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  • Purchasing 101: Horticultural Professionals Discuss Purchasing

    Room B110

    Panel: Representatives from Growscape, Monrovia Nursery Company, Smith Gardens, Al’s Garden & Home, Anderson Pots, OBC Northwest Inc., Simplot Turf & Horticulture.

    Panel discussion on basic purchasing and receiving processes and best practices from three growers and two manufacturers/distributors. Principles and processes that ensure efficient operations by securing the right product, right customer, right quantity, right condition, right place, right time, a

  • Best Practices for Water Management and Recirculation in Nursery Operations

    Room B119

    Speakers: Tim Reusch, national sales manager at Dramm Corporation, and Alex Ramos, operations manager and co-owner of Walla Walla Nursery Co.

    Alex Ramos and Tim Reusch will review how effective water-use strategies are crucial to promoting plant health and sustainability. Cultural and mechanical best practices to implement in the nursery can help ensure growers understand the tools and techniques available.

  • How Diseases Hitch a Ride: When Insects Act as Plant Pathogen Vectors

    Room B113

    Speaker: Sierra Laverty, assistant professor and horticulture educator, University of Idaho Extension

    Some of the most common greenhouse, nursery, and landscape pests are also harbingers of plant diseases. Certain insect pests act as pathogen vectors, spreading fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases from plant to plant like wildfire through a growing operation or landscape.

  • Purchasing 102: A Deeper Dive

    Room B110

    Panel: Representatives from Growscape, Monrovia Nursery Company, Smith Gardens, Al’s Garden & Home, Anderson Pots, OBC Northwest Inc., Simplot Turf & Horticulture.

    A deeper discussion of today’s supply chain and how it’s affected by issues like tariffs, price, environmental legislation, and long lead times.

  • Listen Up! Garden Podcasts are in Your Customers’ Ears

    Room B116

    Speaker: Kathy Jentz, author, podcaster, Washington gardener, GardenDC Podcast

    Garden podcasts are wired directly into your customers’ brains. Their hosts are telling them what to grow and purchase on this unique medium. You need to get hooked on them to reach this growing audience and spread plant knowledge.

  • The Art of Chemical Application

    Room B113

    Speaker: Edgar Tuna, greenhouse and nursery crop specialist, area sales manager Western U.S., Envu

    Effective chemical application is far more than simply operating a spray gun or pulling a boom. It is both an art and a science. It requires a good understanding of the equipment being used, the products applied, the environmental conditions at the time of treatment, and the specific characteristics of the application site.

  • Chaos to Clarity: Building an AI Stack for Growers and the Green Industry

    Room B116

    Speaker: Chris Sabbarese, co-founder, Infusion Management Services

    Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how businesses operate, but many organizations struggle to move from curiosity to practical implementation. This session provides a clear framework for understanding and building an AI technology stack that supports marketing,

  • Promoting Soil Health: A Prescription for Landscape Success

    Room B116

    Speaker: Bryce Lane, distinguished professor emeritus, North Carolina State University

    As landscapers, and gardeners, we typically spend most of our time thinking above ground. We spend countless hours selecting the right woody plant, considering the right exposure, combinations, size, color, and textures. Woody plant’s success is equally dependent on what is going

  • Lawn Alternatives: Hot Design Style, or Challenging for Homeowners and HOA’s?

    Room B116

    Speaker: Sue Goetz, garden designer, consultant, speaker and author, Creative Gardener

    You’ve heard the buzz words — rewilding, regenerative, and naturalism Ripping out traditional lawns and creating magical meadow plantings, no-mow-seed mixes, and more. It is all getting attention and becoming more mainstream, but is it sustainable for customers and landscape

  • Plant Health and Efficiencies That Can Be Achieved Through Irrigation

    Room B119

    Speaker: Andrew Van Geest, sales, large projects, AdeptAg-Zwart Systems

    In this session Van Geest will discuss common issues that he sees around the country among nursery producers as well as the different types of irrigation tools and their proper application in the nursery. We will touch on automation of irrigation cycles, use of booms, sanitization,

  • There is No Such Thing as Dwarf: Compact Plants for the Landscape

    Room B116

    Speaker: Bryce Lane, distinguished professor alumnus, North Carolina State University

    Home landscapes are shrinking, the average residential property size is now less than a quarter of an acre. More and more people are living in the city and have less and less space for plants. This has resulted in an increasing demand for dwarf/compact, self-contained plants. In this talk

  • Future of Plastic and Bioplastic Horticulture Containers

    Room B110

    Speakers: Tom Marting, director of sustainable solutions, and Grace Hungerford, sustainability analyst, Growscape

    This session explores rising consumer demand for more sustainable packaging materials, with a particular focus on bioplastics. We will examine the current landscape of bioplastic technologies available in the market today, including their regulatory pressures, performance, benefits,

  • From Awareness to Action: Preventing Pesticide Resistance in the Nursery Industry

    Room B113

    Speaker: Silvia Rondon, Ph.D., professor and director of the Oregon Integrated Pest Management Center, Oregon State University

    This presentation focuses on translating awareness of pesticide resistance into practical management strategies for the nursery industry. Participants will learn how resistance develops, how integrated pest management (IPM) practices can reduce selection pressure, and how

  • Benefits of Using Vast Numbers of Microbial Strains vs. a Few Strains

    Room B119

    Speaker: Kevin Johnson, president, Microbial Science Laboratories, LLC

    The first part of the slide presentation will focus on individual strains, describing how each one functions in the soil around the roots. The second part of the presentation will focus on groups of microbes and how they interact with each other. Microbes being discussed are Bacillus,

  • Future of Plastic and Bioplastic Horticulture Containers

    Room B110

    Speakers: Tom Marting, director of sustainable solutions, and Grace Hungerford, sustainability analyst, Growscape

    This session explores rising consumer demand for more sustainable packaging materials, with a particular focus on bioplastics. We will examine the current landscape of bioplastic technologies available in the market today, including their regulatory pressures, performance, benefits,