2018 ALABAMA MASTER GARDENER CONFERENCE AGENDA

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1 2018 ALABAMA MASTER GARDENER CONFERENCE AGENDA CONTACT THE SHERATON BIRMINGHAM for ROOM RESERVATIONS 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. BLVD N, Birmingham (888) OR THURSDAY MAY 3, :00 AM 3:30 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 9:00 AM 12:00 PM THURSDAY MORNING TOUR OPTIONS Bus Transportation Provided. Meet in Hotel 8:45AM. Spaces Limited. Fee $25. Buses are not wheelchair accessible. 1. URBAN GREENING: Docent-led tour with 3 stops in the downtown area. Flat terrain. Easy walking. JONES VALLEY URBAN FARMS. These farmers work hard to be both efficient & experimental in their farming practices while establishing a beautiful ecosystem in the heart of the city. RAILROAD PARK. These 19 acres of green space in the middle of downtown Birmingham are the ideal place to combine the urban vista with a celebration of the industrial & artistic heritage of Birmingham. GRANDMOTHER'S SLOSS FURNACES. Volunteers repaired the historic Duncan House & planted the heirloom vegetable & flower garden. 2. BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS. Docent-led walking tour along paved, mostly flat, but some uphill walkways. Enjoy the Gardens seasonal highlights plus the Japanese Garden, Southern Living Garden, Conservatory, Rose Garden, Kaul Wildfower & Bog Gardens. 3. ALDRIDGE GARDENS. Docent-led, half-mile walking tour along paved, mostly flat, but some uphill walkways. This sprawling garden is well known for hydrangeas, bird-watching trails & outdoor exhibits. 12:00 1:00 PM SILENT AUCTION & VENDOR BOOTHS OPEN Credit cards, checks & cash accepted LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 1:00-2:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS A1 LEARN: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? REINVENTING THE GARDEN CAMELLIA with Bobby Green A2 NURTURE: BEES & BEEKEEPING with Dr. Michael Steinkampf A3 GROW: GARDEN BED DESIGN with James Horton 2:00-2:15 PM TRANSITION TO BREAKOUT SESSIONS

2 2:15-3:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS B1 LEARN: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? REINVENTING THE GARDEN CAMELLIA with Bobby Green B2 NURTURE: BEES & BEEKEEPING with Dr. Michael Steinkampf B3 GROW: GARDEN BED DESIGN with James Horton 3:15-3:30 PM TRANSITION TO ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS 3:45-4:45 PM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TOPICS ADVANCED MASTER GARDENERS RECRUITING & RETAINING VOLUNTEERS LOCAL ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION & 501(c)(3) 5:30-7:30 PM WELCOME RECEPTION with CASH BAR FRIDAY MAY 4, :00 AM - 12:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 8:30-9:00 AM COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST 9:00-9:15 AM FORMAL WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Cathy Maddox, AMGA President 9:00 AM VENDOR BOOTHS OPEN 9:15-9:30 AM TRANSITION TO BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9:30-10:30 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS C1 LEARN: HERBAL HEALING IN THE EVERYDAY LANDSCAPE with Antonia Viteri C2 NURTURE: GRAFTING & BUDDING PRODUCING PLANTS FOR PLEASURE & PURPOSE with Hunter McBrayer C3 GROW: THE CITY GARDEN with Bethany O Rear & Roger Clarke 10:30-10:45 AM TRANSITION TO BALLROOM FOR KEYNOTE SPEAKER 10:45-11:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JIM McCLINTOCK LEARN: A GLIMPSE at the BIG PICTURE from MCMURDO SOUND to the CAHABA RIVER, the VITAL ASPECTS of CLIMATE CHANGE 12:00-1:30 PM LUNCH & AMGA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING Box Lunch Provided

