Event: July 2nd - Slow Flowers Summit - Where's the Diversity in Floral Design + Horticulture?

Leslie Bennett will speak on a panel at the SLOW FLOWERS SUMMIT - Seattle, WA Sunday, July 2, 2017, 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM PDT

A one-day conference that Debra Prinzing calls a “TED talk for flower lovers.”

"CHANTAL AIDA GORDON, THEHORTICULT.COM BLOG (Panel Moderator)
The panel examines a critical question: WHERE'S THE DIVERSITY IN FLORAL DESIGN + HORTICULTURE? and showcases the acclaimed author, editor and designer Chantal Aida Gordon. Chantal will be joined by LESLIE BENNETT of Pine House Edible Gardens; RIZ REYES of RHR Horticulture; floral artist NICOLE CORDIER WAHLQUIST (shown above) and others. Now, more than ever, issues of ethnic, gender and cultural inclusion and equality are essential to our profession and we are so honored that these fellow creatives will appear on our stage for a critical conversation."

Event April 6th: SF Flower & Garden Show - Seminar on Edible Landscaping

Leslie Bennett will lead a seminar at the SF Flower & Garden Show.

Thursday, April 6 201712:00pm - 1:00pm Urban Homesteading Stage

Create your own dream garden -- you know, the one that produces delicious fresh fruits and vegetables to eat, overflows with blooms and foliage for arrangements to bring indoors, and  looks so awesomely gorgeous all the time that it makes you super inspired and happy to come home and hang out in all weekend! Using a plant palette that includes fruit trees, berries, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, cutting flowers, and unusual foliage, Leslie Bennett shares how to create beautiful and productive outdoor spaces. Join the discussion on  how to grow food and flowers beautifully at home, design dedicated kitchen and cutting flower gardens, and utilize perennial, edible and ornamental plants throughout your landscape for year-round beauty and harvest.

Leslie will sign books at the end of the event.

Detroit Flower Week: Leslie Bennett Presentation - Create Your Own Dream Garden

Presentation in the Jam Handy Main Space, 3 – 5pm

"leslie bennett is the owner of pine house edible gardens, an oakland-based landscape design firm that creates beautiful edible gardens and productive outdoor spaces. she is co-author of the beautiful edible garden (ten speed press, 2013). 

leslie designs gardens that provide as much visual enjoyment as they do harvests of delicious organic food and organic flowers and foliage for cutting. her company puts together a unique set of design, fine gardening and organic food and flower farming skills, for people who want help creating aesthetically designed, organic edible gardens. pine house offers design, installation, full service maintenance & harvesting, floristry and garden coaching services.  

leslie's work has been featured in sunset magazine, c magazine, los angeles times, san francisco chronicle, and gardenista.com. visit www.pinehouseediblegardens.com

you will learn how to create your own dream garden -- you know, the one that produces delicious fresh fruits and vegetables to eat, is overflowing with blooms and foliage for arrangements to bring indoors, and that also looks so awesomely gorgeous all the time it makes you crazy inspired and happy to come home and and hang out in all weekend! using a plant palette that includes fruit trees, berries, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, cutting flowers, and unusual foliage, leslie bennett, co-author of the beautiful edible garden, shares how to create beautiful and productive outdoor spaces. join leslie for a discussion of how to grow food and flowers beautifully at home, including designing dedicated kitchen and cutting flower gardens, and utilizing perennial edible and ornamental plants throughout your landscape for year-round beauty and harvest."