Events

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• Evolving Aphid Management with Biocontrols

  Aug 24

  Evolving Aphid Management with Biocontrols

  8:00 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• 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
• Practical Use of Plant Growth Regulators in the Plant Nursery

  Aug 24

  Practical Use of Plant Growth Regulators in the Plant Nursery

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Crop Adapted Spraying: Strategies for Use in Nursery

  Aug 24

  Crop Adapted Spraying: Strategies for Use in Nursery

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• 20/23 Vision: A Look Ahead in the Retail Industry

  Aug 24

  20/23 Vision: A Look Ahead in the Retail Industry

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Extreme Weather: How it Affects Crop Production With Solutions Offered

  Aug 24

  Extreme Weather: How it Affects Crop Production With Solutions Offered

  9:45 am - 10:45 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
• Gain the Upper Hand This Season on Root, Crown, and Foliar Diseases

  Aug 24

  Gain the Upper Hand This Season on Root, Crown, and Foliar Diseases

  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
• Cultivating Cultivars Seed to Tree: The 30-Year Timeline for Climate Resistant Urban Trees

  Aug 24

  Cultivating Cultivars Seed to Tree: The 30-Year Timeline for Climate Resistant Urban Trees

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• H-2A: Tips and Tricks for Navigating Your Way Through

  Aug 24

  H-2A: Tips and Tricks for Navigating Your Way Through

  1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

  FREE
• Research Revealed: Updates on Disease Control Products for Nursery Crops

  Aug 24

  Research Revealed: Updates on Disease Control Products for Nursery Crops

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Registration Required
• SPANISH ONLY – Scouting for Boxwood Diseases

  Aug 24

  SPANISH ONLY – Scouting for Boxwood Diseases

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Reducing Plastic Pots: Adopt Air Pruning Strategies

  Aug 24

  Reducing Plastic Pots: Adopt Air Pruning Strategies

  2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

  FREE
• 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
• Promising Plants for Native Plant Gardens in Western Oregon

  Aug 24

  Promising Plants for Native Plant Gardens in Western Oregon

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  Registration Required
• A Baker’s Dozen of Pollinator Trees

  Aug 24

  A Baker’s Dozen of Pollinator Trees

  2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

  FREE
• 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
• Soil Moisture: Top Factor for the Survival of Newly Installed Plants

  Aug 25

  Soil Moisture: Top Factor for the Survival of Newly Installed Plants

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Integrating Biological Control Agents with Chemical Spray Programs: Innovative Ways to Manage Pesticide Resistance

  Aug 25

  Integrating Biological Control Agents with Chemical Spray Programs: Innovative Ways to Manage Pesticide Resistance

  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
• Redheaded Flea Beetle: A Major Insect Pest of Nursery Production Systems

  Aug 25

  Redheaded Flea Beetle: A Major Insect Pest of Nursery Production Systems

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Biopesticide art-of-use in IPM

  Aug 25

  Biopesticide art-of-use in IPM

  11:00 am - 11:30 am

  FREE
• Pruning / Topiary Demo

  Aug 25

  Pruning / Topiary Demo

  11:45 am - 12:15 pm

  FREE
• Soil Oxygen: Tips for Ensuring Plant Roots are Healthy and Thriving

  Aug 25

  Soil Oxygen: Tips for Ensuring Plant Roots are Healthy and Thriving

  12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

  FREE
• Beneficial Bugs: Putting Biocontrols to the Task

  Aug 25

  Beneficial Bugs: Putting Biocontrols to the Task

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  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
• New Can Yard and Traveler Irrigation Sprinkler Technologies: Save Water, Power and Labor

  Aug 25

  New Can Yard and Traveler Irrigation Sprinkler Technologies: Save Water, Power and Labor

  1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

  FREE
• (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
• Pruning / Topiary Demo

  Aug 25

  Pruning / Topiary Demo

  2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

  FREE
• 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
• Solving Plant Problems Virtually

  Aug 25

  Solving Plant Problems Virtually

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  Registration Required
• 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
• Healthy Soil: All the Key Elements for Maintaining the Healthiest Soil

  Aug 26

  Healthy Soil: All the Key Elements for Maintaining the Healthiest Soil

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• How to Deal With Mite Pests in Landscapes and Nurseries

  Aug 26

  How to Deal With Mite Pests in Landscapes and Nurseries

  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
• Pesticide Coverage of Difficult to Spray Plants Such as Boxwood

  Aug 26

  Pesticide Coverage of Difficult to Spray Plants Such as Boxwood

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Soil Moisture Sensors: Should You Use Them?

  Aug 26

  Soil Moisture Sensors: Should You Use Them?

  11:00 am - 11:30 am

  FREE
• Overcoming Substrate Shortages with a Proven Solution

  Aug 26

  Overcoming Substrate Shortages with a Proven Solution

  11:45 am - 12:15 pm

  FREE
• 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
• Biochar in Propagation Substrates: Good or Bad?

  Aug 23

  Biochar in Propagation Substrates: Good or Bad?