3 2:00-3:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS D1 LEARN: HERBAL HEALING IN THE EVERYDAY LANDSCAPE with Antonia Viteri D2 NURTURE: GRAFTING & BUDDING PRODUCING PLANTS FOR PLEASURE & PURPOSE with Hunter McBrayer D3 GROW: THE CITY GARDEN with Bethany O Rear & Roger Clarke 3:00-3:15 PM TRANSITION TO BALLROOM FOR KEYNOTE SPEAKER 3:15-4:15 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TOM UNDERWOOD NURTURE: THE POWER OF PLANTS - NURTURING A SENSE OF PLACE WITH BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES & GARDENS 6:00-6:30 PM CASH BAR OPENS IN BALLROOM 6:30 PM BIDDING for SILENT AUCTION ENDS 6:30-8:30 PM ANNUAL DINNER BANQUET KEYNOTE SPEAKER: FELDER RUSHING GROW: YARD ART - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UNBELIEVABLE SATURDAY MAY 5, :30-9:00 AM COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM TOP BIDDERS CLAIM SILENT AUCTION ITEMS Credit cards, checks & cash accepted 9:15-10:00 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS E1 LEARN: SLOW GARDENING with Felder Rushing E2 NURTURE: A GARDEN S BLESSINGS with Lois Chaplin E3 GROW: THE CAHABA RIVER WATERSHED & ITS LILY with Dr. Randy Haddock 10:00-10:15 AM TRANSITION TO BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:15-11:00 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS F1 LEARN: SLOW GARDENING with Felder Rushing F2 NURTURE: A GARDEN S BLESSINGS with Lois Chaplin F3 GROW: THE CAHABA RIVER WATERSHED & ITS LILY with Dr. Randy Haddock 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CLOSING REMARKS Roger Clarke, Conference Co-Chair Drawing for conference prizes. Must be present to win.

2018 ALABAMA MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE REGISTRATION A separate registration form is required for each attendee. No on-site registrations. Conference registration deadline April 20.

4 2018 ALABAMA MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE REGISTRATION A separate registration form is required for each attendee. No on-site registrations. Conference registration deadline April 20. Cancellation/refund deadline April 23. LAST NAME FIRST NAME MI STREET CITY STATE ZIP PHONE MG COUNTY PREFERRED NAME FOR BADGE Circle One: Master Gardener Master Gardener Intern ACES Speaker Sponsor Vendor Other CONFERENCE FEES All Reservations Must Be Made in Advance. COST ENCLOSED EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION (postmarked on or before March 1, 2018 $145 $ qualifies attendee to enter drawing for refund of 2018 conference fee) REGISTRATION (postmarked March 2-April 1, 2018) $145 $ LATE REGISTRATION (postmarked April 2-April 20, 2018) $155 $ REGISTRANT MEALS THURSDAY RECEPTION CIRCLE ONE $10 I Will Not Attend $ FRIDAY BOX LUNCH* CIRCLE ONE Ham Turkey Vegetarian I Will Not Attend FRIDAY BANQUET* CIRCLE ONE Beef Chicken Vegetarian I Will Not Attend *Included in registration for registered attendees. GUEST MEALS THURSDAY RECEPTION # X $45 $ FRIDAY BOX LUNCH CIRCLE ONE Ham Turkey Vegetarian # X $25 $ FRIDAY BANQUET CIRCLE ONE Beef Chicken Vegetarian # X $40 $ GARDENERS APRON Not Available at Conference. Preorder by April 1 # X $20 $ CONFERENCE TOURS Bus Transportation Provided Meet in 8:45AM Spaces Limited BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS with Docent # X $25 $ ALDRIDGE GARDENS with Docent # X $25 $ URBAN GREENING with Docent # X $25 $ ** Jones Valley Teaching Farm, Railroad Park and Grandmother s Garden@Sloss Furnaces TOTAL REGISTRATION $... THURSDAY RECEPTION $... TOTAL GUEST MEALS $... TOTAL APRONS $... TOTAL TOURS $... GRAND TOTAL $ Make checks payable to AMGA and mail to JCMGA C/O ACES 2612 LANE PARK ROAD BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233

