Hybrid event. Come in person to meet the speakers, greet old friends and make new ones–or join virtually in the comfort of your home or office. Recordings of Wednesday presentations will be available to online participants for a limited time. Friday’s Pesticide Recertification Day is in person only. Tickets are $80 per person. Link to details below.
Schedule as of 1/3/2023. All programs subject to change.
Presented by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, and Virginia Cooperative Extension
Continuing education hours are offered for each day. Net proceeds from Thursday and Friday help build CVNLA’s scholarship fund for students pursuing horticultural careers. Looking for Pesticide Recertification? scroll down to link to details.
* Please note: VNLA and CVNLA members may self-report contact hours on the appropriate forms.
2023 Schedule
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
8 am Doors open, coffee service for in person attendees
8:30 am Registration opens
9 am Welcome, virtual attendees admitted
9:10 am Cynthia Barnett, RAIN: A history for stormy times
10:20 am Abra Lee: Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country’s Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers
11:25 am Lunch, book signings (in person only)
12:25 pm Seth C. Penn, Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, Indigenous Solutions to Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture
1:35 pm Thomas Rainer, Phyto Studio, A World Unto its Own: The Residential Garden in a Post-Pandemic World
2:35 pm BREAK with snack
2:50 pm Duncan Himmelman, Healthy Soils: Stewards of Sustainability
3:50 pm adjourn
Thursday, February 9, 2023
8 am Doors open, coffee service for in person attendees
8:30 am Registration opens
8:50 am Welcome, virtual attendees admitted
9 am Jennifer Dowdell, project manager and senior landscape ecological planner/designer, Biohabitats Inc., Baltimore, MD. “Centering Ecology and Biodiversity in Design”
10:15 am Bill Cullina, Morris Arboretum, PA, Sugar, Sex, and Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera (virtual presentation)
11:15 am Dr. Nicholas Ruppel, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland Modeling the influence of environmental covariates on pollinator richness in urban gardens around Richmond
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Jasmine Thompson, Director, Philly Forests, Philadelphia, PA – “Creating Flourishing Ecosystems for All”
2:15 pm BREAK with snack
2:30 pm Dr. Matthew Borden, plant pathologist at Bartlett Tree Research Lab and Arboretum, Charlotte, NC- Should we reconsider boxwood in our landscapes?
3:30 pm Adjourn
Sponsor information to come.
