March
1, 2007, VIRGINIA CERTIFIED HORTICULTURIST EXAM (5:30-9:30
pm)
sponsored by the Northern Virginia
Nursery & Landscape
Association (NVNLA)
at Meadows Farms Chantilly Landscape Office, 42461 John Mosby Hwy, Chantilly
Contact: 1-800-476-0055, vch@vnla.org Registration form online at www.vnla.org
March 1, 2007, LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN; HORTICULTURE VS
GARDENING
(The Rules Stink - Can't We Just Have
a Little Fun? by Felder Rushing)
Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens in the Hahn Pavilion, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
www.hort.vt.edu/hhg 540-231-5970 vtgarden@vt.edu
March 2, 2007, VIRGINIA
NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING
Virginia Tech Hahn Horticulture Pavilion, Blacksburg, VA
1-800-476-0055, info@vnla.org
March 3, 2007, RICK DRAKE
SEMINAR 10:00 .am. - noon
Virginia Tech, Litton-Reaves Hall, Blacksburg
sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Nursery & Landscape
Association and
The Virginia Tech Hahn Horticulture Gardens
Book signing, silent auction
540-231-5970 vtgarden@vt.edu
contact: info@swvnla.org www.swvnla.org
March 6, 2007, LANDSCAPERS "BMP'S":
TURF MANAGEMENT
York County Public Library - Yorktown Branch, Yorktown, VA
Contact: 757-890-3377, ext199@vt.edu
March 6-8, 2007, WESTERN
PA TURF CONFERENCE & TRADE
SHOW
Greater Pittsburgh ExpoMart, Monroeville, PA (USGA Seminar, March 5)
Contact: 814-238-2402, busofc@paturf.org www.paturf.org
March 7, 2007, ROANOKE
WORKSHOP: "SOIL"UTIONS
at Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA
www.treesvirginia.org 434-220-9024 becky.woodson@dof.virginia.gov
March 9, 2007, MAC-ISA BOARD MEETING
Reston, VA
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org
March 10, 2007, VIRGINIA CUT FLOWER GROWERS CONFERENCE
at Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
Contact: agsuite@vsu.edu 804-524-5960
March 10, 2007, APPLE TREE GRAFTING WORKSHOP in Lynchburg
$20 fee to make two trees
For information or registration contact: klaus.schreiber@lynchburgva.gov
March 13, 2007, AGRITOURISM: It's More Than a Farm Tour
by the Southside Virginia Community College Workforce Development Center
Keysville, VA 1-4:30 pm
Contact: 434-766-6761, ppatter@vt.edu
March 14, 2007, AGRITOURISM: It's More Than a Farm Tour
Alberta, VA 8:30 am - noon
Contact: 434-766-6761, ppatter@vt.edu
March 15, 2007, AGRITOURISM: It's More Than a Farm Tour
Franklin, VA 8:30 am - noon
Contact: 434-766-6761, ppatter@vt.edu
March 13-16, 2007, MAC-ISA ARBORIST CERTIFICATION COURSE
Montgomery College, Germantown, MD 24 CEU's
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org email: macisa@hughes.net
March 15-16, 2007, CERTIFIED IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR CLASS
sponsored by the Irrigation Association & the University of Maryland Plant
Science & Landscape Architecture
at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Contact: paul@hydrologix.com 703-536-7080 www.irrigation.org
March 17, 2007, THINK SPRING: GET EXCITED! by Paul James
Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens in the Hahn Pavilion, 10:00 a.m.
www.hort.vt.edu/hhg 540-231-5970 vtgarden@vt.edu
March 24, 2007, HORTICULTURE
GONE WILD: JAPANESE HORTICULTURAL
CRAFTSMANSHIP, PLANTSMANSHIP, & NURSERIES
Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens in the Hahn Pavilion, 10-11:30 a.m.
