plant – The 10 commandments of gardening

SUNDAY HOW TO STAGE
9am – Colin Purnell – Giving your garden the WOW factor with Earthlife products
10am – Michael Dent - Gardening with tough low maintenance colourful flowering plants that cope well with the dry and the wet times
11am – Claire Bickle – Chook basics and how to get started
12noon – Clair Levander – Garden hygiene: keeping your tools perfect
1pm – Rod Hultgren – How to make new plants with propagation
2pm – Colin Purnell - Giving your garden the WOW factor with Earthlife products

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