Chesapeake Green 2010

Speakers


Carol Allen

Carol Allen photoCarol Allen likes to describe herself as a committable plant-a-holic.  She has over twenty years experience in the horticulture industry with special interests in Integrated Pest Management, landscape design, native plants, tropicals of many kinds, and especially orchids. Carol enjoys helping people understand how to care for their plants and holds a monthly diagnostic clinic in Washington, D.C.  After serving a term as supervisory horticulturist at the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory, Carol returned to college to earn a degree in horticulture.  She enjoys teaching and has given talks to many organizations, has taught classes at the United States Botanic Garden, UDC, Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County and the District of Columbia Master Gardeners, and is looking forward to teaching a class at the University of Maryland in the spring.


Tony Avent

Tony Avery photoFor Tony’s bio, please access:

http://www.plantdelights.com/Tony/bio.html

 


 


Dr. Yilmaz Balci

Dr. Balci is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.  He teaches Plant Pathology and Diseases of Trees and Shrubs at the Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture. His research involves research on one of the most important plant pathogens, Phytophthora. The focus of his studies is on examining the roles of the exotic and native Phytophthora species play in plant health particularly looking at forest ecosystems around the world.


Bill Borsa

Bill Borsa photoBill Borsa is an Agribusiness Account Executive with MidAtlantic Farm Credit, ACA.  His area of concentration is with the nursery and greenhouse industries.  Bill has a BS degree with a major in economics from Boston College.  Bill also studied plant science at the University of California at Davis.

 

 


Brian Brannan

Brian Brannan photoGarden Shop Manager
Valley View Farms – 21 years

Brian started as just a kid in the Garden Shop, and is now managing the department. His years of experience with pesticides, fertilizers and hardgoods help keep Valley View on the cutting edge of what's new, and what's tried and tested, within a constantly changing and expanding area of the garden industry.



Tracy Brieger

Tracy Brieger photoInstructor of Horticulture | Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake VA
 
Tracy is an Instructor in the Horticulture Program at Tidewater Community College.  Courses taught include Professional Landscape Management, Landscape Construction, Landscape Drawing, Theory of Landscape Design, Plant ID, and Turfgrass Management.
 
Prior to teaching full-time, she was the General Manager for Maxwell Landscape Service, Inc., Chesapeake, VA.  She is also the owner of Green Spaces in Virginia Beach, specializing in residential landscape design and installation, with an emphasis on using root washing and bare-rooting techniques at planting.
 
Tracy is a Virginia Certified Horticulturist, a member of the Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association (VNLA), Hampton Roads Nursery and Landscape Association (HRNLA), an associate member of the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers (VSLD), a member of the Virginia Turfgrass Council (VTC), and a member of the Alpha Psi Chapter of the Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society.
 
She holds a BA in Journalism (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1988) and an AAS in Horticulture (Tidewater Community College, 2002).  She is concurrently pursuing her MS in Horticulture (Virginia Tech, 2010), and a graduate certificate in Sustainable Natural Resources (Oregon State University, 2011).
 
Tracy resides in Virginia Beach during the school year with her husband James, and their Siberian Husky, Timber.  During the summer months, she escapes to Seattle and can often be found exploring the south and west faces of Mt. Rainier.  She enjoys camping, hiking, downhill skiing, cycling, photography and reading.


Holly Buchanan

Holly Buchanan photoHolly Buchanan is an expert in marketing to women online. With almost 20 years of marketing experience (she started when she was 12), Holly has worked with hundreds of clients all over the world, in all advertising mediums, including her current focus – marketing to women. From 2003-2008 Holly worked with FutureNow, a digital optimization company, helping clients like GE Healthcare, HP, Waterford, and Genworth Financial.

Holly is a popular speaker and writer. She is the author of the blog http://marketingtowomenonline.typepad.com/blog.

Favorite quote: “Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.”
-Cora Harvey Armstrong-


Brian Clark

Brian Clark photoAgent-Agriculture and Natural Resources, Commercial Horticulture

Mr. Clark has a B.S. in Entomology from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a M.S. in Entomology from the University of Nebraska Lincoln.  Mr. Clark has worked at the O.J. Noer Turfgrass research facility in Middleton, WI, a plant pathogen diagnostician at the University of Nebraska’s Diagnostic clinic and as a Landscape technician and Pest control specialist at the University of Maryland College Park.  He is currently employed by the University of Maryland’s Cooperative Extension.


