Meeting info
Oct. 27, 2016
Millcreek Gardens
15088 Smart-Cole Rd.
Ostrander, Ohio 43061
Agenda
5.-5:30 p.m. – Registration
5:30-6:30 p.m. – Facility tour
6:30-7 p.m. – OLA meeting
7-8 p.m. – Networking and food
Price
Free to OLA members
Free to first-time OLA meeting attendees
$30 for non-members
CEU's
1.5
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Expand your perennial power
Are you using the same perennials over and over again in your designs? Are you ready to spice it up and get new ideas for the best perennials to use in a garden? Are your clients looking for something new and different than what’s in the neighbor’s yard? Millcreek Gardens' head grower, Fred Higginbotham, will walk you through new varieties you must check out and will also show you underutilized perennials for the landscape. Millcreek currently grows over 750 varieties of perennials and the staff wants to help you find the best plants for your clients’ needs. And don’t worry, Higginbotham will also be reviewing the top 10 perennials for the landscape.
Speaker bio
Fred Higginbotham III – growing operations manager, OCNT, OCPA – earned a B.S. in agriculture from The Ohio State University, where he majored in Crop Science. He also holds an Associate’s Degree in floriculture from Alfred State. Higginbotham joined Millcreek in March of 2005 upon completion of his six month internship with us. He began as an assistant grower in the IMPACT Department and later as the head grower. After a few years, Higginbotham was promoted to growing operations supervisor. In the spring of 2013 he was promoted to growing operations manager and his responsibilities now encompass all aspects of growing at Millcreek including projecting sales and growing figures, staffing and labor management in the growing areas and budgeting.