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This year’s theme is "Frontline Thinking. Intelligent Solutions," and the Show features more than 30 innovative educational seminars.
Here is the 2013 New England Grows seminar schedule at a glance:
Wednesday, Feb. 6
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Massachusetts Certified Landscape Professional Study Course: Part I (advance registration required)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: European Crane Flies & Other Emerging Turfgrass Insects, Daniel C. Peck, Ph.D., lead scientist, Grass Systems Entomology, LLC, Geneva, N.Y.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Everything Old is New Again: Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs, Vincent A. Simeone, horticulturist, garden writer & lecturer, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Seeing Trees From the Inside Out: The Future of Decay Detection, Bruce Allison, Ph.D., Owner, Allison Tree Care, Inc., Verona, Wis.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Capitalizing on the New Cool: Selling to Younger Customers, Ian Doescher, Digital Marketing Specialist, Pivot Group, LLC, Portland, Ore.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Department of Labor-Occupational Safety & Health Administration program
11:00 a.m. – Noon: High Consequence Insect Pests, Dan Gilrein, extension entomologist, Cornell University, Riverhead, N.Y.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Change: The Passage of Time in the Garden, Sydney Eddison, writer, gardener & lecturer, Newtown, Conn.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Massachusetts Association of Lawn Care Professionals program
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Massachusetts Certified Landscape Professionals Study Course Part I (advance registration required)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Invasive Plants: The Importance of Having a Plan, Seth Wilkinson, president, Wilkinson Ecological Design, Orleans, Mass.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: New Perennials for the Garden, Richard Hawke, Plant Evaluation Manager, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: 9/11 Memorial Trees: Meeting the Challenge, Wayne Dubin, vice president/division manager, Bartlett Tree Experts, Denville, N.J.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Win More Bids . . . At Higher Prices!, Kirk Armstrong, trainer and consultant, Gerry Weinberg & Associations, Southfield, Mich.
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals Reception (by invitation)
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: New Hampshire Green Industry Educators and Professionals Reception
Thursday, Feb. 7
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Insecticides & Pollinators: Richard Cowles, Ph.D., research entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, Windsor, Conn.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Flourish with Awesome Annuals, Bill Calkins, retail business manager, Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Ill.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Large Bare Root Tree Planting & Transplanting, Jim Flott, Community Forestry Consultants, Spokane, Wash.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: How to Master Social Media Lead Generation, Kipp Bodnar, inbound marketing specialist, HubSpot, Cambridge, Mass.
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Irrigation Association of New England meetings
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: The Landscape Institute at the BAC Program
11:00 a.m. – Noon: Lifestyles of Famous Landscape Weeds: The Top 10, Hannah Mathers, Ph.D., associate professor, state extension specialist, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Container Crazy . . . and Plants for Small-Space Gardens, Dan Heims, president, Terra Nova Nurseries, Canby, Ore.
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association Annual Meeting (by invitation, advance registration required)
Noon – 1:00 p.m.: Association of Professional Landscape Designers Annual Meeting
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: The Ecological Landscape Association Member Reception.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Probiotics: A New Tool to Increase Yield, Improve Quality & Reduce Cost, Joe Magazzi, MS, owner, Green Earth Agriculture, LLC, North Branford, Conn.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Global Climate Change: How Plants Respond, George Jacobson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Ecology and Climate Change, University of Maine, Orono, Me.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: How to Prune & Renovate the Overgrown Landscape, Cass Turnbull, author & founder, Plant Amnesty, Seattle, Wash.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: It’s All in the Tag . . . From Production to Retail, Kip Creel, president, Standpoint, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.: University of Massachusetts – Stockbridge School of Agriculture reception
Friday, Feb. 8
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: New England Nursery Association Annual Meeting (by invitation, advance registration required)
8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Garden Writers Association Meeting (advanced registration required)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Bleeding Cankers & Other Game Changers for Tree Health in the Northeast, George Hudler, Ph.D., Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Permaculture 101: Creating Landscapes Full of Food & Beauty, Ethan Roland, MS, principal, lead designer, Appleseed Permaculture, Stone Ridge, N.Y.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Five Steps for Small Business Success, Rick Segel, CSP, Rick Segel & Associates, Kissimmee, Fla.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Rigging Trees: Understanding the Powerful Forces, Brian Kane, Ph.D., MAA Professor of Commercial Arboriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.
9:00 a.m. – noon: Massachusetts Certified Hort Exam
11:00 a.m. – noon: What Global Warming Means for Pest Outbreaks, Michael Raupp, Professor, University of Maryland, College Par, Md.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Gardens of the Jazz Age, Jenny Rose Carey, director, Ambler Arboretum, Temple University, Ambler, Pa.
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Massachusetts Certified Arborists Association Program Overview
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Plant Health Care: The Latest Disease Management Strategies, Sharon Douglas, Ph.D., CT Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: The "Know Maintenance" Approach to Perennial Garden Design, Roy Dibilk, co-owner, Northwind Perennial Farm, Burlington, Wis.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Emerging Trends in Stormwater Management, Chris Webb, principal, Chris Webb & Associations, Bellingham, Wash.