Events for Professionals & MLNA Members

Attention: MLNA Event Open to All Green Industry Professional:Summer Business Meeting & Field Day MLNA Welcomes Members & Guests
Date: Jun 25, 2009

Location: 2400 South Scenic Springfield, MO

Many events are planned throughout the day:
~A presentation on the replanting of Greensburg, KS by Tim McDonnell, Community Forest Coordinator with Kansas Forest Service.
~Springfield's Friends of the Garden will be giving guided tours of the park as well as the future site of Springfield/Greene County Botanical Center.
~We will have areas for sponsors and vendors to display their products and services to our members and guests. More information soon!

~We are tentatively planning to offer our STAR Certification Testing and Review Workshop. We have enrollment minimums and maximums so complete certification entrollment today so we know you are interested in certification testing.

~We will also be co hosting a 9 hole golf tournament across the street at Horton Smith Golf Course from 7-9 that morning.

Please contact:

Bryan Stringer, Vice President of MLNA for more information

Phone: 417-529-2073

Fax: (417)359-9254

Company: BWI Companies, Inc.

Email: bryan@acs.bwicompanies.com

The 27th Perennial Plant Symposium

The 27th Perennial Plant Symposium - 2009, presented by the Perennial Plant Association, will be hosted in St. Louis, Missouri, Sunday, July 19 thru Friday, July 24th, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel located in the historic St. Louis Union Station. The PPA Symposium includes 5 specialty tours, a featured Wednesday tour, two days of professional multi-track seminars and numerous networking opportunities. For more about Symposium schedule and registration details, visit http://www.perennialplant.org/. For more, contact the Perennial Plant Association at (614) 771-8431 or ppa@perennialplant.org.

The 2009 St. Louis Garden Symposium

The 2009 St. Louis Garden Symposium, presented by the Horticulture Co-op of Metro St. Louis, features “Your Garden, Your MASTERPIECE,” Saturday, March 7, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the campus of St. Louis Community College-Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Blvd. in Kirkwood. Registration is just $ 45.00 and includes all presentations and a light lunch. The keynote speaker is Susan Appleget Hurst, Sr. Assoc. Editor, Better Homes & Gardens magazine, presenting the topic: “What Makes a Picture-Perfect Garden.” The event also features local experts leading workshops, classes and hand-on demonstrations regarding such timely topics as Rain Gardens, Sustainability in the Garden, Edible Gardening, Lawn Care, Ideal Trees for the Midwest, Butterfly Gardening and more. For details, visit http://www.hortco-op.org/ or call (314) 487-4995 or email info@hortco-op.org

More info on the 2009 Gateway EXPO of Regional Wholesale Flower Growers March 4

The 2009 Gateway EXPO of Regional Wholesale Flower Growers, presented by the Greater St. Louis Flower Growers Association, is set for Wednesday, March 4, 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The Columns Banquet Center, 711 Veterans Memorial Parkway, St. Charles, MO. This grower exhibit and educational event is FREE (including a hot lunch!) and open to all retail and landscape professionals. You must RSVP on or before February 20 for this FREE event (for the purpose of accommodating lunch preparations). RSVP to Chris Nejelski at chris.nejelski@mobot.org. For more information, visit http://www.hortco-op.org/ and find the event in the “Industry Calendar” section.

Statewide Program offers Green Industry Professional Training on Landscape Design

ALLIED State-wide Industry Events: Attention ALL Green Industry Professionals Interested In Expanding Your Knowledge of Missouri Natives!
Landscape Design With Missouri In Mind / A Practical Application Workshop
For Landscape Professionals
Friday, January 30, 2009
330 Commerce Drive, Highway 179
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102OR
Friday, February 20, 2009
MDC Northeast Regional Office
3500 South Baltimore
Kirksville, Missouri 63501 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Fairchild at 573-522-4115 ext.
3833 or http://barbara.fairchild@mdc.mo.gov./

Greater St. Louis Flower Growers Association presents annual EXPO

The second annual "GATEWAY EXPO of Regional Wholesale Flower Growers: Local Alliances = Success & Profits", presented by Greater St. Louis Flower Growers Association, offers a forum for retail merchants and landscape professionals to meet wholesale growers of the region and discuss their specific plant material needs. The event, scheduled for Wednesday, March 4th, 8:45a.m. - 3:00p.m., will include exhibits by growers of the region. The EXPO provides an excellent opportunity to satisfy the growing consumer trend to be "locavores" and buy products produced locally. For more informantion visit: Hort Co-op of Metro St. Louis

Bayer AdvancedTM Scholars Program

In challenging economic times, making an investment in your people and staff is an even more critical necessity than in prosperous times. In a year where some independent garden centers might be tempted to cut training budgets, The American Nursery & Landscape Association is proud to work in conjunction with Bayer AdvancedTM to launch the innovative BAYER ADVANCEDTM SCHOLARS program in 2009, a fund created to offset education/training costs for more than 75 independent garden centers this year – including scholarships to the 2009 Management Clinic, the 2009 Retail Roadshow, and the 2009 Legislative Conference.

To launch the program, 40 full scholarships ($729 value) to the Management Clinic were awarded. Scholarship package included a full registration to the upcoming Management Clinic (Louisville KY, Feb 6-9), a Muggets networking badge, and a private evening networking reception with ANLA leadership. (Attendee is responsible for transportation to/from and housing at the event.)

The Management Clinic is an unparalleled conference experience, featuring 60 educational programs in 3 days. The 2009 event highlights sessions targeted specifically at creating business success in challenging times. A full program can be viewed at: http://www.managementclinic.org/

MLNA invites members to support St. Louis Hort Coop Silent Auction

We hope that you will consider submitting an item (or more!) for the silent auction part of the Spring 2009 St. Louis Garden Symposium to be held on Saturday, March 7, 2009 (see http://www.hortco-op.org/ for details). It can be a plant, a book or a favorite tool...whatever.The silent auction is always popular with the attendees and we are looking to connect the gardening public with area horticulturists by having this segment…by putting a face and a voice with each item offered in the auction. Proceeds from the auction go towards student scholarships, etc.

Thank you,

Cindy Gilberg,

HorticulturistDesign and Consulting

2906 Ossenfort Rd.Wildwood, MO 63038

cindy.gilberg@gmail.com