Breakout Sessions

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Wednesday Presentations

• Smart Yard Care - Being a Hero for Your Home – Close, Dave/Reilly,Frank/Stewart, Barb
• Planting on the Airwave – Cropp, Kathy/Atkins, Randy
• Look Back to the Future: New and Great Old Plants for Today's Garden – Hendricks, Bill
• Rainwater Harvesting: More than Just Rain Barrels – Jarvis, BJ
• Greening Your Garden While Protecting the Planet – Lamp’l, Joe
• Garden Kaleidoscope: The Garden Through Rose Colored Glasses – Macunovich, Janet/Nikkila Steven
• America In Bloom – Miller, Marvin
• Landscaping with an Environmental Focus – Murphy, Carrie
• Hortus Mustus - The Plants You Gotta Get – Nau, Jim
• Engaging Master Gardeners to Enhance Community Garden Efforts – Neill, Karen/Bradley, Lucy
• Diagnosing Soil Physical Problems – Rathjens, Richard
• Luscious Landscaping with Fruits – Reich, Lee
• Plant Breeders and Nature: The Inventors of Green – Schoellhorn, Rick
• Eating Green in Schools with JMG® – Seagraves, Randy/ Whittlesey, Lisa
• Gardening is for the Birds – Sherry, Roseanne
• Landscaping with Native Trees & Shrubs – Simeone, Vincent

Thursday Presentations

• Why Trees Matter: Environmental, Economic and Social Benefits of Trees – Chatfield, Jim/Bennett, Pam
• Why You Can’t Buy a Forest in a Can – Cullina, Bill
• Make Your Garden Work for You: The Visual Guide to Growing Healthy Vegetables – Deardorff, David/ Wadsworth, Kathryn
• Tough Plants for Tough Places – Hendricks, Bill
• Garden Photography – Hershberger, Wil
• Storybooks + Kids + Gardening = Innovative Programming – Hosimer, Pam
• Appalachian Culture and West Virginia's Botanical Gems: Native Orchids – Jolley, Doug
• Native Wildflowers for Eastern Gardens – Jorg, Brian
• Pollinator Gardens: How Home Gardeners Can Help Conserve Bee Biodiversity – Langellotto, Gail
• Cut Flowers for Profit and Pleasure – Liedl, Barbara
• Revolutionary Home Composting – Pleasant, Barbara
• Food Among the Flowers: The Basics of Edible Landscapes – Porter, John
• Garden Fitness- Workout Session – Quinlan, Nan
• Go Green, Grow Green & Save Greenbacks – Sagers, Larry
• Going Green with Junior Master Gardener Literature in the Garden – Seagraves, Randy/ Whittlesey, Lisa
• The Benefits of Beneficials – Walliser, Jessica
• A Different Green: California Native Plant Landscaping – Warren, Lucy