Calendar of Events

Fireworks, food and fun celebrating our nation's independence.

SWCS is pleased to announce that Secretary Vilsack has agreed to deliver the H. Wayne Pritchard Lecture for the 64th Annual SWCS International Conference. The lecture will be during the opening plenary session on July 13, 2009. Early registration rates for the conference end on June 2, 2009.

The 27th Perennial Plant Symposium - 2009, presented by the Perennial Plant Association, will be hosted in St. Louis, Missouri, Sunday, July 19 through Friday, July 24th, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel located in the historic St. Louis Union Station. The PPA Symposium includes five specialty tours, a featured Wednesday tour, two days of professional multi-track seminars and numerous networking opportunities. Click below for the full program

Change has come to Washington, DC, bringing bright opportunities and new threats. The 2009 Legislative Conference is a unique opportunity to rebrand the nursery, greenhouse and landscape industry in the eyes of federal policymakers, transforming the long-held perceptions of our industry as merely ornamental, and promoting ourselves as "essential" horticulture. We will position our industry and our message as a "natural" solution to policy endeavors, old and new.

Annual conference for the ASHS, an organization dedicated to advancing horticultural research, education and application for over 100 years.

Summer Field Day 2009 brings back its "industry holiday" flavor with a barbeque picnic, bags tournament, scavenger hunt for kids, social activities, educational programs, and all the best of a trade show, including equipment demonstrations and new products and services. Borrowing from Field Days Past, you can count on a fun-filled day to reunite with colleagues and celebrate a prosperous busy season. 130 booths will showcase products and services including plants, equipment, tools and much more. Special areas are designated for equipment demonstrations throughout the day, with half-hour periods featuring heavy equipment, lawn maintenance, spray equipment and miscellaneous items such as chain saws, etc. Free parking will be available.

This conference will attract diverse participants with interest in our nation's largest river, including stakeholders in the recreational, navigation, and agricultural sectors, researchers, and natural resource professionals. Through conference presentations, panel discussions, and workshops, attendees will formulate new and useful insights and recommendations on four issues critical to the sustainable management of the Mississippi River and the human communities that depend on it. The conference will culminate with a special Policy Forum where recommendations will be delivered directly to key politicians and decision makers in the Mississippi River Basin.

Plan to attend the 14th annual Nursery Day, a St. Louis horticulture industry tradition presented by the staff of Missouri Botanical Garden/Kemper Center for Home Horticulture and Plants of Merit with volunteer host assistance from St. Louis Master Gardeners and sponsor support from the Landscape and Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis. This FREE admission event is open to all professional members of the horticulture green industry.

Look for Forrest Keeling at this year's Best of Missouri Market! The annual returns to the Garden this fall, in its eighteenth season, featuring more than 120 Missouri food producers, artisans, and vendors. The event offers fun for all ages and an outstanding selection of unique products, baked goods, and locally-grown fresh and dried flowers and herbs.