www.hort.vt.edu/hhg 540-231-5970 vtgarden@vt.edu
March 29-April 1, 2007, PLANET
STUDENT CAREER DAYS
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
(888) 303-3685 www.landcarenetwork.org
March 31, 2007, LAHR NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM
At the National Arboretum, Washington, DC (9 am - 3:30pm) $85
www.usna.usda.gov/Education/lahr2007b.pdf
March 31, 2007, HOLLY SOCIETY
OF AMERICA, COLONIAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER
SEMINARS
Patrick Henry Inn, Williamsburg, VA 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Contact: 804-642-2449
April 10-12, 2007, 18th ANNUAL ENVIRONMENT VIRGINIA SYMPOSIUM
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA
Contact: SpearsJA@vmi.edu 540-464-7750 www.environmentva.org
April 12, 2007, VIRGINIA WOMEN in AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE
Cultivating Community through Education and Communications:
Promoting Women's Success in Agriculture
Best Western Inn & Conference Center, Waynesboro, VA
Contact: cmarston@vt.edu
April 12-15, 2007, RICHMOND
AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY SHOW & SALE
Contact: Phyllis@lewisginter.org www.lewisginter.org
April 12-16, 2007, AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
San Francisco, CA
www.rhododendron.org
April 14, 2007, MAC-ISA TREE CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIP
Reston, VA (rain date April 15)
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org email: macisa@hughes.net
April 14-15, 2007, VIRGINIA DAFFODIL SOCIETY SHOW
Contact: Phyllis@lewisginter.org www.lewisginter.org
April 21, 2007, EARTH DAY RICHMOND 2007 (10 am - 4 pm)
Contact: Sandy Booth sandynum3@gmail.com for vendors/Exhibitors
April 21-28, 2007, HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK IN VIRGINIA
www.vagardenweek.org 804-644-7776 gdnweek@verizon.net
April 27, 2007, OFFICIAL VIRGINIA ARBOR DAY
Contact: VGIC/VNLA 540-382-0943 , info@virginiagreenindustry.org
April 27-29, 2007, RHODODENDRON SOCIETY MEETING
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CHAPTER OF THE American Rhododendron Society
Richmond, VA; Contact: www.macars.org 757-898-9159
May 2007 Top
May 16, 2007, MAC-ISA CERTIFICATION TEST
Chesapeake, VA
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org
May 17-19, 2007, AMERICAN BOXWOOD SOCIETY 47th ANNUAL MEETING
& 1st International Boxwood Symposium
Northern Virginia and Washington,
DC
Contact: www.boxwoodsociety.org
June 8, 2007, MAC-ISA BOARD MEETING
Location: TBA
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org
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July 16-18, 2007, VIRGINIA SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS
SUMMER TOUR
Sun & Surf Garden Tour, Norfolk and
Virginia Beach
Contact: 757-357-2961 droselius@aol.com www.vsld.org
August 5-12, 2007, The Silver Anniversary of the Perennial
Plant Symposium
Hyatt Regency, Columbus, Ohio. The week long program will include workshops,
seminars, tours of private gardens,
public gardens, nurseries, and garden centers as well as a 2-day trade show
http://www.perennialplant.org/index.asp 614-771-8431 ppa@perennialplant.org
August 9-11, 2007, SNA Trade Show
Atlanta, GA 770-953-3311, www.sna.org
August 15, 2007, VNLA RISK MANAGEMENT TRAINING SEMINARS
Location: TBA
Contact: 800-476-0055, info@vnla.org
August 16, 2007, VNLA ANNUAL FIELD DAY
at Waynesboro Nurseries, Waynesboro, VA
Contact: 800-476-0055, info@vnla.org
August 17, 2007, VNLA SUMMER TOUR: CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Contact: 800-476-0055, info@vnla.org
August 17-18, 2007, NCAN "GREEN & GROWIN'
SHOW"
Greensboro, NC 919-816-9119, www.ncan.com
August 24-25, 2007 VIRGINIA
CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING, CONFERENCE
AND TRADE SHOW
Natural Bridge, VA Contact: 540-382-7310, secretary@VirginiaChristmasTrees.org
September 2007 Top
September 6-7, 2007, 10th BIENNIAL SOUTHERN PLANT CONFERENCE
(SPC)
produced by the Southern Nursery Association
Hosted by the Alabama Nursery & Landscape Association
Battle House Hotel, Mobile, AL
Contact: 770-953-3311 lisa@sna.org
September 7, 2007, TREES VIRGINIA CONFERENCE
Waynesboro, VA
Contact: www.treesvirginia.org 434-220-9024 becky.woodson@dof.virginia.gov
September 12, 2007 (Wed), HRAREC ANNUAL FIELD DAY
HAMPTON ROADS AGRICULTURE RESEARCH & EXTENSION
CENTER
Contact: bapple@vt.edu
September 16-19, 2007, INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROPAGATORS'
SOCIETY
57th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Region
Hyatt Regency Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Contact: ippser@earthlink.net 631-765-9638 www.ipps.org/EasternNA
September 17-22, 2007, GCA EASTERN PERFORMANCE TRIALS 2007
Contact: 503-261-0500, info@gardencentersofamerica.org
October 1-3, 2007, MAC-ISA ANNUAL MEETING
Hagerstown, MD
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org
October 5-6, 2007, MIDDLE TENNESSEE NURSERY ASSOCIATION
(MTNA)
Trade Show @ McMinnville Civic Center, TN
Contact: 931-668-7322, mtna@blomand.net
October 24–27, 2007,
GREEN INDUSTRY CONFERENCE - PLANET
The Galt House/Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Green industry professionals will find something to spark their interest at
this
dynamic, information-packed conference and trade show
contact the PLANET office at (800) 395-2522 or www.landcarenetwork.org
November 13-17, 2007, GCA HOLIDAY TOUR
Contact: 503-261-0500, info@gardencentersofamerica.org
December 4-6, 2007, MAC-ISA ARBORIST CERTIFICATION COURSE
Charlottesville, VA
Contact: 703-753-0499, www.mac-isa.org
2008
January 3-4, 2008, MID-STATES HORTICULTURAL EXPO
Louisville, KY sponsored by the Southern Nursery Association
770-953-3311, www.mshe.org
January 9-11, 2008, MID-ATLANTIC NURSERY TRADE SHOW (MANTS)
Baltimore, MD www.mants.com
January 14-17, 2008, VTC
TURFGRASS & LANDSCAPE CONFERENCE
sponsored by the Virginia Turfgrass Council
Contact: 757-464-1004, vaturf@verizon.net
January 30-February 2, 2008, ANLA MANAGEMENT CLINIC
Galt House in Louisville, KY
Contact: ANLA at www.anla.org