5 BREAKOUT SESSIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1:15 PM Circle One: A1 YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? REINVENTING THE GARDEN CAMELLIA with Bobby Green A2 BEES & BEEKEEPING with Dr. Michael Steinkampf A3 GARDEN BED DESIGN with James Horton 2:30 PM Circle One: B1 YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? REINVENTING THE GARDEN CAMELLIA with Bobby Green B2 BEES & BEEKEEPING with Dr. Michael Steinkampf B3 GARDEN BED DESIGN with James Horton FRIDAY MORNING 9:30 AM Circle One: C1 HERBAL HEALING IN THE EVERYDAY LANDSCAPE with Antonia Viteri C2 GRAFTING & BUDDING PRODUCING PLANTS FOR PLEASURE & PURPOSE with Hunter McBrayer C3 THE CITY GARDEN with Bethany O Rear & Roger Clarke FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1:45 PM Circle One D1 HERBAL HEALING IN THE EVERYDAY LANDSCAPE with Antonia Viteri D2 GRAFTING & BUDDING PRODUCING PLANTS FOR PLEASURE & PURPOSE with Hunter McBrayer D3 THE CITY GARDEN with Bethany O Rear & Roger Clarke SATURDAY MORNING 9:15 PM Circle One: E1 SLOW GARDENING with Felder Rushing E2 A GARDENER S BLESSING with Lois Chaplin E3 THE CAHABA RIVER WATERSHED AND ITS LILY with Dr. Randy Haddock 10:15 AM Circle One: F1 SLOW GARDENING with Felder Rushing F2 A GARDENER S BLESSING with Lois Chaplin F3 THE CAHABA RIVER WATERSHED AND ITS LILY with Dr. Randy Haddock SATURDAY AFTERNOON SELF SCHEDULED CAHABA RIVER TOUR Contact the Cahaba River Society at (205) or An electronic registration form is available online@ CONTACT THE SHERATON BIRMINGHAM for ROOM RESERVATIONS 2101 RICHARD ARRINGTON JR. BLVD N, BIRMINGHAM (888) OR EXPLORE THE CITY S FINEST LOCAL DESTINATIONS. inbirmingham.com/app FOR CONFERENCE STAFF ONLY Date Received Payment Received Confirmation Sent Initials

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr. James B. McClintock is the Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

He recently returned from his 15 th research expedition to Antarctica where over the past 20 years he and his research collaborators have become among the world s authorities on Antarctic marine

McClintock s expertise on the ecological impacts of climate change has garnered numerous invited lectures and he writes in the popular literature on this timely topic.

You can also catch Felder as an online Q&A guy for HGTV.

longtime board member of the American Horticulture Society, founder of the international Slow Gardening movement, and was named by Southern Living as one of the 25 People Most Likely to Change the

Tom holds a Bachelor's degree in Ornamental Horticulture from California Polytechnic State University and a Masters in Science Education from the University of Central Florida.

6 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr. James B. McClintock is the Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. His research, funded over the last 25 years by the National Science Foundation, has more recently included studies of the impacts of rapid climate change. He recently returned from his 15 th research expedition to Antarctica where over the past 20 years he and his research collaborators have become among the world s authorities on Antarctic marine chemical ecology and drug discovery. Dr. McClintock s expertise on the ecological impacts of climate change has garnered numerous invited lectures and he writes in the popular literature on this timely topic. Felder Rushing tends gardens in both Mississippi and England and is a 10 th generation Southern gardener who has hosted NPR s Gestalt Gardener radio program for the last 15 years. You can also catch Felder as an online Q&A guy for HGTV. In addition to being a newspaper columnist, articles contributor to many national magazines, and author or co-author of 18 gardening books, some of which were national bestsellers, Felder is a longtime board member of the American Horticulture Society, founder of the international Slow Gardening movement, and was named by Southern Living as one of the 25 People Most Likely to Change the South. Tom Underwood currently serves as the Executive Director of the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, having assumed that position in February Tom holds a Bachelor's degree in Ornamental Horticulture from California Polytechnic State University and a Masters in Science Education from the University of Central Florida. Prior to moving to Birmingham, he was the Executive Director of the American Horticultural Society, the nation s oldest gardening organization. He worked at Walt Disney World Resort for 20 years in various capacities, including Manager of the Horticulture Services Department. BREAKOUT SESSION PRESENTERS Lois Trigg Chaplin, a lifelong vegetable and herb gardener, studied horticulture and entomology at the University of Florida. She served as a garden editor at Southern Living Magazine for 13 years and until recently was the Director of Marketing for Bonnie Plants. Lois has been communicating gardening practices in print, web, TV and on stage for many companies and publications. She is well known for two books: A Garden s Blessings: Refreshment for the Soul, which is the spirit of her conference presentation, and the best -selling Southern Gardener s Book of Lists. Roger Clarke, a 2010 master gardener graduate, is self-proclaimed a classic garden "putterer." A lifelong city dweller, he has developed a keen interest in maximizing his garden space. Robert M. Green, Jr. is a landscape designer and owner of Green Nurseries in Fairhope, AL. In business since 1932, his nursery specializes in camellias and other winter-interest plants. It is a repository for rare and endangered camellia cultivars salvaged from long-abandoned nurseries and gardens. Bobby has introduced 27 camellia hybrids, including 14 Camellia sasanqua hybrids, and has been published in many Southern and national publications. His landscape objectives include garden design that extends our natural surroundings, thereby involving people within the garden, and that takes a minimalist approach, adapting Eastern thought with Gulf Coast plant material.

