Registration is now open at wnla.org for the 2017 Western.
The 2017 Western will feature:
• Wednesday Evening Reception (Jan. 18) celebrating Kids + Nature with quick-fire presentations by Megan Sperry, Horticulture Therapist at Ozanam • Denise Scribner and students from Eisenhower High School • Susan Yoder, Executive Director for Seed Your Future • Claudia West, author of Planting in a Post-Wild World • plus an introduction to the new MOGIA organization in Missouri. Thanks to Western Partners Ball Horticultural Company, Forrest Keeling Nursery, Greenleaf Nursery Company, Home Nursery and Honey Creek Nursery.
• Keynote address on Planting in a Post-Wild World with Claudia West - thanks to Forrest Keeling Nursery, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries & Bohn’s Farm and Greenhouses.
• Ticketed, 4-hour design workshop on Designing Resilient and Stunningly Beautiful Plant Communities.
• Learning Centers by Ball Horticultural Company, Greenleaf Nursery Company, KAT Wholesale Outdoor, Loma Vista Nursery, PlantRight / Schwope Brothers Tree Farms, and Stockman Stoneworks.
• Roundtable Discussions on Drones • Trends in Landscape Design • Caring for Native Plants • Water Management in the Landscape • Seed Your Future • Creating a Small Business • Engineering Problems • Hiring • Social Impact Business Models • Fruits and Nuts in the Midwest • and more.
• Horticulture in 2027 Panel Discussion.
• What’s New in 2017 new plant panel discussion.
• Fashion Show of new plants - thanks to American Nurseryman.
• Western Pub networking.
• Western University; thanks to KAT Wholesale Outdoor.
• GrowNative! education on Native Plants of the Midwest
• Super Sedges: Purposeful Natives for the Landscape
• Native Edibles and the Food Web.
• Education in Spanish sessions, including on caring for native plants.
• Emerging Leaders facilitated conversation on managing staff – thanks to Ball Seed.
• Student Advisory Committee meeting.
Registration is $50 per person (WNLA members). You can register online at wnla.org or print and mail a registration form. Call 888-233-1876 or email info@wnla.org if you want a form sent to you. The 2017 Western is January 19-20, 2017 in Kansas City, Mo. More information can be found at wnla.org.