Chris Corwin

Chris Corwin photoWe welcome Chris back to Chesapeake Green, where he has been a speaker and sponsor before. Chris has been a Ball Seed Sales Rep for 25 years.

 

 

 


Edward A. Crow

Ed received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and an Associate Degree in Forest Resource Management from Penn State.  He has been employed with the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Regulation Section since October 1981. Since March of 1989 Ed has been in charge of Maryland’s pesticide applicator Licensing, Certification and Training programs, the educational and public outreach programs, and the development of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pesticide grant. In addition, since 1994 has also been responsible for coordinating Maryland’s Urban IPM program with the primary emphasis placed on Maryland public schools. Prior to his current duties Ed was a field inspector for the Pesticide Regulation Section in Western and North Central Maryland.
 
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Regulation Section


Scott Daly

Scott Daly has studied every aspect of garden center retailing for over thirty years. His primary goal during his time in the industry has been to challenge customers’ imaginations, using that inspiration to drive sales. He is currently the Merchandising Manager for Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville, Maryland. Scott can be contacted at sdaly@homesteadgardens.com.


Carrie Engel

Carrie Engel photoGreenhouse Manager
Valley View Farms – 33 years

Carrie started at Valley View Farms in 1972, and is well-known in the area. Our in-house "Gardening Guru", she appears regularly on WBAL's Sunday Gardener and a Tuesday Gardening Q&A, and writes a monthly column for the Valley Times. She lectures frequently to garden clubs and garden-related forums throughout the area.



Jerry Faulring

Jerry Faulring photoJerry was born and raised near Buffalo, New York and received a B.S. in Agronomy from Purdue University in 1969 with a Concentration in Turf Management and shortly after graduating, began his career at Summit Hall Turf Farm in Poolesville, MD.
 
In 1976, he started the Hydro-Lawn Lawn Care Company and continued to pursue his interests in the study and methodologies that made the best use of natural resources and generated the least impact on the land around him.  Armed with this knowledge, he started River Farm Nursery in 1990 and Waverly Farm in 1996.   Waverly Farm is a 200 acre field production nursery specializing in ornamental trees and shrubs.
 
Jerry is active in the Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association, and is a long-time and valued contributor to Free State Nursery and Landscape News.  Jerry was awarded the MNLA’s Professional Achievement Award in 2009.


Kathy Fediw

Kathy Fediw photoKathy Fediw, LEED AP, CLP, CLT

Kathy Fediw an internationally-known Interior Plantscape consultant, author and speaker with over 30 years’ experience. She is a LEED Accredited Professional, a Certified Landscape Professional and Certified Landscape Technician.  Her company, Johnson Fediw Associates, provides consulting, green certification and training services and resources.  She is the developer of the Green Earth—Green Plants®.certification program for eco-friendly interior plantscapes, and the Green Earth Business™ certification program for small businesses. 
 
Kathy Fediw is the author of the book, “Green Plant Care Tips for Techs,” “Hire and Train to Win,” the “Plantscape University” series of training manuals and numerous resources.  She wrote and hosted a series of training videotapes that are marketed by the Professional Landcare Network.  She has been a trade journal columnist for over 20 years and speaks at numerous conferences.   Her clients include interiorscape companies and trade associations throughout the US, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
 
Kathy is currently the Training and Education Consultant for Green Plants for Green Buildings and oversees their training programs.  She is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association, the US Green Building Council and the Institute of Management Consultants.  She and her husband live in the Houston area. 


Terry Freed

Terry Freed photo

Title: Sales Representative, Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia
Fruit Advisor, Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia (Hollybrook Orchards)
Owner and Manager, of Garden of Eden Orchards, Inc.  Salisbury, MD
 
Education:  B.S degree in Horticulture (Pomology) Michigan State University
 
Experience:  1976-1977,  Assistant Farm Mgr.  Gerber Baby Foods,  Poteau, OK
 
1977-1980    Regional Commercial Sales and Service Mgr.  Stark Bro’s
Nurseries and Orchards Co. Inc. Louisiana, MO
 
1980-1985,  Sales Manager Bountiful Ridge Nurseries  Princess Anne, MD
 
1985-1996,  Regional Sales Representative Stark Bro’s Nurseries
 
1996-Present,  Regional Sales Representative and Fruit Advisor  Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia.
 
