Business Practices

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• Undercover Boss: Clues to Create a Team of Superheroes, Improve Culture and Decrease Attrition

  Aug 24

  Undercover Boss: Clues to Create a Team of Superheroes, Improve Culture and Decrease Attrition

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• The New or Improved Greenhouse: Labor-Saving Technologies, Mechanization, Innovation, Design and Layout

  Aug 24

  The New or Improved Greenhouse: Labor-Saving Technologies, Mechanization, Innovation, Design and Layout

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Be an A.C.E. Garden Center: Eight Steps for Delivering the Astonishing Customer Experience for Your Retail Customers

  Aug 24

  Be an A.C.E. Garden Center: Eight Steps for Delivering the Astonishing Customer Experience for Your Retail Customers

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Cash Incentives for Energy Efficiency: Greenhouses, Nurseries, Orchards and Farms

  Aug 24

  Cash Incentives for Energy Efficiency: Greenhouses, Nurseries, Orchards and Farms

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  Registration Required
• On the Floor: A Merchandising GPS for Increased Sales

  Aug 25

  On the Floor: A Merchandising GPS for Increased Sales

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• (PANEL) Simple Improvement Projects Every Business Should Take On This Year

  Aug 25

  (PANEL) Simple Improvement Projects Every Business Should Take On This Year

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Improve Your Website With Data, Not Gut-feel

  Aug 25

  Improve Your Website With Data, Not Gut-feel

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Measuring for Change—the Lean Way

  Aug 25

  Measuring for Change—the Lean Way

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Nowadays Tulipmania: Flower Bulb Extravaganza

  Aug 25

  Nowadays Tulipmania: Flower Bulb Extravaganza

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Regenerative Landscaping: Small Changes, Large Impact – Protecting and Supporting Local Ecology

  Aug 25

  Regenerative Landscaping: Small Changes, Large Impact – Protecting and Supporting Local Ecology

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• (PANEL) Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain: Tips for Moving Forward

  Aug 25

  (PANEL) Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain: Tips for Moving Forward

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Registration Required
• SPANISH ONLY – Case Study: Applying Lean Principles to Pulling Orders at JLPN

  Aug 25

  SPANISH ONLY – Case Study: Applying Lean Principles to Pulling Orders at JLPN

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Registration Required
• H-2A 101: What Your Business Needs to Know

  Aug 25

  H-2A 101: What Your Business Needs to Know

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  FREE
• Take Advantage of the Boom: Leverage Extra Cash for Long-Term Gains

  Aug 26

  Take Advantage of the Boom: Leverage Extra Cash for Long-Term Gains

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Social Media and Digital Strategies for Growing Businesses

  Aug 26

  Social Media and Digital Strategies for Growing Businesses

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Current Market Demands New Approaches to Container Growing

  Aug 26

  Current Market Demands New Approaches to Container Growing

  12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

  FREE
• The Art and Science of Pricing Products

  Aug 23

  The Art and Science of Pricing Products

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Grow Profits Using Job Costing to Identify and Eliminate Waste in Your Company

  Aug 23

  Grow Profits Using Job Costing to Identify and Eliminate Waste in Your Company

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• 20/24 Vision for Garden Retailing

  Aug 23

  20/24 Vision for Garden Retailing

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Transforming vs. Evolving: Turn Your Vision into Dramatic, Measurable Results Using Policy Deployment

  Aug 23

  Transforming vs. Evolving: Turn Your Vision into Dramatic, Measurable Results Using Policy Deployment

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• A Milkweed Contamination Study Spotlights Pollinator-Safe Growing – An Oregon Nursery Shows the Way

  Aug 23

  A Milkweed Contamination Study Spotlights Pollinator-Safe Growing – An Oregon Nursery Shows the Way

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Keynote Address – Katie Tamony

  Aug 23

  Keynote Address – Katie Tamony

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  FREE to all registered Farwest Participants.
• Fixing Workplace Conflict

  Aug 23

  Fixing Workplace Conflict

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Profiting With Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

  Aug 23

  Profiting With Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

  1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

  FREE
• Succession Planning 2-hour WORKSHOP

  Aug 23

  Succession Planning 2-hour WORKSHOP

  1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  FREE
• Save Energy, Save Resources, Save Money: A Grower Panel Discussion About Efficiency Project Implementation

  Aug 23

  Save Energy, Save Resources, Save Money: A Grower Panel Discussion About Efficiency Project Implementation

  1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

  Registration Required
• Make Signs People Will Read

  Aug 23

  Make Signs People Will Read

  2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

  FREE
• H-2A 101: What Your Business Needs to Know

  Aug 23

  H-2A 101: What Your Business Needs to Know

  2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

  FREE
• 10 Effective Ways to Communicate the Value of Your Products

  Aug 24

  10 Effective Ways to Communicate the Value of Your Products

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• The Shoppers Journey

  Aug 24

  The Shoppers Journey

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Values as a Business Model: The Story of Botanical Interests

  Aug 25

  Values as a Business Model: The Story of Botanical Interests

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Drop-In OFFICE HOURS

  Aug 25

  Drop-In OFFICE HOURS

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• A Plantsman’s Notebook: New Plants and a Reminder of Some ‘Smokers’ We Often Forget About

  Aug 25

  A Plantsman’s Notebook: New Plants and a Reminder of Some ‘Smokers’ We Often Forget About

