Walkovic & Schumacher Memorial Lecture: Celebrating Plants in the Winter Garden

The winter garden is truly a low maintenance affair and a time to enjoy – no weeding, no watering, and no deadheading! The winter landscape may be quiescent, but the garden need not be bleak. Plants with brightly colored berries, twigs, stems, foliage, and even winter-blooming flowers shrug off the snow and cold. They bring cheer, even as the sun enters Capricorn. 

Warren Leach, landscape horticulturist and author of the new book Plants for the Winter Garden from Timber Press, will showcase gardens he has designed that celebrate the winter season as well as planting design ideas for your own garden.

Join us before the event for an in-person tour of Scott Arboretum & Gardens [link to event]. A reception with the opportunity to purchase Plants for the Winter Garden and book signing will follow the lecture. 

In-person Registration

Virtual Registration

Program Details

• All registrations include access to the recording. 
• In-person registration is limited to 190. Due to limited seating, virtual participants cannot attend in person. 
• Virtual registrants will be able to view the recording shortly after the presentation concludes and can ask the speaker questions by emailing scott@swarthmore.edu in advance.
• Registration is free, but required to receive the presentation recording link.
• Email us if you have accessibility needs for this program.
• For more information, review our program and event policies or call the Scott office at 610-328-8025. 

About the Presenter

Warren Leach is a passionate plant collector, nurseryman, horticulturist, and landscape designer with a depth of knowledge of all garden plants – both perennial and woody plants, tropical and temperate. Warren is also an admired speaker, writer, and educator. For more than thirty-five years, Warren has been creating beautiful landscapes throughout New England, as well as making captivating and educational display gardens at Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth. He is the co-owner of this specialty nursery that is a prominent grower of daylilies, iris, and distinctive perennials and woody plants. Warren has received many awards, including the National Landscape Association Regional Certificate of Merit for Residential Landscape Design and the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association’s First Place Award for Residential Design and Installation. Warren has also taught horticulture and landscape design at numerous institutions including: The University of Rhode Island, the Brown University Learning Community, Scott Arboretum & Gardens, to name a few. Warren’s new book, Plants for the Winter Garden, was released on November 5, 2024.