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8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.

Registration & Welcome
Presented by John Sanders

8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Andrew Bunting
Curator at Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College

“Growing Magnolias in the Home Garden:
Their Hardiness and Disease Resistance” 

9:20 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Mike Goatley Jr.

Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist
Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences of Virginia Tech

“Where to Save, Where to Spend in Commercial Lawncare”

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Break and TRADE SHOW

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Joe Boggs
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University Extension and the OSU Department of Entomology; Commercial Horticulture Educator, OSU Extension, Hamilton County

“Putting the Cart Behind the Horse: Urban Soil, Stress, and Tree Borers”

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Dr. Nicole Ward Gauthier
Extension Specialist for Fruit Crops, Ornamentals and Forestry
University of Kentucky

UK Updates: “Boxwood Blight – A New Disease for Kentucky Landscapes”

Dan Potter
Professor of Entomology at the University of Kentucky

“Bees, Pesticides, & Politics: Challenges & Opportunities for the Green Industry”

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Break for LUNCH

1:30 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

Andrew Bunting
Curator at Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College

“Which Witch? Rare & Gardenworthy Species in the Witch-Hazel (Hamamelidaceae) Family”

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Tom Kimmerer
Chief Scientist at Venerable Trees, Inc.

“Managing Ancient Trees in Urban Landscapes”

3:15 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.

Break for TRADE SHOW

3:35 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Clare Sipple

Manager at Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve

“Exotic Plant Eradication”