Registration is now open at wnla.org for the 2017 Western, being held Jan. 19-20 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 2017 Western will feature:
• Wednesday evening reception (Jan. 18) celebrating Kids + Nature with quick-fire presentations by Megan Sperry, horticulture therapist at Ozanam; Denise Scribner and students from Eisenhower High School; Susan Yoder, executive director for Seed Your Future; and Claudia West, author of 'Planting in a Post-Wild World', plus an introduction to the new MOGIA organization in Missouri. – Thanks to Western Partners Ball Horticultural Company, Forrest Keeling Nursery, Greenleaf Nursery Company, Home Nursery and Honey Creek Nursery.
• Keynote address on 'Planting in a Post-Wild World' with Claudia West – Thanks to Forrest Keeling Nursery, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries & Bohn’s Farm and Greenhouses.
• Ticketed, 4-hour design workshop on designing resilient and stunningly beautiful plant communities.
• Learning centers by Ball Horticultural Company, Greenleaf Nursery Company, KAT Wholesale Outdoor, Loma Vista Nursery, PlantRight / Schwope Brothers Tree Farms and Stockman Stoneworks.
• Roundtable discussions on drones, trends in landscape design, caring for native plants, water management in the landscape, seed your future, creating a small business, engineering problems, hiring, social impact business models, fruits and nuts in the Midwest and more.
• Horticulture in 2027 panel discussion.
• What’s new in 2017 new plant panel discussion.
• Fashion show of new plants – thanks to American Nurseryman.
• Western pub networking.
• Western University – thanks to KAT Wholesale Outdoor.
• GrowNative! education on native plants of the Midwest, super sedges: purposeful natives for the landscape, native edibles and the food web.
• Education in Spanish sessions, including one on caring for native plants.
• Emerging leaders facilitated conversation on managing staff – thanks to Ball Seed.
• Student advisory committee meeting.
Registration is $50 per person (WNLA members). You can register online at wnla.org or print and mail a registration form. Call 888-233-1876 or email info@wnla.org if you want a form sent to you. More information can be found at wnla.org.
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• Wednesday evening reception (Jan. 18) celebrating Kids + Nature with quick-fire presentations by Megan Sperry, horticulture therapist at Ozanam; Denise Scribner and students from Eisenhower High School; Susan Yoder, executive director for Seed Your Future; and Claudia West, author of 'Planting in a Post-Wild World', plus an introduction to the new MOGIA organization in Missouri. – Thanks to Western Partners Ball Horticultural Company, Forrest Keeling Nursery, Greenleaf Nursery Company, Home Nursery and Honey Creek Nursery.
• Keynote address on 'Planting in a Post-Wild World' with Claudia West – Thanks to Forrest Keeling Nursery, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries & Bohn’s Farm and Greenhouses.
• Ticketed, 4-hour design workshop on designing resilient and stunningly beautiful plant communities.
• Learning centers by Ball Horticultural Company, Greenleaf Nursery Company, KAT Wholesale Outdoor, Loma Vista Nursery, PlantRight / Schwope Brothers Tree Farms and Stockman Stoneworks.
• Roundtable discussions on drones, trends in landscape design, caring for native plants, water management in the landscape, seed your future, creating a small business, engineering problems, hiring, social impact business models, fruits and nuts in the Midwest and more.
• Horticulture in 2027 panel discussion.
• What’s new in 2017 new plant panel discussion.
• Fashion show of new plants – thanks to American Nurseryman.
• Western pub networking.
• Western University – thanks to KAT Wholesale Outdoor.
• GrowNative! education on native plants of the Midwest, super sedges: purposeful natives for the landscape, native edibles and the food web.
• Education in Spanish sessions, including one on caring for native plants.
• Emerging leaders facilitated conversation on managing staff – thanks to Ball Seed.
• Student advisory committee meeting.
Registration is $50 per person (WNLA members). You can register online at wnla.org or print and mail a registration form. Call 888-233-1876 or email info@wnla.org if you want a form sent to you. More information can be found at wnla.org.