2025 Fall Horticulture Forum Presented by Bartlett Tree Experts
Set up your garden for success and get insight and inspiration from three leading experts in a half-day forum at Newfields. Tim Boland, Executive Director of The Polly Hill Arboretum, will reflect on the successes and challenges of growing a resilient and beautiful garden. Bryce Lane, a former Horticultural Science professor from North Carolina State University, will present on colorful and textured shade tolerant plants. Teresa Woodard, author and content writer, will present on her newly released book, Garden to the Max, featuring Newfields own Irvin Etienne’s home garden.
Light snacks and coffee will be provided.
Advance tickets required
$50 Members & $65 public
TIM BOLAND
Tim Boland is the Executive Director of the Polly Hill Arboretum on Martha’s Vineyard where he guides programs in education, plant conservation, plant propagation and the development of modern flora for Martha’s Vineyard. In 2006, Tim started the MV Wildtype native plant production program where locally grown plants are used for restoration projects or for homeowners hoping to create or enhance their gardens with native plants. As a plant propagator and experimental horticulturist, Tim has participated in more than twenty plant expeditions. He enjoys sharing his adventures collecting in far-flung places, growing plants for both the Arboretum and his home garden.
BRYCE LANE
After earning his bachelor's degree in plant science at the University of Massachusetts and master's degree in ornamental horticulture at The Ohio State University, he went on to be a Lecturer in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University in 1981. Bryce also served as the department’s Undergraduate Coordinator from 1987 to 2014. He spent 34 years teaching and advising over 25,000 students and is the recipient of numerous local, regional, and national teaching awards. He retired in 2014 but still teaches part-time in the department. From 2003 to 2014, Bryce hosted and produced a three-time, Emmy winning, UNC TV public television show called “In the Garden with Bryce Lane”. The show focused on all things home gardening and served all levels of gardeners. He now spends his time giving horticulture talks, teaching part-time at NC State, and teaching classes at the JC Raulston Arboretum. Bryce has gardened on the same one quarter acre plot for 42 years. He and his wife of 48 years also spend plenty of time with their 6 grandchildren.
TERESA WOODARD
Teresa Woodard brings a background in magazine writing and gardening experience. She is author of Garden to the Max: Joyful, Visionary, Maximalist Design (Timber Press 2025) and co-author of American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens (Timber Press 2022). During her 16-year writing career, she has written and produced garden content for regional and national publications including Better Homes & Gardens and Country Gardens and currently serves as contributing garden editor at Midwest Living and content creator for Digital Garden Media. She has won Gold and Silver Media Awards from GardenComm. Outside of work, she gardens at her home near Columbus, Ohio, volunteers at an urban garden teaching youth about growing food, and advises America in Bloom communities across the country.
