Chesapeake Green 2010
Schedule of Events
| Day 1 - February 3, 2010 | ||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |