CBHL 48th Annual Meeting
Growing Together: Connecting People, Plants, and Pages
Co-hosted by Cleveland Botanical Garden & Holden Arboretum
Tuesday, May 24: Most activities at Cleveland Botanical Garden (CBG) in Woodland Hall, 8 AM-6 PM
- 8:00 am - 5:00pm Registration at Cleveland Botanic Garden
- 10:00 - 11:30 Workshop: Basic Book Repair for Beginners on a Budget, presented by Ellie Strong and Sharlane Gublin
- 12:30 – 6:00 PM committee meetings, including Ad-Hoc Strategic Planning Committee
- 6:30-8:30 Opening reception at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, May 25: Morning Activities at CBG in Woodland Hall, 8 AM – 12 PM
- 8:00 to 9:00 am Registration
- 8:30 to 8:45 Welcome by Natalie Ronayne
- 8:45 to 10:00 Denny McKeown, “Playing Match Maker: Connecting the Right Plant with its Best Home” - http://bloomingarden.com/
- 10:00 to 10:15 break
- 10:15 to 10:40 Susie Cobbledick, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Pesticides in Library Collections”
- 10:40 to 11:05 Sarah Burke Cahalan, Director of Marian Library "Mary's Gardens: Twentieth Century Garden History at the University of Dayton"
- 11:05 to 11:30 Brad Lyon and Joanne Fuccello of Woodburn Books, Kathy Crosby of Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and Susan Eubank of Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden: “A Reconsideration of Stewardship and the De-Accession Dilemma”
- 11:30 to 12:00 CBG grounds tour
- 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM off site; Cleveland tours
- 12:30 to 2:00 lunch at West Side Market
- 2:00 to 2:30 travel back to CBG; drop off selected attendees
- 2:30 to 5:00 Science Center/Rock Hall/Harborside/Cultural Gardens
- 5:30 arrive back to CBG; dinner own your own
Thursday, May 26 Morning and early afternoon at Woodland Hall, CBG, and Dinner at CBG
- 8:00 to 8:25 AM Allaina Wallace, Denver Botanical Garden, “Water, Water Everywhere: Five Water Leaks in Two Years”
- 8:30 to 10:30 AM Patrick Randall, Community Manager, Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature, Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology; Harvard University; William Ulate, Center for Biodiversity Informatics, Missouri Botanical Garden; and Mariah Lewis, Metadata Specialist, New York Botanical Garden , “Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature”
- 10:30 to 10:45 break
- 10:45 to 12:45 Business meeting
- 12:45 to 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30-2:00 CBG glasshouse tour
- 2:00-5:00 offsite; University Circle walking tour
- Allen Medical Library, Cleveland Museum of Art (where there will be a coordinated exhibit of botanical art), Cleveland Museum of Natural History Library
- 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Dinner at Cleveland Botanical Garden
- 5:00 to 6:00 Drinks and hors d’oeuvres
- 6:00 to ~7:00/7:30ish Dinner (overlooking their Japanese Garden designed by David Slawson!)
- 7:00 to 8:00 speaker: David Slawson, “With Heart and Soul: How is the Art of Japanese Gardens Learned?” - http://www.slawsoncreations.com/
- 8:00 to 9:00 Annual Literature Awards (book distribution during this hour)
Friday, May 27: Activities chiefly at Holden Arboretum 8 AM – 9:45 PM
- 8:00 AM leave CBG for Kirtland (Herb Society and Holden)
- 8:45 to 10:15 Herb Society of America
- 10:30 arrive at Holden Arboretum
- 10:45 to 12:00 welcome and talk by CEO Clem Hamilton
- 12:00 to 12:45 lunch
- 12:45-2:30 Business Meeting
- 3pm to 5pm tours of Holden Arboretum
- 5:00 to 5:30 flex time
- 5:30 to 6:30 reception, Reinberger Room
- 6:30 to 7:30 dinner, Visitor Center Lobby
- 8:00 to 8:45 keynote speaker: Debra Knapke, “Books, Botany, and Horticulture: A Beautiful Combination” - http://www.debrathegardensage.com/
- 8:45-9pm Board Buses for return
- 9:45 arrive at CBG
Click here for descriptions of Saturday tours.