Since 1982, Terry and his wife Donna have owned and managed Garden of Eden Orchards, Inc. in the Salisbury Maryland area.  The orchard consists of 2500 peach and nectarine trees as well as over 6000 blueberry bushes.  Other crops grown over the years at Garden of Eden Orchards have been apples, plums and cherries.  Production from the orchard is sold wholesale to supermarkets and roadside markets in the area, as well as through the retail outlet on the farm. 
 Part of Terry’s responsibilities as a Sales Rep. for Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia (Hollybrook Orchards) is advising wholesale nursery buyers on variety selection for their area, as well as plant care, pollination, display and general fruit plant information.  He will also suggest add on sales with fruit plants, such as pruners, sprayers, chemicals and fertilizers.


Stanton Gill

Stanton Gill photoExtension Specialist
IPM for Nursery and Greenhouses
University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

Expertise: Entomology and IPM for greenhouse, nurseries and landscapes
 
University of Maryland
During the day I work for the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension, stationed at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center. My position is 100% Extension (Principal Agent- full Professor rank)  funded and my job is to work with the greenhouse, nursery and landscape industry in Maryland. I am tenured faculty member with the University of Maryland. We conduct and publish the results of field trials and conduct educational classes for th green industry in Maryland.
 
Montgomery College
At night, I am a professor teaching credited classes in the 2-year degree program in Landscape Technology. I have been teaching in this program since 1988. Pest Management, Greenhouse Management and Nursery Management are three classes I teach in this program. My position is a tenured, full professor in the Montgomery College Landscape technology program.



Carol Glenister

Carol Glenister photoCarol Glenister has been a pioneer in commercial biological control and IPM since 1974.

She is founder and president IPM Laboratories, Inc., a 28 year old company that produces and distributes beneficial insects, mites and nematodes. These commercial biological controls are used to control fungus gnats, shore flies, aphids, thrips, whiteflies, spider mites, scales, mealybugs and leafminers. The focus of her research in recent years has been creating supportive plant habitats for natural enemies. Carol has a BS from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse NY and a Masters from Cornell University with a concentration in Entomology for each degree.


Lane Heimer

Lane Heimer photoA Maryland native, Lane Heimer is a Weed Control Specialist with the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Weed Management Section. Lane is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a B.S in Agronomy and has worked with noxious weed and invasive plant control in Central and Western Maryland for 25 years.  Lane is a ASA - Certified Crop Advisor, a member of the Northeast Weed Science Society and the Maryland Invasive Species Council.


Steve Hershfield

Steve Hershfield photoSteve Hershfeld is co-owner of Hillcrest Nursery, a 5-acre wholesale greenhouse in Maryland.  Steve’s responsibilities include production manager of herbs, annuals, and potted blooming crops.  He also oversees Hillcrest’s extensive organic cell pack herb and potted herb product line.  Steve is a past president of the Maryland Greenhouse Growers’ Association.

 


Stuart Kaplow

Stuart Kaplow photoStuart Kaplow is an attorney and the principal at the Maryland based real estate boutique, Stuart D. Kaplow, P.A.  He represents a broad breadth of business interests in a varied real estate practice with focused experience in Green building and sustainable business.

Stuart Kaplow is a frequent motivational speaker and lecturer on innovative solutions to the environmental issues of the day, including speaking to a wide variety of audiences on Green building. He has authored more than 200 articles centered on his philosophy of creating value for land owners, developers and builders by taking a strategic approach to Green building and sustainable business, including the law review article earlier this year, Does A Green Building Need A Green Lease?

He serves as vice chair of the board and counsel for the U.S. Green Building Council - Maryland.

Kaplow has been a professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law for more than two decades, teaching about current issues in commercial real estate, including Green building.

