T H U R S D AY • N O V E M B E R 3 0
7:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION OPEN North Lobby
EXPO OPEN! Check out hundreds of the industry’s leading suppliers
• Sprint Sessions – 15-minute quick info hits
• Ask Extension – one-on-one time with the experts
• Skills & Safety Arena – interactive training
• BSLA’s "Central Park"
• Plant ID Challenge – self-guided challenge
• …and much more! Expo Floor
EXPO EDUCATION
9:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m.
SEMINARS ✪ ALL ACCESS
C E U ✪ Triage and Management Strategies for Landscape Turf Practitioners
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
C E U ✪ Marketing in the Digital Age: Reaching Today’s Time-Starved Consumers
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. C E U ✪ The Power of Nature: Our Future with Bees
C E U ✪ Water, Drought & Trees: Fundamental Understandings
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. C E U ✪ A Perspective on Perennial & Annual Diseases
C E U ✪ Urban Ecosystems: The Dynamic Conflict between Humans & Nature
C E U ✪ Cyclical, Emerging & Disappearing Pests in New England
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
C E U ✪ What’s Going on in Ornamental Horticulture: One Man’s Thoughts
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
MEETINGS/FUNCTIONS/EXAMS
7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Grunder @ GROWS! Business-Building Seminar (separate ticket & advance registration required)
Room 204
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Walkabout with Allan Armitage, Ph.D. (advance registration required)
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. GROWS Future Leaders Student Orientation Room 104
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) Lecture: Romancing the Stone Room 207
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Plant ID Boot Camp (separate ticket & advance registration required) Room 104
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. University of Massachusetts – Stockbridge School of Agriculture Alumni Reception Room 254
F R I D AY • D E C E M B E R 1
7:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION OPEN North Lobby
EXPO OPEN! Check out hundreds of the industry’s leading suppliers
• Sprint Sessions – 15-minute quick info hits
• Ask Extension – one-on-one time with the experts
• Skills & Safety Arena – interactive training
• BSLA’s "Central Park"
• Plant ID Challenge – self-guided challenge
• …and much more! Expo Floor
EXPO EDUCATION
9:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.
SEMINARS ✪ ALL ACCESS
C E U ✪ Tree and Shrub Diseases: Prevailing and Pervasive Pathogens in the Landscape
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
C E U ✪ Tales from the Garden
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. C E U ✪ Pruning Fruit Trees
C E U ✪ For Us and Them: Low Maintenance, Purposeful Native Plants
C E U ✪ Outlook on the Workforce: H-2A, B and Beyond
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. C E U ✪ Root Rot, Really?
C E U ✪ Hip, Hip Hydrangeas: New & Improved Cultivars
C E U ✪ Cannabis Production: Myths and Realities
C E U ✪ Water Usage & Drought Tolerance in Turf
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
C E U ✪ Creating Garden Momentum
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
Room 204
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
Room 204
Ballroom East
Ballroom West
MEETINGS/FUNCTIONS/EXAMS
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
New England Nursery Association Annual Meeting (by invitation)
Room 253
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. GROWS Future Leaders Student Orientation
Room 104
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 n OSHA: Safety Update for Landscape and Arboriculture Industries Room 206
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. GWA Connect! A networking session with garden communicators Room 207
SEE YOU AT GROWS!
November 29 – December 1, 2017
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