Past Speakers
Past speakers for the Elisabeth C. Miller Memorial Lecture have included:
2022
Rebecca McMackin: Horticulturist & Garden Designer; former Director of Horticulture at the Brooklyn Bridge Botanical Garden, 2010-2022: New Techniques in Ecological Horticulture: Beauty & Butterflies at Brooklyn Bridge Park
2021
Dan Pearson, British Landscape Designer, Horticulturist, Writer, and Gardener: Human | Nature : How Horticulture & Design Can Re-engage Us with the Natural World
2019
Dr. Peter Zale, Associate Director, Conservation, Plant Breeding, and Collections, at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: Plant Exploration at Longwood Gardens: Past, Present, and Future
2018
Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator and Director of Outreach at the Denver Botanic Gardens: From Denver to Seattle, A Shared Gardening Tradition
2017
Anna Pavord, noted author and lecturer: Landskipping – A Celebration of our Landscape
2016
Dr. Ari Novy, former Executive Director US Botanic Garden: A Fresh Approach to the Urban Landscape
2015
Helen Dillon: The Evolution of an Irish Garden
2014: “A Tribute to Mrs. Miller and the Miller Legacy”
(From left) Valerie Easton, writer, author and former manager of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library; Daniel Hinkley, writer, lecturer, plant explorer and nurseryman; and Steve Lorton, writer, lecturer and former NW Bureau Chief of Sunset Magazine.
2013
Tony Avent, Plantsman, Horticulturalist and owner of Plant Delights Nursery.
2012
Peter Raven, President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
2011
Lynden Miller, “Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape”.
2010
Gordon Collier, “A Land Apart: New Zealand’s Remote Offshore Chatham Islands”. Photo courtesy Dan Hinkley.
2009
Roy Lancaster, “Mad About Plants — A Plantsman’s Garden”.
2008
Kathryn Gustafson, “Landscape in a Changing Environment”. Photo courtesy Charles Hopkinson.
2006
Peter Valder, “The Romance of Chinese Garden Plants: Their Role in Art, Literature, Symbolism and Everyday Life”.
2005
Julie Moir Messervy, “Inspired by Bach: Creating the Toronto Music Garden with Yo-Yo Ma”.
2003
Frank Cabot, “The Maturing of a Garden”.
2002
Penelope Hobhouse, “Nature and Art: Keeping the Balance”.
1999
Daniel J. Hinkley, “Endless Bounty: Plants for Northwest Gardens from Around the World”.
1998
Roy Lancaster, “Travels of a Plantsman: An Account of Recent Travels in China, Japan and Chile”.
1997
Judith Tankard, “Walking in the Bootsteps of Gertrude Jekyll: Her Influence on Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman”.
1996
Jim Gardiner, “A Year at the RHS Garden: Past, Present and Future”.
1995
Sir Ghillean Prance, “Plant Diversity and Conservation from Brazil to Kew Gardens”.