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Discover the 50% Off Solar Project USDA REAP Grant Program

  Aug 25

  Discover the 50% Off Solar Project USDA REAP Grant Program

  11:45 am - 12:15 pm

  FREE
• Plant Patents and Trademarks: Understanding Intellectual Property

  Aug 21

  Plant Patents and Trademarks: Understanding Intellectual Property

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• I Will Always Love You: Creating and Increasing Market Relevance

  Aug 21

  I Will Always Love You: Creating and Increasing Market Relevance

  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Horticulture Plastics Sustainability: Environmental Impacts and Regulatory Trends

  Aug 21

  Horticulture Plastics Sustainability: Environmental Impacts and Regulatory Trends

  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Rise of Spray Drones in the Nursery and Greenhouse Industry

  Aug 21

  Rise of Spray Drones in the Nursery and Greenhouse Industry

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• H-2A vs H-2B 101: Navigating the Program Landscape

  Aug 21

  H-2A vs H-2B 101: Navigating the Program Landscape

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• What is Your End Game? Succession and Exit Planning Best Practices for the Green Industry

  Aug 21

  What is Your End Game? Succession and Exit Planning Best Practices for the Green Industry

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Building Your Bench: Recruiting, Motivating, and Retaining Talent in the Green Industry of Today and Tomorrow

  Aug 22

  Building Your Bench: Recruiting, Motivating, and Retaining Talent in the Green Industry of Today and Tomorrow

  8:30 am - 9:30 am
• The Wealthy Landscaper: Lessons You Do Not Learn on the Job Site

  Aug 22

  The Wealthy Landscaper: Lessons You Do Not Learn on the Job Site

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• How to Get the Right Products to the Right Customers at the Right Time

  Aug 22

  How to Get the Right Products to the Right Customers at the Right Time

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Maximize Your Sales and Marketing with Partner Programs

  Aug 23

  Maximize Your Sales and Marketing with Partner Programs

  8:30 am - 9:30 am
• Healing and Horticulture: An Introduction to Horticultural Therapy, Including Therapeutic Gardens and Landscapes for Health, Recovery and Well-Being

  Aug 23

  Healing and Horticulture: An Introduction to Horticultural Therapy, Including Therapeutic Gardens and Landscapes for Health, Recovery and Well-Being

  8:30 am - 9:30 am
• Tackling the Biggest Issue in the Green Industry: Inventory

  Aug 23

  Tackling the Biggest Issue in the Green Industry: Inventory

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Key to Mitigate Climate Change Lies Hidden Beneath Our Feet: A Win-Win for Horticulture

  Aug 23

  Key to Mitigate Climate Change Lies Hidden Beneath Our Feet: A Win-Win for Horticulture

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Green Industry

  Aug 20

  The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Green Industry

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Hot Pots: How Container Colors Influence Root Zone Temperatures and Plant Production

  Aug 20

  Hot Pots: How Container Colors Influence Root Zone Temperatures and Plant Production

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• The Importance of Training in Your IPM Program

  Aug 20

  The Importance of Training in Your IPM Program

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• KEYNOTE: Plant Your People

  Aug 20

  KEYNOTE: Plant Your People

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Streamline your Inventory

  Aug 20

  Streamline your Inventory

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
• Horticulture Plastics Sustainability: Environmental Impacts and Regulatory Trends

  Aug 20

  Horticulture Plastics Sustainability: Environmental Impacts and Regulatory Trends

  1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
• ODA Case Studies and Lessons Learned

  Aug 20

  ODA Case Studies and Lessons Learned

  1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
• You Can’t Expect What You Can’t Inspect

  Aug 20

  You Can’t Expect What You Can’t Inspect

  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Attracting the Next Generation to the Green Industry

  Aug 20

  Attracting the Next Generation to the Green Industry

  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Creating Your Internet Marketing Plan 2025–2026

  Aug 20

  Creating Your Internet Marketing Plan 2025–2026

  2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
• How A Quick Sketch Can Double Your Sale

  Aug 21

  How A Quick Sketch Can Double Your Sale

  8:30 am - 9:30 am
• Can Technology and Automation Help Ease Labor Concerns?

  Aug 21

  Can Technology and Automation Help Ease Labor Concerns?

  8:30 am - 9:30 am
• Getting the Most from Your Beneficials: Handling, Quality Assessment and Application

  Aug 21

  Getting the Most from Your Beneficials: Handling, Quality Assessment and Application

  8:30 am - 10:30 am
• Managing and Motivating the Multi-Generational Green Industry

  Aug 21

  Managing and Motivating the Multi-Generational Green Industry

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• The Picture Perfect Portfolio: Photography and Marketing for Landscapers and Designers

  Aug 21

  The Picture Perfect Portfolio: Photography and Marketing for Landscapers and Designers

  9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Human Capital Risks When You Have Limited Resources

  Aug 21

  Human Capital Risks When You Have Limited Resources

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
• Landscape Design Basics: Time-Saving Tips

  Aug 21

  Landscape Design Basics: Time-Saving Tips

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
• Advancements in Growing Media: How New Fibers are Securing a Sustainable Future

  Aug 22

  Advancements in Growing Media: How New Fibers are Securing a Sustainable Future

  8:30 am - 9:30 am
• AI for the Green Industry

  Aug 22

  AI for the Green Industry

  9:45 am - 10:45 am