3^rd International Tropical Flowering Tree Conference
at Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Australia

List of Speakers

on  August 9, 2004   at 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
and August 10, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Monday, August 9
Don Ross                     -           Director of  Mt. Coot-tha Botanic Garden
                                                 “How Does Our Garden Grow - a Retrospective.”

 Stephen Forbes            -           Director, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
                                                “Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines of Tanzania”
Break 

David McLean             -           Manager, Landscape Technology Program, Broward Community College
           “New Concepts, Using Flowering Plants” 

Don Ellison                   -           President, Ellison Horticultural Pty. Ltd.
           “Passifloras of the World.” 

Tuesday, August 10 

Anton Van der Schans     -     Landscape Designer, Cairns
       "Flowering Trees of Northern Australia.”

 Rob Bobson                    -     President, Tropical Flowering Tree Society, Miami
                                             “T.F.T.S. Plantings in Miami”

Break

John Bunker                    -       -----------------------------------------------

Lunch

Luc Vannoorbeeck          -     President, Florida Colors Nursery
      “Plumerias of the Yucatan”

Mirella Jakimoff               -     President, Nursery and Garden Industry of Queensland 

Break 

David McLean                -     Manager, Landscape Technology Program, Broward Community College                                                    “Horticultural Gaffes!”

 Moderator:
Larry Schokman              -     Director, The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden

The Governor of Queensland has agreed to participate in the opening session is an unexpected honor.