A Magnolia Study Day was held at Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, USA, on Wednesday, February 13, 2013.  Here was the agenda for the day:

9:00–9:30 AM Registration, coffee, juice, and pastries. Welcome by Kathy Musial, Curator of LivingCollections, Huntington Botanical Gardens

9:30–10:30 AM Andrew Bunting, Curator, Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College and President,Magnolia Society International: “Magnolias for Home Gardens”

10:30–10:45 AM Break

10:45–11:45 AM Kathy Musial and Tim Thibault, Associate Curator of Woody Plants: discussion/ID of cutspecimens; demonstration of herbarium techniques

12:00–1:00 PM Lunch

1:00–2:00 PM Bill McNamara, Director, Quarryhill Botanical Garden: “Chinese Magnolias”

2:00–4:00 PM Tour of Huntington Magnolia collection