2026 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM -
Boxwood and Bonsai in the Bluegrass
Join us!
Thursday, October 15 through Friday, October 16.
Optional day on Saturday, October 17
This fall, The American Boxwood Society is headed to Kentucky for our Annual Symposium. Please join us as we get together to celebrate man's oldest garden ornamental and spend time together enjoying the gardens and hospitality of the Bluegrass State. Local nurseryman Kevin Collard has put together a schedule of tours and speakers that is informative, inspiring and fun. Our tours will be in and around the Louisville area.
Please also join us on Saturday October 17th in Leitchfield, KY, where Kevin is personally inviting all to visit his Nursery, Pine View Nursery, for a tour and lunch for no additional cost.
Gardens
Exclusive Private Garden Tours
Whitehall Estate Garden
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens
Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Twisted Nature Bonsai
Running Water Farms
Special Lectures By
Lynn Batdorf
Joe Boggs
Dr. Theresa Cully
Cindy Sullivan
Ben Cecil
Registration
Registration is $350 for members, $450 non-members.
Hotel
A block of rooms has been secured at Drury Inn & Suites Louisville North, use this link book your room at the group rate.
CAN'T MAKE THE WHOLE SYMPOSIUM?
Join us for just these special lectures on Boxwood Tree Moth (BTM)
Joe Boggs will speak on BTM Basics
Agricultural and Natural Resources Educator and Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University Extension, Hamilton County / OSU Entomology.
Author of Ohio State University Extension Box Tree Moth Factsheets
Dr. Theresa M. Culley will speak on the Future of BTM
Professor, University of Cincinnati. Author of Dealing with Box Tree Moth: Identifying Best Boxwood Cultivars Using Genetics
Friday, Oct 16. 10:45am-12:30pm
Waterfront Botanical Garden. 1435 Frankfort Ave, Louisville KY 40206
$50
Note, those that have purchased Symposium tickets do not need to buy tickets to the lectures, they are included in the Symposium price.
Get Tickets for Just the BTM Lectures
HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ONLINE CLASSES
The Boxwood Blight Insight Group (BBIG) hosts regular online classes on Boxwood blight.
See their website for details.
Blandy Experimental Farm
Check out the American Boxwood Society's Boxwood Memorial Garden during events at Blandy.
SUBMIT EVENTS
Email all submissions to amboxwoodsociety@gmail.com. Thanks!
BOXWOOD TOUR OF ITALY - Rome and the Gardens of Tuscany
Thank you to all those that attended! Watch this space for future international ABS events.
