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  • Best Practices for Water Management and Recirculation in Nursery Operations

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    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.

  • Navigating The Use of Wood Fiber in Your Growing Media

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    Speaker: James Owen, Ph.D., technical manager, Profile Products LLC, Professional Growing Solutions

    Attendees will review the physical and chemical properties of conventional Pacific Northwest growing media components. Attendees will also be introduced to wood fiber(s) and its impact on physical and chemical properties of the growing media.

  • Soil, Systems, and Sustainability: Transforming Landscape Practices for a Changing Climate

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    Speakers: Marie Chieppo, partner and Trevor Smith, regenerative landscape designer, CFS Regenerative Design Studios, LLC

    As climate pressures reshape plant performance and client expectations, landscape professionals must align ecological function with profitability. This session explores soil-centered design, resilient plant communities, and strategies for building a niche market through sustainable materials, including native

  • From Manual to High-Tech: How Automation Empowers Growers

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    Speaker: Raymond van den Berg, sales manager Americas, TTA-ISO

    In this session the speaker will discuss and explain the challenges, practises and benefits of introducing (high-tech) technology into a greenhouse or nursery.  Introducing technology into your operation does not only mean buying machinery, but will also challenge you to look more

  • Consumers and Environmental Health: How Growers Can Respond to Changing Market Demand

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    Speaker: Marie Chieppo, partner, and Trevor Smith, regenerative landscape designer, CFS Regenerative Design Studios LLC

    Climate change and rising environmental awareness are reshaping how plants and horticultural products are selected, specified, and purchased. Designers, municipalities, and consumers are prioritizing climate-resilient, ecologically functional plant material while also examining

  • Plant Health and Efficiencies That Can Be Achieved Through Irrigation

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    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,

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

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    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,