Day-long series of lectures plus lunch, to include: 9:30 a.m. Magical Garden and Patio Transformations - Taking Spaces From "Blah" to "Aha!" Siobhan Nehin, Design & Time 11:00 a.m. Creating Sacred Spaces in Your Garden Virginia Burt, OALA, ASLA, Visionscapes Landscape Architects Inc. 12:00 p.m.

Box lunch from Buffalo's own Quaker Bonnet During lunch, participants will meet a small flock of Garden Fairies, who are flying in for the National Garden Festival and are part of a 500 strong group of artistic gardeners from Tampa Bay, Florida. See the Garden Fairies' demonstration on how to make personalized garden mementos. Using letters pressed into cement, you will learn how to make customized stepping stones and plaques. The Garden Fairies will also talk about their latest community beautification project: a 22' x 17' mosaic mural. 1:00 p.m. The Great Botanic Gardens of the World Richard Benfield, Professor of Geography, Central Connecticut State University 2:15 p.m. The Women and Gardens of Forest Lawn Sandy Starks, Interpretive Program Director, Forest Lawn Cemetery Open to the public.

Tickets are $50 pp; reservations are required. Call 885.1600.