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