2026 Speakers
Lauren Springer
Keynote Speaker: Lauren Springer received the 2025 American Horticultural Society Landscape Design award. She holds a master’s degree in horticulture and has introduced several dozen plants to the trade, with two upcoming for Plant Select: a large hardy hummingbird trumpet and a lovely hardy meadow muhly. She has written six books, including the bestselling The Undaunted Garden, award-winning Plant-Driven Design, and the upcoming Rocky Mountain Native Plant Primer, coauthored with Bryan Fischer and due out April 9, 2026. Her design work is featured regularly in both the national and international press. She has designed gardens at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield Farms, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and at the Gardens on Spring Creek where she is on staff.
Coming Soon!
Morgan Hopkins-Crawley
Morgan has spent over ten years in conservation and efficiency programming in Oklahoma, Florida and Colorado, focusing on all things water-wise landscapes and irrigation efficiency. She is passionate about connecting people to their landscapes, providing practical resources and education to encourage behavior change. She is a Master Gardener and a Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper, with a M.S. in Horticulture and B.S. in Environmental Science both from Oklahoma State University.
