As you can imagine, there is A LOT of planning that goes into putting on a conference and GardenComm's event, coming up in August, is no exception. Working with our local arrangements committee and seeing everything they have planned, including the garden tours has me looking forward to our 75th anniversary conference which is going to be amazing. There is no other event that offers this type of education, private and public garden tours and networking. If you want to drive your business and revenue, then hands down, this is the one must-attend event. From where I'm sitting, I can promise you, it will not disappoint!
GardenComm's annual conference happens in Minneapolis in August. Come see us, meet new members, be inspired to learn and create new opportunites for yourself and your business. Don't let these opportunities pass you by. We hope to see you there.
Chris Sabbarese
GardenComm | Executive Director
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Member News
🏆 Region 1 - Thomas Mickey Book Award - The Victorian Society of America has awarded Thomas Mickey's new book All about Flowers: James Vick's Nineteenth-Century Seed Company the award of top Victorian era book of the year.
📰 Region 4 - David Ellis announced American Horticultural Society Awards & Honors American Horticultural Society 2023 National Awards, many featuring GardenComm members. See all the winners on the AHS website.
📰 Region 4 - Mary Palmer Dargan regional director, and Arielle McIntyre, apprentice landscape designer, are hosting a live garden design workshop on May 11, from 10AM to 12:30PM. LEARN MORE
📰 Region 4 - Kim Halyak in Memphis, TN, highlighted the Cooper-Young Garden Walk and is inviting everyone to “Experience Memphis Gardens”. It's a citywide tour of 200 urban and suburban, eclectic private gardens, and farms, created by novices, sophisticated gardeners and stylish landscapers. The event begins with the Cooper-Young Garden Walk, May 20-21, 2023, featuring 100 gardens, art vendors, speakers, a shuttle bus, and musicians.
📚 Region 6 - Jeff LowenfelsBook Launch - Teaming With Bacteria There is an extremely new and important component to the soil food web known as rhizophagy which can account for up to 40% of a plant's nitrogen being produced internally by bacteria in meristem root cells. These and other endophytic bacteria have a great impact on plant growth and are extremely important for gardeners to understand.
Member Profile
GardenComm is randomly selecting members to post a profile to get to know a little about them. We'll feature them on the website and one each month in the Regions Newsletter.
David R. Clark
David is a relatively new member of GardenComm, but he's certainly not new to our industry! With a focus on horticulture education, plant science dissemination, gardening tips, and trends and floral design techniques, David excels at presenting this information to local and international groups. David has over 80 classes "in the can" and "ready to rock and roll".
Hailing from New York, David belongs to GardenComm Region 1. He feels like the exposure he gains to other members and learning communication tips and techniques makes his membership worthwhile.
He has been a college professor at S.U.N.Y. Niagara County Community College, where, as a horticulture instructor, he taught floral design, greenhouse management, and history and practical experience for the florist, among other subjects.
FINAL DAY!The Sustainability Summit is a free, 3-day virtual summit, presenting sustainability leaders in the green industry. It looks at issues that affect everyone, regardless if you’re an industry professional or individual consumer. It’s a collective of industry and business professionals who do amazing work, yet much of it goes unnoticed or overlooked, the industry operates in silos. What affects our gardens, affects our trees, affects our landscape and affects our farms. It’s all connected and only the GardenCommunity can bring them all together in this one event.
Speakers & Sessions
Richard Restuccia, SVP of Water Management Solutions at Jain Irrigation – Agricultural Irrigation
Danny Mishek, President of SelfEco/ Proven Winner – Compostable Plant Containers
Denise Coogan, Environmental Partnership Manager |Subaru USA – Zero Waste Facilities
Ben Wilinski, Director, Partnerships and Innovation | Arbor Day Foundation – Trees & Carbon
Warren Gorowitz, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility | Hunter Industries – Sustainability and CSR
Tania Marien, Contributor to The Carbon Almanac – Inside the Global Network of the Carbon Almanac
Panel Discussions
GardenComm Sustainability Committee – The Past, Present and Future: Embracing Sustainable Initiatives and Practices in Our Diverse Industry. Panelist include:
Lois de Vries, Executive Director of the Sustainable Gardening Institute and founder of SGI's Sustainable Gardening Library
Casey Sclar, Ph.D., H. O. Smith Endowed Director of The Arboretum at Penn State and Adjunct Professor of Entomology
Eliot Wadsworth, owner of White Flower Farm, a family nursery business in Litchfield, CT
Moderator: Debra Knapke, The Garden Sage and Co-Chair of the GardenComm Sustainability Committee.
Supporting Sustainability in the Garden Marketplace - Discussion lead by LaManda Joy, Co-Founder of the Great Grow Along and Simple Spring Research, with garden product suppliers.
The sessions are 45 minutes and will run from 2PM-5PM EST, and Q&A with our presenters. This is a virtual event you won't want to miss, so be sure to register now for your session links and all replays, if you can't attend live.
Cultivate 2023 | Columbus, OH
July 15-18
Cultivate'23 is the largest horticulture trade show in North America! It is happening July 15-18, 2023 at the Columbus Convention Center. Thanks to AmericanHort, GardenComm members are eligible to receive the AmericanHort member discount pricing when registering for Cultivate'23.
Register Now! 2023 GardenComm Annual Conference August 1-5, presented by Endless Summer® Hydrangeas
What do garden tours, educational sessions, trade shows, networking, top garden center owners and operators, media awards and honors all have in common? GardenComm's 75th Annual Conference presented by Endless Summer® Hydrangeas! Join us live in Minneapolis, MN, August 1-5th, for this major milestone conference. Together with Platinum Sponsors, Proven Winners Color Choice®, we've put together an industry experience you can't find anywhere else. Check out the website for more details and watch the preview video below for a sneak peek of what's in store for you in Minneapolis.
👀 📹 Want to get a sneak peek of what's planned for Minneapolis? Watch the video with Ryan McEnaney from Bailey Nurseries® to see what's on tap for this year's event. Check out the website for more details and we'll see you in Minneapolis.
