Speaker Bio
Laura Deeter
Bringing Your Perennials up Right
Laura Deeter received her PhD from Ohio State University after studying road salt tolerance of perennials under Dr. Steven Still. She is now an assistant professor of horticultural technologies at Ohio State University. Her teaching responsibilities include woody and herbaceous plant identification, introductory and advanced landscape design, landscape construction, outdoor gardening, and perennial production. She travels extensively, speaking on many gardening topics including taxonomy and nomenclature, specialty gardens and design. She was recently awarded the ATI Distinguished Teacher of the Year, the Ohio State Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Perennial Plant Association Teaching Award.