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  • 20+ top speakers from the world’s most renowned gardens, tourism industry and media professionals,
  • Share their experiences and best practices in interactive panel sessions on:
    • Destination Development: creating and enhancing visitors’ experiences and attractions, that increase visitation
    • Destination Promotion: working with local/national tourism boards and (online) travel platforms and media to attract visitors and enhance the visitor journey.
  • Awards Gala
  • Unique networking opportunities and site-visits

The main topics and presentations titles are listed in the schedule below. More details will be added on a continuing basis towards July.

  • 09:00 - 12:00

    Option 1) Victoria Garden City Walking Tour

    From the conference hotel we will take a leisurely walk through several gardens in the nearby Parliamentary Precinct, then start wending our way through the James Bay neighbourhood, the oldest in the city. Here we will walk past well-preserved heritage houses on tree-lined streets (including the birthplace of Emily Carr). Along the way, we have made arrangements to visit some of the small private gardens that showcase many different styles of home gardens: a forest garden, a heritage garden, an urban farm, and a secluded, hidden shade garden (a true gem). On the return route to the hotel, our path will take us through the main garden features in Beacon Hill Park, with its artificial lakes, bridges and formal landscapes, as well as through the park's beautiful natural areas. The restored grounds of St. Ann's Academy, an 1871 convent now a National Historic Site, will be the last stop before we return to the hotel.

  • 09:00 - 14:00

    Option 2) Vancouver Island Gardens Bus Tour

    Stop 1 – Abkhazi Garden Website : https://www.abkhaziteahouse.com/abkhazi-garden The Abkhazi Garden is an exquisite heritage home and garden Prince and Princess Abkhazi began creating their garden in 1946. They immediately began to develop their one-acre property, and continued to maintain and improve the garden throughout their lives together. Stop 2 - Hatley Park Gardens Website : https://hatleypark.ca/visit-us/hatley-park-gardens The gardens at Hatley Park Historic Site, home to Royal Roads University, are among the finest Edwardian gardens in Canada. The extensive grounds include a magnificent forest of old growth Douglas Fir. The Japanese, Italian, and rose formal gardens have existed for more than a century on the shores of Esquimalt Lagoon. Stop 3 – Gardens at Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (HCP) Website : https://hcp.ca/visit/gardens/ The Gardens at Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (HCP), home to the Pacific Horticulture College, presents a year-round garden experience that all can enjoy. The HCP is recognized as a welcoming place that inspires a love of gardens and nature, shares horticultural knowledge and experience with everyone, produces certified horticultural professionals, and demonstrates environmental stewardship fur future generations.

  • 15.00 - 16.00

    Seizing the Moment Farewell Reception

    Farewell reception at Bartholomew’s (downstairs of the Doubletree Hotel)