Boaz Walks Into a Room of 300 Plant Lovers

Pollinator graphs, chlorophyll sob stories and a VW bus covered in succulents

The great blue lobelia is blooming in the garden this week.

There’s something exhilarating about sitting in a room full of 300 people who love plants. At the Perennial Plant Association’s National Symposium in Lancaster, PA, I could strike up a conversation with anyone and excitedly chat about recent garden trends or a good plant-related book or share a …