Chesapeake Green 2010

Schedule of Events

Day 1 - February 3, 2010
Session Speaker Time Title Handouts
Registration   7:30 - 8:15 am Jumpstart Continental Breakfast, Registration, Networking, and Silent Auction  
Symposium Opening   8:15 - 8:30 am Welcome - Jack Ford and John Akehurst
MGGA Scholarship Presentation
 
Keynote Holly Buchanan 8:30 - 9:40 am "Woman Speak” – The Differences between Selling to Women and Men  
Garden Center Carrie  Engel
Brian Brannan  
10:00 - 10:55 a.m. Organic or Conventional? – What to Sell and Why  
Garden Center Holly Buchanan 11:00 - 11:55 a.m. Using Personas to Create Personalized Customer Experiences  
Garden Center Scott Daly 1:00 - 3:10 p.m. Increasing Sales and Opportunity in the Garden Center  
Garden Center Terry Freed 3:15 - 4:10 p.m. The Advent of the Edible Landscape  
Greenhouse Cari Peters 10:00 - 10:55 a.m. Water and Nutrient Management for Greenhouses - Getting the Biggest Bang Out of Your Fertilizer and Water  
Greenhouse Ed Kiley 11:00 - 11:55 a.m. Gosh Darn It - Did I Make Any Money on that Plant?  
Greenhouse Kerry Kelly 1:05 - 2:00 p.m. What is Hot and Making Money in Color Bowls, Hanging Baskets and Other Novelty Containers  
Greenhouse Brett Karp
Brad Kuklinski
Chris Corwin
Mike Montler
2:15 - 3:10 p.m. Greenhouse Plants: What is New, Exciting, and Sure to Turn Your Customers’ Eyes in Your Direction?  
Greenhouse Angela  Storm 3:15 - 4:10 p.m. Fear Not the Tougher Crops Storm handout
Nursery  Tony  Avent 10:00 - 10:55 a.m. Forget the Nuts and Bolts – Re-examining and Renovating Your Nursery Business  
Nursery  Tony  Avent 11:00 - 11:55 a.m. Off the Beaten Path - Plants to Delight and Plants to Excite  
Nursery  Doug Tallamy 1:05 - 2:00 p.m. Bringing Nature Home - Biodiversity in the Landscape Tallamy handout
Nursery  Tracy  Brieger
Kristina Salzman
2:15 - 3:10 p.m. Root Management – Achieving the Healthiest Plants Bare Root of the Matter
Correct Root Depth
Nursery  Stan Sersen 3:15 - 4:10 p.m. Oxygen Footprint – The Big Picture  
Landscape Pam Rowe
Ken Cook
10:00 - 11:55 a.m. Permeable Paving - Understanding and Using This Media to Achieve Efficiency in Water Flow  
Landscape Doug Tallamy 1:05 - 2:00 p.m. Bringing Nature Home - Biodiversity in the Landscape Tallamy handout
Landscape Stuart Kaplow 2:15 - 3:10 p.m. LEED Certification  – A Primer in LEED Standards  
Landscape Stan Sersen 3:15 - 4:10 p.m. Oxygen Footprint – The Big Picture  
Plenary Wrap-Up Session Bill Borsa
Gene  Gantz
4:15 - 5:00 p.m. Mitigating Financial Risk Inherent in Your Operations  
Interiorscape Kathy  Fediw 10:00 - 10:55 a.m. Going Green - How to Make Your Services / Your Business "Green" Greening Your Green Business
Interiorscape Carol Glenister 11:00 - 11:55 a.m. Bugs Bugging You?  
Interiorscape Kathy Fediw 1:05 - 2:00 p.m. Cutting Cost and Keeping Your Quality Cutting Costs While Maintaining Quality
Interiorscape Carol Allen 2:15 - 3:10 p.m. Bromeliads and Orchids – Where They Come From, Where They Go and How to Keep Them Looking Good  
Interiorscape Chuck  Schuster 3:15 - 4:10 p.m. Interiorscape Pesticide Application Safety  
Interiorscape Ed Crow 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Pesticide Update; Recertification  
Day 2 - February 4, 2010
Session Speaker Time Title Handouts
Registration and Continental Breakfast   8:00 - 8:50    
Opening Remarks   8:50 - 9:00 Welcome - Stanton Gill  
Greenhouse, Nursery and Retail Steve Hershfeld 9:00 - 9:55 a.m. Life Without a Respirator:  Soft Growing  
Greenhouse, Nursery and Retail Dr. Andrew Ristvey 10:00 - 10:55 a.m. Don't Starve Your Profit Center - Learn to Detect the Early Warning Signs of Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities  
Greenhouse, Nursery and Retail Carol Glenister 11:10 - 12:00 p.m. Making Biocontrol Work in Greenhouses, Nurseries, and Garden Centers  
Greenhouse, Nursery and Retail Dr. David Ross
Brian Clark
1:00 - 1:55 p.m. Using a Sprayer More Efficiently in the Greenhouse and Nursery  
Greenhouse, Nursery and Retail Stanton  Gill
Karen Rane
2:00 - 2:55 p.m. Pick the Best Pesticide for Controlling Insect and Diseases and Manage Development of Resistance in Greenhouses and Nurseries Gill handout
Recertification Ed  Crow 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Pesticide Update  
Nutrient Mgmt Jerry Faulring 1:00 - 1:55 p.m. How to Make Sure You Are Getting Your Fair Share of Water  
Nutrient Mgmt Andrew  Ristvey 2:00 - 2:55 p.m. Water Management in Greenhouses and Nurseries  
Aquatics Ray Bosmans 1:00 - 1:55 p.m. Management of Large Ponds and Sediment Control in Storm Water Management Ponds  
Aquatics Dick Schuck 2:00 - 2:55 p.m.    
Landscape Contractor Margaret Pooler 9:00 - 9:55 a.m. Plant Breeding Efforts to Develop Disease Resistant Plants  
Landscape Contractor David Clement 10:00 - 10:55 a.m. From the Underground:  Root Rots and Best Control  
Landscape Contractor Lane  Heimer 11:10 - 12:00 p.m. Vigorous Invasive - Under Control - Weeds You Learn to Hate  
Landscape Contractor Harry Kenney
Chuck Schuster
1:00 - 1:55 p.m. Fearless Weed Control  
Landscape Contractor Yilmaz  Balci 2:00 - 2:55 p.m. Phytophthora Root Rots and Stem Cankers - How to Recognize and Manage this Disease Group