In an effort to gain perspective in matters of sustainable use of land and, admittedly to recreate, Kaplow has trekked to some of the wildest real estate on the planet from Kilimanjaro to Everest, with many summits and mountaineering adventures in between.
A complete biography can be found at http://www.stuartkaplow.com/about.cfm


Brett Karp

Brett Karp photoBrett has been working as a Sales Rep for Syngenta Horticultural Services covering MD, DE and Southern NJ.  Prior to getting into sales he was the Head Grower for Johnsons Florist and Garden Centers.
 
He grew up working in  greenhouses while in  high school and then attending the University of MD. Additionally, Brett is Vice President of the Maryland Greenhouse Growers Association.


Kerry Kelley

Kerry has been the annuals manager and buyer at Homestead Gardens for 5 years.  In this capacity, she manages the custom container program at the retail store, Homestead Gardens, and assists Homestead Growers, the growing division, with development of its container production plan.  Kerry is a container gardening specialist and was previously a small garden center manager; she started in the industry in 1998. 


Harry Kenney

Agrium Advanced Technologies

Harry graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1981 with a B.S. Degree in Biology. He spent about 12 years employed by ChemLawn which later became TruGreen/ChemLawn. Since 1994, he has been selling turf and ornamental plant products to the professional trade in the Mid-Atlantic area.


Dr. Cari Peters

Cari Peters photoDr. Cari Peters is Vice President at her family’s company, J.R.Peters Inc. in Allentown, PA.  She is the 3rd generation under one roof, following both her Father and Grandfather, who introduced the original Peters fertilizers in 1947.

She received her Ph.D. and MS degrees from the University of Maryland and her B.S. from the University of Delaware.

At J.R. Peters, Cari manages the J.R. Peters Laboratory where she provides result interpretation and technical support to growers using the lab or Jack’s products.

In the lab, Cari uses our own research and grower supported results to design and formulate the most technically advanced fertilizer formulas.   The Jack’s  line of fertilizers is intended to provide all growers with solutions to today’s issues and deliver the highest quality nutrients to plants.


Dr. Margaret Pooler

Margaret Pooler photoA native of North Carolina, Margaret received her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina, and completed her MS and Ph.D. in plant breeding at the University of Wisconsin. She has been with the U.S. National Arboretum for 13 years directing the shrub breeding program. The overall objective of the program is to breed improved woody landscape plants that are pest resistant, tolerant of environmental stresses, and are of superior ornamental value. Genera currently under investigation include crape myrtles, flowering cherries and redbuds.


Dr. Karen Rane

Karen Rane photoKaren Rane is a plant pathologist and Director of the University of Maryland Plant Diagnostic Laboratory. She has more than 20 years of experience in ornamental plant problem diagnosis. Karen has authored numerous articles and conducted workshops on ornamental plant disease diagnosis and management for growers and extension educators.

 


Dr. Andrew Ristvey

Andrew RistveyDr. Andrew Ristvey is a regional extension agent for commercial horticulture for the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension.  He received his Master of Science degree from University of Maryland, Eastern Shore in 1993 and soon after, worked on restoring Chesapeake Bay shorelines in Maryland.  He moved onto wetland and forest-stand delineation and then into environmental and horticultural education at a Maryland arboretum specializing in mid-Atlantic native plants.  He earned his Doctorate in Horticulture in 2004 on plant nutrition, and nutrient management.  His present extension and research interests are plant nutrition, green roof systems, and sustainable alternative crop production.


David S. Ross

David Ross photoDr. David S. Ross, Professor and Extension Agricultural Engineer, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, has over 30 years of experience in horticultural engineering applications in fruit, vegetable, nursery and greenhouse crops in irrigation, greenhouse environmental control and systems, post harvest handling, pesticide application, and other areas.  In recent years he has been working on water and nutrient management in the nursery and greenhouse crop where water application uniformity is a major concern.
 
Dr. Ross is a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of Penn State University in Agricultural Engineering.
 
Dr. Ross was involved in the early pesticide application training programs, calculation of spray areas and spray mixes and calibration and use of sprayers.


Kristina Salzman

Kristina Salzman photoKristina serves as City Arborist for the City of Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation, Landscape Management Division. She is an International Society of Arboriculture, Certified Arborist / Municipal Specialist, a Virginia Certified Horticulturist.  She holds an MS in Horticulture from Virginia Tech, and a BFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art.