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Crop Protection and Cultural Considerations When Propagating

  Aug 23

  Crop Protection and Cultural Considerations When Propagating

  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
• Stressed Out: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Avoid Environmental Stress in Landscape Plants

  Aug 23

  Stressed Out: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Avoid Environmental Stress in Landscape Plants

  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.
• Selecting Plants for Success!

  Aug 23

  Selecting Plants for Success!

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Solving Pest Problems – an Overview of the Oregon IPM Center (Spanish Only)

  Aug 23

  Solving Pest Problems – an Overview of the Oregon IPM Center (Spanish Only)

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• 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
• Landscape Zombies! Myths That Refuse to Die

  Aug 23

  Landscape Zombies! Myths That Refuse to Die

  1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

  Registration Required
• 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
• Pruning with Design Intent

  Aug 23

  Pruning with Design Intent

  2:45 pm - 3:15 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
• What Do Washing Dishes and Sanitation for Plant Production Have in Common?

  Aug 23

  What Do Washing Dishes and Sanitation for Plant Production Have in Common?

  2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

  Registration Required
• 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
• People, Plants and a Backyard – An Exploration of How and Why We Interpret Urban Landscapes the Way We Do

  Aug 24

  People, Plants and a Backyard – An Exploration of How and Why We Interpret Urban Landscapes the Way We Do

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Soil Oxygen: The Real Limiting Factor For Trees

  Aug 24

  Soil Oxygen: The Real Limiting Factor For Trees

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• What it Takes To Build A Robust IPM Program & Resistance Management

  Aug 24

  What it Takes To Build A Robust IPM Program & Resistance Management

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• The Shoppers Journey

  Aug 24

  The Shoppers Journey

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• The UC Landscape Plants Irrigation Trials (Part One)

  Aug 24

  The UC Landscape Plants Irrigation Trials (Part One)

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Trial Garden Report: Best in NEW Annuals and Perennials for Spring 2024

  Aug 24

  Trial Garden Report: Best in NEW Annuals and Perennials for Spring 2024

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Phytophthora Root Rot – Understanding a Complex Problem

  Aug 24

  Phytophthora Root Rot – Understanding a Complex Problem

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Prune Clematis Like a Pro! (Pruning Demo)

  Aug 24

  Prune Clematis Like a Pro! (Pruning Demo)

  11:00 am - 11:30 am
• Green Pests that Plague Production: Algae, Moss, Liveworts and Nostoc

  Aug 24

  Green Pests that Plague Production: Algae, Moss, Liveworts and Nostoc

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Registration Required
• Indoor Gardening: The Hottest in Lawn & Garden Retail

  Aug 24

  Indoor Gardening: The Hottest in Lawn & Garden Retail

  11:45 am - 12:15 pm

  FREE
• Topiary Demo

  Aug 24

  Topiary Demo

  12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

  FREE
• Defining and Building Your Culture to Create a Thriving Team (SPANISH ONLY)

  Aug 24

  Defining and Building Your Culture to Create a Thriving Team (SPANISH ONLY)

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Butterfly Bush: Sterility and Availability

  Aug 24

  Butterfly Bush: Sterility and Availability

  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Soil Health – The Role of Water Demo

  Aug 24

  Soil Health – The Role of Water Demo

  1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

  FREE
• Marketing to Capture Consumers Environmental Focused Purchasing Habits

  Aug 24

  Marketing to Capture Consumers Environmental Focused Purchasing Habits

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Registration Required
• The Climate Ready Landscape Plants Project (Part TWO)

  Aug 24

  The Climate Ready Landscape Plants Project (Part TWO)

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Above- & Under-ground Partners: What Urban Trees are Missing

  Aug 24

  Above- & Under-ground Partners: What Urban Trees are Missing

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  Registration Required
• Pesticides and Water Quality

  Aug 24

  Pesticides and Water Quality

  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  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
• Mycorrhizae: Benefits and Use in Grower Operations and the Landscape

  Aug 25

  Mycorrhizae: Benefits and Use in Grower Operations and the Landscape

  8:30 am - 9:30 am

  Registration Required
• Biopesticides: The Ideal Team Players in Plant Health Programs with a Focus on Biofungicides

  Aug 25

  Biopesticides: The Ideal Team Players in Plant Health Programs with a Focus on Biofungicides

  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
• Flathead Borers in Nursery and Orchards

  Aug 25

  Flathead Borers in Nursery and Orchards

  9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Registration Required
• Pollinators of the Rogerson Clematis Garden

  Aug 25

  Pollinators of the Rogerson Clematis Garden

  11:00 am - 11:30 am

  FREE
• 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
• Reduce the Cost of Spraying Your Nursery

  Aug 25

  Reduce the Cost of Spraying Your Nursery

  12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

  FREE
• 2024 Keynote Address

  Aug 21

  2024 Keynote Address

  8:30 am - 10:00 am
• Retailers Choice Awards – Judging

  Aug 21

  Retailers Choice Awards – Judging

  10:00 am - 5:00 pm
• The Garden Retailing Train

  Aug 21

  The Garden Retailing Train

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Gardening in a Changing Climate: What to Do and What to Avoid

  Aug 21

  Gardening in a Changing Climate: What to Do and What to Avoid

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm