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ADVANCE
PROGRAM
BROWSE + DO BUSINESS
LEARN + LET LOOSE
CONNECT + GROW
January 14–16, 2020 | Minneapolis Convention Center
www.NorthernGreen.org | info@NorthernGreen.org | 651.633.4987
GENEROUSLY
SUPPORTED BY:
WHOLESALE NURSERY & HARDSCAPES
Your Trusted Partner
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WHOLESALE NURSERY & HARDSCAPES
Table of Contents
Advertiser Index........................................4
Schedule Overview...................................4
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Association Meetings...............................4 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
Trade Show Hours.....................................4
7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Master Classes (Tuesday)........................6 Pesticide Recertification (Categories Free coffee in Lobby C
Green Industry Awards Celebration.........7 A,E,F, and P available) (while supplies last)
Wednesday-At-A-Glance..........................8 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Opening Keynote.......................................9 PLT Relicensure – Landscape Lighting MNLA Annual Meeting
CEO Track & CEO Lounge.........................9 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday Sessions.........................10-15 Up Your Retail Game (by Early Bird Session
How to Register.......................................10 Getting Down to Business) 8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Morning Coffee.......................................11 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Free Gift for First-Timers........................12 Keys to Succe$$ in the 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday-At-A-Glance............................16 Hardscaping Business Trade Show Open
Interactive Track.....................................18 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 9:05 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Closing Keynote......................................18 Designing Plant Communities Workshop Concurrent Sessions
App...........................................................19 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 9:10 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday Sessions........................... 19-24 A Plant Out of Place Campfire, Sandbox, Climber’s Corner,
Hotels......................................................20 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Tech Lab, and Theater Sessions
Let Loose in Minneapolis.......................22 Trade Show Preview Party 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs).......24 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MPSTMA Annual Meeting
Handout Information..............................24 Green Industry Awards Celebration 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Exhibitors........................................... 26-27 MAC Luncheon
Vendor Directory.....................................27 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Campfires................................................28 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. MGCSA Annual Meeting
Climber’s Corner.....................................28 Free coffee in Lobby C 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
(while supplies last) MNRC Annual Meeting
Escape Room Challenge.........................28
Innovation & Inspiration Theater............28 7:30 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. 2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Early Bird Session Concurrent Sessions
The Sandbox...........................................28
Tech Lab..................................................28 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 3:20 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Opening Keynote – All attendees Closing Keynote
Career Central.........................................29 and exhibitors welcome!
Free Lunch...............................................29 All attendees and exhibitors welcome!
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Northern Gardener Bookstore................29 Trade Show Open
Preview Party..........................................29
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Silent Auction..........................................29 Concurrent Sessions
Trivia Trail................................................29
Registration Options and Form........ 30-31
10:05 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Campfire, Sandbox, Climber’s Corner,
Trade Show Hours
Tech Lab, and Theater Sessions
Visit hundreds of exhibitors in
Advertiser Index 2:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
a 198,000 square foot exhibit
hall at Northern Green.
Albert J. Lauer, Inc....................................7
Anderson Nurseries, Inc...........................7 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
Bachman’s Wholesale Nursery &
ASSOCIATION MEETINGS Preview Party, 4:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Hardscapes.........................................3 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2020 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15
Borgert.....................................................25 • 7:00am – MNLA Annual Meeting. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room 101FG.
Central Landscape Supply.....................21
• 10:45am – MPSTMA Annual Meeting. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
COWSMO, INC. .......................................15 Room 101FG. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ditch Witch..............................................27 • Noon – MAC Luncheon. Lounge A.
Gertens Wholesale & Professional Turf • 12:30pm – MGCSA Annual Meeting.
Supply............. 13, Outside Back Cover Room 101FG.
Hoffman & McNamara Nursery and • 2:00pm – MNRC Annual Meeting.
Landscape.........................................14 Room 207. Northern Green is presented by the
Plaisted Companies, Inc...........................2 Minnesota Nursery & Landscape
Ramy Turf Products................................11 Disclaimer: Although every reasonable effort is made to Association (MNLA) and the Minnesota
provide the speakers, topics, and sessions listed, some
Rock Hard Landscape Supply..................5 changes or substitutions may occur. Speakers and Turf & Grounds Foundation (MTGF).
sessions are subject to cancellation or changes up to
SMSC Organics Recycling Facility.........23 and including the day the session(s) are scheduled to be
held. Changes or cancellations are made at the discretion
Truck Utilities, Inc......................................5 of MNLA/MTGF and may be done without notifying
Wheeler Landscape Supply......................5 attendees. If sessions are changed or cancelled, no refunds
should be expected. Submission of the registration form
Ziegler Cat...............................................17 acknowledges acceptance of this provision.
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CLASSES
MASTER CLASSES
Tuesday Registrations include one of the
MASTER TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
below Tuesday Master
Generously Classes.
supported by: Note the
number of the class with your attendee
registration information on the other side.
Grow your skills as a green industry professional by attending a Master Class on Tuesday
of Northern Green week. Available with 1-Day, 2-Day, and 3-Day Registration options.
1. PLT RELICENSURE – ADVANCED LANDSCAPE LIGHTING CONCEPTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
1 Pending Minnesota Dept. of Labor & Industry approval, this class satisfies eight hours of continuing education
requirements for the Power Limited Training Licensure, including 2 hours of code and 6 hours of technical training
oriented specifically toward the landscape industry. The focus for 2020 is landscape lighting.
2. PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION WORKSHOP
This workshop meets the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Commercial Pesticide Applicator Requirements
for Category A (Core) and Category E (Turf and Ornamentals). Recertification for optional Categories F (Aquatics) and P
(Vertebrate Pest) will also be offered as part of this workshop.
Licensed applicators with Categories A and E who last attended a recertification workshop in 2018, and newly
licensed pesticide applicators in 2019, must attend an MDA-approved workshop by December 31, 2020. By attending
the Pesticide Recertification track and scanning in and out onsite with staff of the Department of Agriculture,
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applicators will obtain recertification credit.
For applicators to receive credit for optional Category F or Category P, they must attend the entire Pesticide
Recertification track (Category A, E, and F or P), and scan in and out with staff of the Department of Agriculture.
3. DESIGNING PLANT COMMUNITIES WORKSHOP with Claudia West
Our planet is rapidly losing the ecosystems and plants that sustain us and life on earth. Creating more ecological
and functional landscapes in our cities and suburbs is urgently needed. However, many plantings that focus on
ecological benefits suffer for aesthetic and functional challenges and fail to inspire the public. Great design that
follows successful planting strategies is an essential part of the solution. Join us as we dig deep into inspiring design
principles derived from wild plant communities and learn to create successful planting systems that provide essential
ecosystem functions and contribute to our quality of life. Known for her passionate advocacy of plant-driven design,
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Claudia West is a leading voice in the emerging field of ecological planting design. She will introduce you to an
innovative form of planting design that works with natural principles and marries horticulture with ecology.
Moderate to advanced planting design and plant management skills are required for this workshop.
4. A PLANT OUT OF PLACE with Gary Johnson, Dave Hanson, Sam Bauer, & Mary Meyer
If you are working in the green industry you have likely heard the term “a plant out of place” or in layman’s terms, a
weed. This can mean many things to many people, but for plants, it can just be wrong place, wrong setting, wrong
choice. Are you using the best plant for the situation? This interesting and educational workshop will take a look at the
landscapes that green industry professionals encounter, including true weeds, and also the plants you may be using
correctly or incorrectly. We will discuss the many different versions of the term “plant out of place,” from trees, to
herbaceous plants, to turfgrass, to an invasive buckthorn mass.
Learn from the following green industry experts and educators:
• Trees – Gary Johnson University of Minnesota, Department of Forestry
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Invasive Plants – Dave Hanson, MnDOT, Vegetation Management
Turf – Sam Bauer, Bauer Turf Consulting
Herbaceous Plants – Mary Meyer, University of Minnesota, Department of Horticultural Science
5. UP YOUR RETAIL GAME with Petra Marquart, Zac O’Connor & Joe Baer
If you are a retail garden center owner, manager or employee looking for just-in-time information, new skills, and new
ideas to grow your business, this Master Class is for you! The day will include the following:
• Differentiate Yourself Through Customer Service – Petra Marquart
• Digital Marketing: Building a Healthy Ecosystem – Zac O’Connor, Web Conductors
• Interactive Visual Merchandising – Joe Baer, ZenGenius
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• Peer Roundtables with Take Home Ideas You Can Use
This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn, connect, and discuss challenges unique to independent garden
centers. We hope you will join us!
6. KEYS TO SUCCE$$ IN THE HARDSCAPING BUSINESS with Pat McCrindle
2020 is the year to take your landscape business to the next level. Join hardscape guru, Pat McCrindle, for a fast-
moving class that will outline the keys to success in hardscaping. Pat spends most of his time sharing knowledge and
experience with newcomers and industry veterans looking for an edge on the competition. During this interactive class,
McCrindle will discuss the following and more!
6 • Adding Hardscape Install to Your Business: Equipment, Training and Capital Investment
• Best Practices: Paver Installation and Essentials
• The Right Equipment to Increase Production
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GREEN INDUSTRY AWARDS
CELEBRATI0N
R E C O G N I Z I N G E X C E L L E N C E I N M I N N E S O TA’ S G R E E N I N D U S T R Y
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TUESDAY, JAN. 14, 6:00 P.M. | TICKETS: $40/$50 ONSITE
A joint effort by MNLA and MTGF, this event utilizes the
Innovation & Inspiration Theater on the trade show floor,
which includes an outstanding visual display. There
will be fantastic food, cash bars, and lots to celebrate!
We’ll recognize a number of deserving individuals and
companies for service, research, excellence in landscape
and sports field work, receiving and sponsoring
scholarships, and for completion of the Green Industry
Leadership Institute. Special thanks to our sponsors:
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WEDNESDAY
At-A-Glance
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KEY:
Session in Seminar Room
Session on Trade Show Floor
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Premium Content (upgrade required) Supported By:
7:30 AM University of Minnesota Turf Research Update 1:15 PM Climbing Demo | Climbers Corner
8:20 AM Eric Watkins | 101 CDE 1:45 PM Use of Drones in Landscape Design for Site Survey
OPENING KEYNOTE: Embracing Change Sam Geer | The Sandbox
8:30 AM
9:45 AM Paul Douglas | Main Aud Climate Change and Hardiness Zones, Pt. 2
1:45 PM
All attendees and exhibitors welcome! 2:15 PM Lee Frelich | Theater
10:00 AM
Trade Show Open Why Are Stone Walls Falling Down?
5:00 PM Daniel Arabella | Lakeshore Campfire
Works in Stone: Building with Integrity and Mindful of Innovations in Plant Certification
10:00 AM Craig Regelbrugge | Backyard Campfire
11:00 AM our Cultural Legacy | Daniel Arabella | Aud 3
Deciphering the Color Code for More Sales! 2020 Vision: Garden and Greenhouse Trends You Need
2:00 PM
Christina Salwitz | Aud 1 3:00 PM to Know About | Neil Anderson | Aud 1
Bulbs as Companion Plants | Brent Heath | Aud 2 Common Water Feature Mistakes
Monitoring and Managing Organic Matter in Putting Jan Schreier | 101 DEF
Greens | Doug Linde | 101 CDE Inside the Design | Nick McCullough | Aud 3
The Invasive Spotted Lanternfly: What You Need to Sports Feld Performance Testing: Current Tends and
Know and How We are Fighting the Invasion Future Applications | Chase Straw | 102 ABC
Emelie Swackhamer | 102 ABC Putting Green Trueness: Can It Be Measured?
Irrigation 2020 Roundtable Discussion | 102 DEF Doug Linde | 101 CDE
10:00 AM CEO PREMIUM CONTENT: How to Grow Your Company Breakthrough Plant Breeding in Flowering Shrubs
12:00 PM from the Inside Out | The Resultants | 101 AB Tim Wood | Aud 2
10:05 AM MNLA Landscape Case Study 2:00 PM CEO PREMIUM CONTENT: How to Grow Your Company
10:35 AM Sam Geer | Theater 4:10 PM from the Inside Out | The Resultants | 101 AB
Hand and Power Tools: Use, Selection, and Safety 2:15 PM
Chris Flegel | Lakeshore Campfire 3:15 PM
Fly a Drone | Sam Geer | The Sandbox
MNLA Certification Exam—Study Tips Will Sterile Plants Save Us? | Mary Meyer | Theater
2:20 PM
Cert. Task Team | Backyard Campfire 2:50 PM Legal Pay Practices for the Green Industry
10:40 AM Ironclad Hostas for the Landscape Patrick McGuiness | Lakeshore Campfire
11:10 AM Steve Kelley | Theater Cold Hardiness in Minnesota
Smart Salting: Improve Your Winter Maintenance Steve Shimek, MDA | Backyard Campfire
Program and Save Money
Carolyn Dindorf | Lakeshore Campfire 3:00 PM Introduction to E-Commerce for the Horticulture
Research for the Real World—The Year in Review 3:30 PM Industry | Stacy Noble | Theater
Jim Calkins | Backyard Campfire Winter Protection for Container Plants
Bert Swanson | Lakeshore Campfire
11:15 AM Palmer Amaranth Identification & Update
11:45 AM
Climbing Demo | Climbers Corner
Shane Blair | Backyard Campfire
11:15 AM MN State Patrol Commercial Vehicle Inspection Demo 3:10 PM How to Choose Sustainability in Everyday Decisions
12:15 AM The Sandbox 4:10 PM Nick McCullough | Aud 3
11:20 AM 100 Years of Daffodils and More! | Brent Heath | Theater Finding Good Labor, H-2 Visas
11:50 AM Professional Gardening Networking Group Meeting Craig Regelbrugge | Aud 1
Lakeshore Campfire Reimagining the Perennial Plant Palette
Mycorrhizae: Why Four Species Are Better Than One Kelly Norris | Aud 2
Michael Hull | Backyard Campfire LED Lighting in the Landscape—What’s New?
Gerry DeLaVega and Lighting Panel | 102 DEF
12:15 PM Ash Tree Working Standards
12:45 PM Invasive Species /Noxious Weed Status Update
Jim Calkins | Theater Nicholas Bomber | 102 ABC
Landscape Design Networking Group Meeting with Weeding Through Invasive Aquatic Plants in Minnesota
Nick McCullough | Lakeshore Campfire Megan Weber | 101 CDE
3:15 PM Pruning Demo | Climbers Corner
12:15 PM 3:45 PM Use of Drones in Arboriculture
1:00 PM
Fly a Drone | Sam Geer | The Sandbox
Brock Eastlund | The Sandbox
1:00 PM Climate Change and Hardiness Zones, Pt. 1
Lee Frelich | Theater 4:20 PM Rigging/High Risk Tree Removal
1:30 PM Nels Spence & Marco Vargas | Theater
4:50 PM
Garden Center Networking Group Meeting with
Christina Salwitz | Lakeshore Campfire 15 Ways Your Displays Can Help You Sell More
Christina Salwitz | Lakeshore Campfire
Spotted Lanternfly: Just the Basics
Emelie Swackhamer | Backyard Campfire Looking for Your Future Workforce?
Jay Siedschlaw | Backyard Campfire
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C E O
TRACK
Opening Keynote *Requires Wednesday Registration, plus paid premium upgrade.
Includes access to the CEO Lounge.
Embracing Change WEDNESDAY | ROOM 101 AB
Paul Douglas
WEDNESDAY 8:30–9:45 AM | MAIN AUDITORIUM
HOW TO GROW YOUR
The only predictable thing about the future is change. COMPANY FROM THE
All of us have a fear of the unknown. But to be
successful, every individual and company will need to
INSIDE OUT
embrace change. Experts estimate half of all current Presented by The Resultants
jobs may be disrupted by an inevitable tsunami
You started your business for the
of change: automation, outsourcing, robotics and
freedom that comes with running your
artificial intelligence. We’re just now witnessing the tip
own company. The challenge is that
of the iceberg of what promises to be a fundamental
for many business owners the dream
restructuring of the U.S. economy – and all of us need
remains elusive. Running a business
to pay attention.
day-to-day can be overwhelming
Today’s graduate may have to navigate and leave you with little time to work
as many as four different careers and S ON the business rather than IN it. Jerry
KEYNOTE Olson
FREE
two dozen jobs. Like it or not, we are
This workshop offers a proven
all members of the “Gig Economy.”
WITH ALL methodology and tools to help owners
This calls for a mindset of lifelong PASSES and their leadership teams make the
learning and retraining; to be ready
most of their time and talents, and
(in some cases) for jobs that don’t even
gain real traction toward achieving
exist today. We are all entrepreneurs now, but tools
their vision. You will be engaged
are becoming available to ease this rocky transition
by business advisors and industry
into the near future. A willingness to fail, iterate and
peers who have been in your shoes.
reinvent is no longer optional. How do we get to a
Peter
place of embracing change and building flexibility The presentation will be especially Beaumont
into our career plans as well as business plans? One helpful if you and/or your business:
thing seems certain: what worked in 1995 probably 1. Has outgrown the capacities of the
won’t work in 2025. Paul explores the challenges and people, processes, and/or resources
potential solutions as America charges headlong into 2. Are looking for the discipline and
a new Information Economy. structure to change, adapt and grow
Paul Douglas is a 32-year 3. Are currently self-implementing
broadcast television veteran and EOS® and want to achieve
Minnesota’s first Certified Broadcast greater results
Steve
Meteorologist. He’s lived in Minnesota The Entrepreneurial Operating Wilcox
for 26 years, where he taught System® (EOS®) is a complete set
Broadcast Meteorology at St. Cloud of time tested, simple concepts and
State University, and authored two tools that have helped thousands of
books, “Prairie Skies, the Minnesota business owners and entrepreneurs
Weather Book”, and “Restless
Paul get what they want from their
Douglas Skies, The Ultimate Weather Book.” businesses. Made famous by the book
Douglas has always been fascinated “Traction” by Gino Wickman, EOS® has
by the intersection of weather and impacted thousands of entrepreneurial
technology and has launched six companies into this companies around the world. Terri
space. His company’s products have been used in Wilcox
Participants will walk away with:
movies by Steven Spielberg, became the first weather
app for a smart phone, and provide weather content for 1. An introduction to
a 24/7 national cable weather channel. the EOS® Process and Tools
2. Actionable steps that can be
implemented the next day
3. A copy of “Traction” by Gino Wickman
Keynotes Supported by: CEO Track & CEO
Lounge generously
supported by:
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WEDNESDAY SESSIONS
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM | 101 CDE create a cultural legacy that we can the choices? Some people live with a
University of Minnesota look back on? No matter what material patchwork of colors in the landscape for
Turf Research Update you choose to use in your construction years knowing that it doesn’t feel cohesive,
Eric Watkins, University of Minnesota techniques, there needs to be a greater while others “play it safe” with neutral
This presentation will update you on emphasis on the depth of character everything (and wonder why their garden
the latest projects being conducted the design or installation has, keeping lacks personality). How do we address this
at the Turfgrass Research, Outreach, in mind things like longevity, culture, in a retail setting when we’re supposed to
and Education (TROE) Center and in effects of the labor, and even how it not only be making sales but also be giving
field settings throughout the state of can create pride in your local area. design advice in a fast-paced environment
Minnesota. Topics will include MGCSA 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Aud 2
with little to no accurate information from
Member-Driven Research, reducing customers? Learn how to take cues from
Bulbs as Companion Plants
water use on urban and suburban lawns, your customers and turn them into sales
Brent Heath, Brent & Becky’s Bulbs by understanding how color effects people
low-input turfgrass species, cultivar
Whether you are planning to plant bulbs and their unconscious choices to use
evaluations results, no-mow fine fescues,
in a fresh, newly prepared empty garden, this information quickly and efficiently.
winter stresses research, bee lawns,
or whether you are adding them to an
improving shade tolerance, roadside 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 101 CDE
already existing one, this seminar will
turfgrass research, and updates on Monitoring and Managing Organic
have the answers for you! With exquisite
UMN turfgrass breeding projects. Matter in Putting Greens
slides illustrating the seminar, you will
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Main Auditorium be introduced to the best of the best... Douglas Linde, Delaware Valley University
Opening Keynote the right bulbs for the right spots. You’ll Despite significant changes in sand
Embracing Change learn how to combine bulbs, perennials, topdressing and injection practices over
the past 10 years, putting greens are still
annuals, ground covers and flowering
Paul Douglas, Total Weather, LLC
shrubs that will create just the feeling vulnerable to excessive levels of organic
See full description on page 9. you want to generate for four seasons in matter which can lead to catastrophic
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Aud 3 the garden. You’ll leave with information turf loss. Less extreme consequences
Works in Stone: Building and inspiration to produce a garden of excessive organic matter include poor
with Integrity and Mindful that your customers will enjoy all year. playability and undesired water retention
of Our Cultural Legacy 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Aud 1
that leads to higher disease potential.
Daniel Arabella, Arabella Stone Co. Attendees will learn what enhances
Deciphering the Color organic matter accumulation, how to
Stonework has become the pinnacle Code for More Sales!
monitor and manage it, and the results of
of the greatest landscape work, but Christina Salwitz, The a recent 4-year study. The presentation
that is a misleading stereotype. It is Personal Garden Coach
should give attendees more confidence
what is on the inside that counts. How Color options are abundant, but how do in maintaining their putting greens.
are your techniques in building helping we give guidance to help narrow down
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 102 ABC
The Invasive Spotted Lanternfly:
REGISTER AS EASY AS 1-2-3! What You Need to Know and How
We are Fighting the Invasion
Emelie Swackhamer, Penn State Extension
1. ONLINE – Visit www.NorthernGreen.org to 2020 Northern Green
registration badges
Lycorma delicatula, commonly known
as the spotted lanternfly, threatens
register (online registration closes January 7). generously supported by: may important plants including grapes,
2. MAIL – Use the registration form on page hops, tree fruit, ornamental and timber
31 (or download from NorthernGreen.org) and trees. They also create a nuisance in
send your registration and payment by mail to residential landscapes. This presentation
will describe the situation that has been
the address listed. 2020 Northern Green unfolding in Pennsylvania and surrounding
3. FAX – Use the registration form on page 31 badge lanyards
generously supported by:
states over the last five years. Emelie
(or download from NorthernGreen.org) and fax Swackhamer will focus on the biology
back to 651.633.4986 with payment. and behavior to help attendees know
what to watch out for. You will hear about
Receive a discount on registration when you management options, regulations in place
register by January 7! Plus, members of the to slow the spread, and a summary of
following associations receive a $20 discount: MNLA, MGCSA, MPSTMA, some of the research that is taking place.
MAC, MASMS, MSA, MTA, and MTSC. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 102 DEF
Don’t forget that when you register by December 20th, your badge will be Irrigation 2020: Roundtable
mailed to you in advance. If you register between December 21 - January 7, Discussion
you will be able to utilize Self-Check-In onsite. This roundtable session will include a
brief industry update on MNLA’s past
Questions? Contact the Northern Green office for assistance at 651.633.4987. and upcoming work to address backflow
10 | Northern Green 2020 Advance Programprevention repair in Minnesota in the The session will also cover current and new plant selections resulting from
face of recently enacted directives from regulations pertaining to silica, and plant breeding and selection programs
the Minnesota Department of Labor & how to comply and protect employees are all examples of how our industry has
Industry. The goals of this session are: from silica health hazards. PPE benefitted. With this in mind, the MNLA
• Provide updates and requirements when using associated Foundation supports the sharing of this
current information equipment will also be addressed. research-based information with its
• Build industry communication 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM | Theater
“Research for the Real World” initiative.
and connections This Northern Green campfire session
Ironclad Hostas for the Landscape
• Obtain feedback from attendees highlights the current trends in green
• Elicit support for the 2020 Steve Kelley, Kelley & Kelley Nursery industry research, and some of the findings
actions to take place With the seemingly endless - and more reported during the past year. It will also
everyday - variety of hostas available, provide an opportunity for MNLA members
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 101 AB let’s sort through the multitudes and to comment on industry research needs,
CEO PREMIUM CONTENT TRACK come up with suggestions for tried and and to provide input on this initiative.
How to Grow Your Company from true hostas for the landscape. With
the Inside Out | AM Session 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM | Lakeshore Campfire
the trend towards low maintenance
The Resultants requirements on large residential Smart Salting: Improve Your Winter
landscapes, many of our customers are Maintenance Program and Save Money
See description of the CEO
Track on page 9. interested in enjoying great sweeps of Carolyn Dindorf, Fortin Consulting, Inc.
carefree perennials readily available and Make your winter maintenance operations
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM | Backyard Campfire
at a reasonable cost. Here’s the scoop. more efficient and save money with the
MNLA Certification techniques and equipment presented in
Exam - Study Tips 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM | Backyard Campfire
this session. Equipment innovation, use
Certification Task Team Research for the Real World of the right deicer for the conditions, use
Members of the MNLA Certification – The Year in Review
of liquids for anti-icing and de-icing and
Task Team will provide information on Jim Calkins, Sustainable more concepts will be covered. You can
the MNLA Certification Exam, including Horticultural Solutions
use less salt and still have clear parking
exam study tips. Make this campfire Since its beginnings, the nursery and lots, healthier lakes, and make money.
session your first step to becoming an landscape industry
MNLA Certified Professional in 2020! has benefited from
research designed
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM | Theater
to increase our
MNLA Landscape Case Study understanding of
Sam Geer, Urban Ecosystems plant science and Drumroll please!
After years of planning, the update to the how the application
MNLA Office landscape came to fruition of that knowledge
in 2019. In this session, Sam Geer, will can be used to
provide a case study of the project – enhance the success
from planning to the finished product. and profitability
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM | Lakeshore Campfire
of the industry.
Research on more
Hand and Power Tools: Use,
effective propagation
Selection, and Safety
techniques, more
Chris Flegel, The Builder’s Group
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11:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Theater 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Lakeshore Campfire the nursery and landscape industry so
100 Years of Daffodils and More! Professional Gardening be engaged and stop by to participate
Brent Heath, Brent & Becky’s Bulbs Networking Group Meeting in this campfire session to get the latest
Networking Group Leader: Tami information about invasive species
Back around 1900, Brent’s grandfather,
Gallagher, Home Sown Gardens management in Minnesota and share
Charles Heath, ate a cantaloupe that
Networking and making connections is your thoughts on this important topic.
caused him to discover daffodils in
tidewater Virginia. Heath, a Yankee, was what Northern Green is all about. Make 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | Lakeshore Campfire
soon accepted by the local, southern time to connect with and learn from your Landscape Design Networking Group
farmers for his instrumental development industry peers at an informal networking Meeting with Nick McCullough
of a daffodil flower industry, that would group meeting during Northern Green. Networking Group Leader: Steve
later help with cash flow during the 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | Theater Modrow, Biota Landscape
depression. Brent’s father and mother, Invasive Species/Noxious Networking and making connections is
‘Pappy George’ and Katie Heath, Weed Status Update what Northern Green is all about. Make
developed a mail order business that time to connect with and learn from your
Jim Calkins, Sustainable
once catalogued over 1500 cultivars Horticultural Solutions industry peers at an informal networking
of daffodils. Brent, who grew up in the group meeting during Northern Green.
The continuing spread of Oriental
business, fell in love with the flower and
bittersweet and Japanese hops in Nick McCullough, McCullough’s
bought the business from his mother
southeastern Minnesota, the ongoing Landscape & Nursery, will be a special
in 1972. He married Becky in 1979 and
damage caused by garlic mustard and guest of the Landscape Design
the rest is history… hold on to your seats
common and glossy buckthorn as these Networking Group meeting.
while this slide seminar tells the story!
species continue to spread within the 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Theater
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Backyard Campfire state, the recent finds of Palmer amaranth
Climate Change and Hardiness Zones
Mycorrhizae: Why Four Species in west-central and southern Minnesota,
Are Better Than One the widespread outbreaks of wild parsnips Lee Frelich, University of Minnesota
Michael Hull, Mycorrhizal Applications over the past few years, the potential A warming climate means that hardiness
impacts of the brown marmorated stink zones are shifting northwards. However,
Mycorrhizal fungi form a symbiotic
bug and other damaging insects that have warmer mean temperatures during winter
relationship with plants, aiding them
not yet found their way to Minnesota, and are also associated with increasing
in their times of stress and need. This
growing concerns about Asian earthworms variability. Also, Minnesota will still have
relationship is controlled by the plant
and the impact they may have on native shorter winter daylengths and lower sun
and can be turned off and on depending
ecosystems and green industry commerce angle than areas further south, so that
what factors are affecting the plant.
are just a few examples of the growing extreme winter minimum temperatures
The plants can make a connection with
threat of invasive species in Minnesota. will not warm up as fast mean winter
multiple species of mycorrhizae at the
Take a few minutes to learn how plants, temperatures. Caution is needed in
same time, each with their own benefits.
including a number of important decisions regarding planting of new
This talk is geared towards what these
landscape species, and other organisms long-lived woody species that originate
different benefits are and how giving the
are assessed for possible inclusion on from areas south of Minnesota. We
plant multiple species of mycorrhizae to
the Minnesota Noxious Weed List or will review potential neonative trees
choose from ultimately helps the grower.
otherwise regulated in Minnesota, gain species that are likely to be successful
a better understanding of how invasive in Minnesota with a warmer climate.
species are regulated in the state, and 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lakeshore Campfire
learn how noxious weeds are managed Garden Center Networking Group
FREE GIFT FOR in Minnesota including information about Meeting with Christina Salwitz,
FIRST-TIMERS! the development of a statewide, species-
specific weed management plan for
The Personal Garden Coach
Networking and making connections is
Minnesota. This is also an opportunity what Northern Green is all about. Connect
Are you planning to attend for green industry professionals to learn with and learn from your industry peers at a
which landscape species are currently networking group meeting during Northern
Northern Green for the first
under review as potential noxious weeds Green. Christina Salwitz, The Personal
time? If so, we’re glad you’ll be in the state and the species that have been
there! In fact, we’d love to give Garden Coach, will discuss “Selling NICELY
identified for future review and potential to Tough Customers.” In the business of
you a free gift just because you listing and regulation as invasive species selling plants, we sell MUCH more than
decided to join us. Be sure to (non-native species that harm native just pretty flowers. We sell design, science,
stop by the Welcome Center in ecosystems, agricultural systems, or ecology, maintenance practices, tools, tricks
Lobby B to turn in the ticket you human health) in Minnesota. For example, and much more. So, what do you do when
received with your name badge winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus) is a you need to close the sale with a challenging
to receive your free gift. We’d also popular landscape species that may soon customer or convert an unhappy customer
become regulated as a noxious weed to one who sings your praises? Learn the 6
like to say “hello,” give you a New
in Minnesota. Obviously, such listings Keys to dealing with bullies, noncommittal
Attendee Tip List, and answer and regulatory activities have important
any questions you may have. customers, and just plain difficult people.
implications for the environment and for
12 | Northern Green 2020 Advance Program1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Backyard Campfire inventions have changed the course how this process leads to exceptional
Spotted Lanternfly - Just the Basics of plant breeding and development. end results. From growing the plants, to
Emelie Swackhamer, Penn State Extension 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 102 DEF
design and ongoing maintenance, he’ll
share how collaboration with homeowners
Get caught up on what you need to Common Water Feature Mistakes
is key at each and every step.
know about the invasive spotted Jan Schreier, Minnesota
lanternfly in this informal campfire Water Garden Society 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 101 CDE
discussion on the trade show floor. Water features are a popular focal point Putting Green Trueness:
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | Backyard Campfire in the landscape, and there are many Can It Be Measured?
Innovations in Plant Certification places to learn how to install one. But what Douglas Linde, Delaware Valley University
Craig Regelbrugge, AmericanHort happens after you leave? Homeowners Although putting green trueness is just
get frustrated with maintenance, leaks as important to golfers as speed, there is
Whether you are growing and shipping
and other problems left behind. Schreier still not a standard method to measure it
or receiving and selling nursery and
has made a business out of fixing like there is for speed. In this presentation,
greenhouse plants, actions targeting
other people’s problems and helping attendees will hear about various
regulated pests can be a headache,
homeowners learn how to keep their recent studies and devices attempting
even a disaster. Several new approaches
ponds happy with minimal maintenance. to measure trueness. Attendees will
to plant certification are being piloted
Learn how you can avoid the most learn the definitions of trueness, why
in the U.S. Learn about what these
common pitfalls during construction and how to measure it, factors that
programs may mean for your business.
and make your clients happy for life. influence it, and practices to manage it.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | Lakeshore Campfire
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Aud 3 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 102 ABC
Why Are Stone Walls Falling Down?
Inside the Design Sports Field Performance
Daniel Arabella, Arabella Stone Testing: Current Trends and
Nick McCullough, McCullough’s
Informational session to discuss some Landscape & Nursery, LLC Future Applications
case studies and do some math in order Chase Straw, University of Minnesota
As a grower, designer and installer,
to figure out why some of the current Due to increased concerns over athlete
McCullough’s Landscape & Nursery has
standard practices are not holding up safety, sports field performance testing
the benefit of seeing through projects
and why some of your walls and other is becoming more common to quantify
from inception to maintenance. Owner and
landscape construction may be falling surface properties (such as surface
lead designer Nick McCullough will share
down sooner than you would like.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Aud 1
2020 Vision: Garden and Greenhouse
Trends You Need to Know About
Neil Anderson, University of Minnesota
Keep your 20/20 vision sharp and
focused! Come and learn about the
gardening trends for this year and
how they impact your crop choices for
growing, selling, and installation to drive
sales. Anderson will also discuss the use
of drones, a.i., labor issues, and other
factors that can clear our vision for the
future to remain a vibrant industry.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Aud 2
Breakthrough Plant Breeding
in Flowering Shrubs
Tim Wood, Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen an
incredible amount of plant breeding
breakthroughs that have changed the
way we use plants, and as a result, have
changed our gardens and landscapes.
Some of these breakthroughs happened
quickly, while others resulted from
incremental improvements over time.
Plant hunter, plant breeder, and plant
prognosticator Tim Wood will shed
light on the most interesting, game-
changing genetics, the people that
dreamed them up, and how these
www.NorthernGreen.org Northern Green 2020 Advance Program | 13WEDNESDAY SESSIONS (continued)
hardness). New technologies allow for Minnesota Department of Agriculture 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Backyard Campfire
a more robust testing than currently cold hardiness list and provide updates Palmer Amaranth
practiced, which involves combining GPS and insight into determining how Identification and Update
field sampling devices with GPS athlete additions and corrections are made. Shane Blair, MN. Dept. of Agriculture
tracking devices. This presentation 2:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Lakeshore Campfire This campfire session will discuss how
will 1) provide an overview of currently to identify Palmer amaranth in the field
Legal Pay Practices for
available technologies that sports field and what to do when you find it. We will
the Green Industry
managers can utilize when testing their also discuss where in the state Palmer
Patrick McGuiness, Zlimen
fields, and 2) discuss previous and amaranth is currently being discovered.
& McGuiness, PLLC
on-going athlete-surface interaction
research using these technologies. In this fast paced session, Attorney 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Lakeshore Campfire
Focus will be on natural turfgrass sports Patrick McGuiness will review how green Winter Protection for
fields, but there will be some applications industry workers must be paid. Find out Container Plants
for synthetic turf fields as well. which overtime rules apply, when an Bert Swanson, Swanson’s
employee can be paid on a salary basis, Nursery Consulting, Inc.
2:00 PM - 4:10 PM | 101 AB if employees must be paid for drive-time, The production, marketing, maintenance
CEO PREMIUM CONTENT TRACK and much more! Bring your questions
How to Grow Your Company from and care of container-grown and
about which overtime exemptions apply, containerized plants is distinctly different
the Inside Out | PM Session if overtime needs to be paid after 40 than for field-grown plants. Whether
The Resultants hours, and anything else pay related. you are a producer or a garden center
See description of the CEO 2:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Theater manager that over-winters container
Track on page 9. plants, management of container
Will Sterile Plants Save Us?
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Backyard Campfire Mary Meyer, University of Minnesota plants requires attention to detail and
Cold Hardiness in Minnesota specific plant and facility preparation
Plants that set no seed are promoted as a
Steven Shimek, MN Dept. of Agriculture throughout the growing and dormant
solution to invasive plants. What do these
seasons. Some of these cultural practices,
Steven Shimek will discuss the plants look like and are they as good as
procedures, materials and methods
development and maintenance of the their self-seeding relatives? Can seedless
will be discussed, including audience
new plants be the
participation. What are the do’s, don’ts
solution and end to
and options for successful container
invasive species?
plant winter protection management?
Dr. Meyer will cover
several herbaceous 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM | 102 ABC
and a few woody Ash Tree Working Standards
plants that are sterile Nicholas Bomber, SavATree
and do not set seed. Ash trees get infested with Emerald Ash
3:00 - 3:30 PM Borer (EAB) and become brittle and very
Theater difficult to prune and take down. You
Introduction to must establish a set of guidelines for
eCommerce for sales arborists and field employees on
the Horticulture how to proceed with recommendations
Industry for removal, pruning, and treatment.
Stacey Noble, Through creating a company standard
Ball Horticultural for Ash trees infested with Emerald
Company Ash Borer, your team will be aligned
Join Stacey for an which will keep your employees safe,
informal introduction protect your client’s property and
to the world of help manage your insurance costs.
eCommerce for the
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM | Aud 1
horticulture industry.
Topics to be covered
Finding Good Labor, H-2 Visas
include: eCommerce Craig Regelbrugge, AmericanHort
for horticulture, Labor and workforce challenges are
trends, and best at or near the top of everyone’s list of
practices. If you what’s hindering growth and success.
have been interested You’ll hear the latest developments
in exploring online regarding federal legislation and
sales for your administrative agency changes that
business, this will shape our use of the existing visa
session is one you programs, as well as future possibilities.
will not want to miss!
14 | Northern Green 2020 Advance Program3:10 PM - 4:10 PM | Aud 3 can help prevent the spread of aquatic 4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | Backyard Campfire
How to Choose Sustainability invasive species, how to identify some Looking for Your Future Workforce?
in Every Day Decisions of the common aquatic invaders in Jay Siedschlaw, MNLA
Nick McCullough, McCullough’s both natural and managed settings, Foundation Board Chair
Landscape & Nursery, LLC and what we can do to help manage The MNLA Foundation’s mission is to help
Firms and homeowners all want to make them and prevent their spread. you find and retain your future workforce.
the right choice for sustainability when 4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | Lakeshore Campfire Come hear how the Foundation is doing
it comes to the garden. McCullough 15 Ways Your Displays Can just that. Whether you know it or not,
provides real life examples where you Help You Sell More there is a movement that is inspiring
can choose sustainable options when Christina Salwitz, The young people to careers in our industry.
designing, installing and maintaining. Personal Garden Coach There are many opportunities for you
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM | 102 DEF Are your displays working hard for you to connect with future employees. This
campfire session will provide an overview
LED Lighting in the or are you killing yourself to make great
Landscape - What’s New? displays that you’re not even sure are of possible partnerships, including steps
worth the investment? In this course, you companies can take to join this movement.
Gerry De La Vega, TerraDek Lighting Inc.
A lot is happening in the world of LED will come away with 15 tips and tricks 4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | Theater
landscape lighting. Gerry De La Vega and for better displays and sales outcomes. Rigging/High Risk Tree Removal
a panel of landscape lighting suppliers From making the “right first impression”
Nels Spence & Marco Vargas,
will discuss what’s new, the benefits of to being “Buzzworthy” you’re going to
Bartlett Tree Experts
LED lighting, and how to incorporate understand why displays are truly a full
staff project and no longer just the job for Among arborists, tree removal is
them in your customer’s landscapes. considered its own specialty. Dismantling
one person. 21st Century displays are a
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM | Aud 2 whole different ballgame and getting up requires a great deal of experience,
Reimagining the Perennial to speed on the new rules will pay off! knowledge of tree behavior, using the right
Plant Palette geer, and teamwork. The speakers will take
Kelly Norris, Greater Des us on a visual step-by-step of the process.
Moines Botanical Garden
With all the interest in the New Perennial
Movement and a market shift towards
sustainable gardening, a new palette of
plants has emerged at the intersection
of form and function. Perennials used
in this style of gardening thrive in social
arrangements, translating their native
ecologies into beautiful communities
of plants that ultimately require less
resources and incorporate more diversity
into the modern landscape. While many
old favorites continue to have a place
in these contemporary designs, many
underappreciated perennials, particularly
natives, have a new context in which to be
appreciated. Plantsman Kelly Norris will
highlight several examples of sustainable,
plant-driven gardens from across the
country, comparing and contrasting
them to the wild circumstances that
inspired them, while introducing the
audience to the perennials within them.
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM | 101 CDE
Weeding Through Invasive
Aquatic Plants in Minnesota
Megan Weber, Minnesota Aquatic
Invasive Research Center
What we plant in our managed ponds
and what hitches rides to our cherished
public waters can have a big impact
on Minnesota’s aquatic resources. In
this session, we’ll cover what makes
some aquatic plants “invasive”, how we
www.NorthernGreen.org Northern Green 2020 Advance Program | 15THURSDAY
At-A-Glance
COLOR
KEY:
Session in Seminar Room
Session on Trade Show Floor
Premium Content (paid upgrade required)
Association Meeting
7:00 AM: MNLA Annual Meeting | 101 FG 11:20 AM Arborist Networking Group Meeting with Peter Del
11:50 AM Tredici | Lakeshore Campfire
7:00 AM Exploiting Turf Physiological Strategies to Enhance (CONT.)
8:00 AM Summer Stress Tolerance | Michelle DeCosta | 101 CDE Understanding Soils and Proper Soils Prep Effect on
Seeding Success | Jake Voit | Backyard Campfire
8:00 AM Measuring Retail Financial Success – Do You Have
8:50 AM What It Takes? | Steve Bailey | Aud 1 12:00 PM: MAC Luncheon | Lounge A
A Minnesota Irrigation Contractors License? Benefit or 12:15 PM Landscape Awards Presentations, Pt. 1 | Theater
Distraction, Part 1 | Steve Hill | 102 DEF 12:45 PM Commercial Flower Grower Networking Group Meeting
Planting for the Future | Kelly Norris | Aud 2 Lakeshore Campfire
Urban Nature : Human Nature | Peter Del Tredici | Aud 3 Emerald Ash Borer Past, Present & Future
Physiology and Management for Minimizing Winter Mark Abrahamson | Backyard Campfire
Injury of Turf | Michelle DeCosta | 101 CDE Use of Drones in Landscape Design for Site Survey and
Dealing with Wet Fields: From Playability to Diseases Project Photography | Sam Geer | The Sandbox
Doug Linde | 102 ABC Climbing Demo | Climbers Corner
8:00 AM
INTERACTIVE TRACK—Diagnosing Tree and Shrub 12:30 PM: MGCSA Annual Meeting | 101FG
10:00 AM Problems: A Stepwise Approach, Pt. 1
Tom Creswell, John Bonkowski | 101 AB 1:00 PM Landscape Awards Presentations, Pt. 2 | Theater
9:00 AM
1:30 PM Hardscape/Landscape Contractor Networking Group
4:00 PM
Trade Show Open Meeting with “Paver Pete” | Lakeshore Campfire
Woody Plant Walkabout
9:05 AM Estimating & Bidding: What you Need to Know, Part 1 Doug Danielson | Backyard Campfire
10:05 AM Peter Baloglou, aka “Paver Pete” | Aud 3
My Favorite Plant | Debbie Lonnee | Aud 2 1:00 PM
2:00 PM Fly a Drone | Sam Geer | The Sandbox
Now That You Can Measure Retail Financial Success,
How Do You Attain It? | Steve Bailey | Aud 1 INTERACTIVE TRACK—Diagnosing Tree and Shrub
1:30 PM
The Projects of Land Morphology 3:20 PM Problems: A Stepwise Approach, Pt. 2
Richard Hartlage | 102 DEF Tom Creswell, John Bonkowski | 101 AB
How Safe Is Glyphosate? | Dr. Hannah Mathers | 102 ABC 1:45 PM Landscape Awards Presentations, Pt. 3 | Theater
Winter Turf Discussion Panel 2:15 PM Onboarding and Training New Staff
Michelle DeCosta, Eric Watkins, Jeff Ische, Tom Joel Miller | Lakeshore Campfire
Proshek, Matt Cavanaugh | 101 CDE
Battery Operated Outdoor Equipment
9:10 AM Walt Disney Never Tried to Grow Trees Steve Hagen | Backyard Campfire
9:40 AM Gary Johnson | Theater
2:00 PM: MNRC Annual Meeting | Room 207
Collaborative Work and Tools to Reduce Woody
Invasive Plant Impacts in the Great Lakes Basin 2:15 PM Pruning Demo | Climbers Corner
Clair Ryan | Lakeshore Campfire 2:45 PM Use of Drones in Arboriculture
Reducing Wear and Soil Compaction on Athletic Fields Brock Eastlund | The Sandbox
Kristina Walker | Backyard Campfire
2:30 PM Let’s Drift Apart: The Issues of Herbicide Drift and
9:45 AM Social Media Storytelling | Ryan McEnaney | Theater 3:00 PM Prevention | Hannah Mathers | Theater
10:15 AM Nursery Networking Group Mtg. | Lakeshore Campfire Not Your Father’s Patio Base
Considering Adding Holiday Lighting to Your Keith Ehmke | Lakeshore Campfire
Business?—What You Need to Know Playground Safety Roundtable
Wayne Wheeler | Backyard Campfire Paul Miskimen | Backyard Campfire
9:45 AM Pre-Game Agronomic Field Safety Assessment for
10:30 AM Fly a Drone | Sam Geer | The Sandbox 2:30 PM
3:20 PM Football and Soccer Fields to Reduce Player Injury
Kristina Walker | 102 ABC
10:40 AM Ten Breeders and Ten (Or So) Remarkable New Plants
11:10 AM Tim Wood | Theater A Minnesota Irrigation Contractors License? Benefit or
Distraction, Part 2 | Steve Hill | 102 DEF
Irrigation Contractor Licensing: Benefit or
Distraction – Q&A | Steve Hill | Lakeshore Campfire Plants Are Back in Landscape Architecture: The
Increasing Diversity of Plants in Public and Private
Turf Applications Gone Awry Projects | Richard Hartlage | Aud 1
Jeff Schmidt | Backyard Campfire
Aging, Rejuvenation and Resilience in Trees
10:45 AM: MPSTMA Annual Meeting | 101FG Peter Del Tredici | Aud 2
Estimating & Bidding: What You Need to Know, Part 2
11:15 AM Peter Baloglou, aka “Paver Pete” | Aud 3
11:45 AM Climbing Demo | Climbers Corner
Biodiversity of the Minnesota Big Woods and How
11:15 AM MN State Patrol Commercial Vehicle Inspection Demo Native Plants Might Be Incorporated into Golf Courses
12:15 AM The Sandbox Lee Freilich | 101 CDE
11:20 AM Managing Nature: Exploring the Relationship Between CLOSING KEYNOTE: The Champion's Code
11:50 AM Design and Maintenance of Native Plants 3:20 PM Building Relationships Through Life-Lessons of Integrity and
Jim Hagstrom | Theater 4:00 PM Accountability from the Sports World to the Business World
Ross Bernstein | Theater
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TRACK
*Requires Thursday Registration, plus paid premium upgrade. Closing Keynote
THURSDAY | ROOM 101 AB The Champion’s Code
DIAGNOSING TREE AND Building Relationships Through Life Lessons
of Integrity and Accountability
SHRUB PROBLEMS: A Ross Bernstein
STEPWISE APPROACH THURSDAY 3:20–4:00 PM | THEATER
Instructed by Tom Creswell and John Bonkowski, The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books,
Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab, Purdue University Ross Bernstein has keynoted conferences for
Fortune 500 companies on all seven continents
This interactive and hands-on workshop will teach and has been featured on CNN, ESPN, Fox News,
green industry professionals the steps of problem and “CBS This Morning,” as well as in the Wall
diagnosis, including tips for proper Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today.
identification of the host, as well Ross’ program is based on a
as key symptoms and signs to help series of interviews of more
identify specific plant diseases. than 1,000 professional athletes
There are many look-alike problems and coaches that all had one
thing in common — they were all
and expression of symptoms is a members of championship teams.
dynamic process—with symptoms In his research, he concluded
changing in appearance over time that the same metrics and
Tom characteristics that were common
Creswell This interactive session, with Ross
among champions in sports
hands-on diagnosis of samples, will Bernstein
were also common among peak
provide an overview of a stepwise performers in business. There are
approach to problem solving. This reasons certain teams win consistently, whereas
hands-on workshop will conclude others don’t… and Ross explains why.
with a review of the samples, In an engaging, provocative, and visually
emphasizing the importance of entertaining style, Ross uses inspirational stories
proper plant identification and and poignant life lessons from the world of
recognition of common insects and sports to show attendees how to:
diseases for accurate diagnosis of • Create a “culture of excellence” by KEYNOTE
S
John
Bonkowski problems on trees and shrubs. giving extraordinary customer service.
• Generate momentum by utilizing
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the “currency of karma.” PASSES
• Follow their moral compasses
to win “the right way,” with
respect, ethics, and integrity.THE CHAMPION’S
• Be better leaders and create more “buy-
CODE
in” by embracing change and failure.
• Evolve from “order takers” to “trusted partners”
THE CHAMPION’S CODE
by enhancing the quality of their relationships.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH LIFE-LESSONS OF INTEGRITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE SPORTS WORLD TO THE BUSINESS WORLD
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