Prior to becoming City Arborist in Virginia Beach, Kristina was the Assistant City Arborist in Chesapeake, VA for two years.   She has a diverse background in horticulture and arboriculture as a researcher, past owner and operator of a landscape gardening business, and working in the nursery and greenhouse trades.

She volunteers with the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, the Hampton Roads Tree Care Association, and is a board member of the Virginia Beach Beautification Commission.

A transplant from New England, Kristina resides in Virginia Beach with her two children, Camden and Nathaniel, her husband and fellow nurseryman, John, and their dog, Bay. 


Richard Schuck

Richard Schuck photoRichard (Dick) Schuck is the owner and founder of Maryland Aquatic Nurseries in Jarrettsville, Md.
 
Maryland Aquatic Nurseries is a major wholesale grower of ornamental aquatic and native wetland plants. Charleston Aquatic Nurseries is a sister organization owned by his sons in South Carolina. In combination, both nurseries grow an extensive variety of hardy and tropical aquatic plants that supply the needs of the wholesale horticultural market.
 
A few years back, Dick invented the Floating Island Planter for ornamental ponds and the Floating Wetland Raft for natural and stormwater ponds. He has a U.S. Patent on these products. A growing part of his business now is involved with manufacturing and installing Floating Wetlands and rehabilitating stormwater ponds. He has also participated with the University Of Maryland in pollution mitigation studies dealing with using floating wetlands in stormwater and aquaculture venues.


Chuck Schuster

Chuck SchusterChuck Schuster is the Commercial Horticulture Extension Educator for University of Maryland Maryland Extension serving Montgomery County. Chuck is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a BS in Agriculture and Extension Education and Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) with an MLA in Education.  He was a high school teacher for 19 years teaching vocational agriculture and related subjects. His interests in nursery and landscape trees lead him to conduct applied research on the nitrogen fertilization needs of selected trees, which also fits into the Nutrient Management Laws in the State of Maryland. Chuck is active in the Maryland Farm Bureau and other civic organizations. Chuck lives in Westminster Maryland with Anna his wife of 2 years, has an 21 year old daughter and 5 step children.


Stanley Sersen

Stanley SersenStanley J. Sersen, NCARB, LEED®AP, RS
 
Stan is a graduate of the University of Maryland Architecture School, is a licensed architect in multiple states, is an accredited professional with the US Green Building Council LEED® certification program, and is founder of the Non-profit Green Building Institute.  He is the designer, and developer of the EnviroCenter, a Green Executive Office Building who’s development is regenerating a site in Jessup, Howard County.  In addition, he is a certified Reserve Specialist with the Community Association’s Institute, and is certified by the National Charrette Institute as a Charrette Planner and Charrette Manager.
 
Stan has over thirty years experience in Environmental Design, writes a monthly column for the Business Monthly newspaper, has been invited by the Governor, the Howard County Executive and various agencies to sit on sustainability task forces, and  is developing the EnviroCenter as the most advanced regenerative office building in the region, if not the county.
 
President, ASG, Inc. (www.asgidd.com)
CEO & Founder, of The EnviroCenter® (www.enviro-center.com)
Founder & Board President – The Green Building Institute  (www.greenbuildinginstitute.org)
Principal – Phase2Architecture (www.phase2architecture.com)


Angela Storm

Angela Storm photoAngela Storm is a Product Representative with Ball Horticultural Company. Ball Horticultural Company is a leading breeding and propagation company of vegetative propagated ornamental plants worldwide. Before coming to the United States in 1994, Angela worked at nurseries in Germany and Holland in various sections of the industry and continued on in her career in America working for well-known growers specializing in spring bedding plants, poinsettias, cut flowers, and propagation. She has more than 20 years experience in greenhouse production and hold a degree in horticulture from Germany.


Doug Tallamy

Doug Tallamy photoDoug Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he has authored 69 research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, and other courses for 28 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His book “Bringing Nature Home; How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens” was published by Timber Press in 2007 and was awarded the 2008 silver medal by the Garden Writer’s Association.