Randall Haddock, PhD, Field Director for the Cahaba River Society, is an expert on the Cahaba River watershed and its famous lily.

He provides policy analysis for growth and development issues and for state water quality permits and policies.

Randy is one of the South s notable ecologists and experts on watershed processes and is the chief guide and naturalist on recreational canoe trips down the Cahaba Rand is the chief guide and

His work history includes greenhouse, nursery, garden center, landscape, lawn care and sports field experience and management. He is a member and past president of the Alabama Turfgrass Association.

Position Paper. Throughout his career he has designed, installed and maintained season flower beds, with seasonal color being some of his best work memories.

She holds a BS degree in Ornamental Horticulture and a Master of Education Degree in Adult Education with Extension Education Certificate from Auburn University, and is an Alabama Certified Landscape

7 Randall Haddock, PhD, Field Director for the Cahaba River Society, is an expert on the Cahaba River watershed and its famous lily. Randy has led CRS s work on the water quality, science, and recreation programs since He provides policy analysis for growth and development issues and for state water quality permits and policies. He helps locate and abate pollution sources, and works with local governments and developers to improve the design of development to reduce watershed degradation. Randy is one of the South s notable ecologists and experts on watershed processes and is the chief guide and naturalist on recreational canoe trips down the Cahaba Rand is the chief guide and naturalist on recreational canoe trips down the Cahaba River. James Horton, Director for the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, has been with the City of Birmingham for over 33 years. His work history includes greenhouse, nursery, garden center, landscape, lawn care and sports field experience and management. He is a member and past president of the Alabama Turfgrass Association. James served on the Governor s Alabama Water Agencies and Work Group where he held a position on the Water Conservation, Efficiency and Reuse Panel and helped co-author the Green Industry Sub-Panel Position Paper. Throughout his career he has designed, installed and maintained season flower beds, with seasonal color being some of his best work memories. Bethany O Rear is a Regional Extension Agent with the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service specializing in commercial and home grounds horticulture. She holds a BS degree in Ornamental Horticulture and a Master of Education Degree in Adult Education with Extension Education Certificate from Auburn University, and is an Alabama Certified Landscape Professional. Bethany s responsibilities including working with Master Gardener volunteers and other interested parties to plan, implement, and evaluate educational horticultural programs in the region Hunter McBrayer, a Biology graduate of the University of Alabama, is an Urban Regional Extension Agent for Marshall and DeKalb Counties, specializing in home grounds, gardens and home pests, as well as animal science and forages program areas. Hunter runs the Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs for the Extension Service. He is currently pursuing a M.S. at Alabama A&M University in Plant and Soil Science. He is well known for his grafting expertise. He is a proud member of Agricultural Leaders for Alabama-Class IV, Alabama Young Farmers and the Educational Technology Learning Network. Dr. Michael Steinkampf is a practicing physician with Alabama Fertility Specialists, which he founded, and was Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at UAB. He has received 29 research grants and has published extensively in medical literature. Michael has been keeping bees for almost 10 years, has 30 hives located throughout north central Alabama, one of which is a research apiary. He attended the Young Harris Beekeeping Institute, a rigorous training program at the University of Georgia, and is certified as a Master Beekeeper. He is the only Georgia Master Beekeeper to obtain a research grant from the National Honey Board to study changes to hive design to improve honey bee health. Antonia Viteri holds a bachelor s degree in Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, a Master s Degree in Landscape Architecture from UC Berkley, and multiple certifications in Herbal Studies from the California School of Herbal Studies and the Appalachian Center for Natural Health. She is a member of the American Herbalist Guild, a Master Gardener, and a LEED Accredited Landscape Designer. In 2016, Antonia founded Herbal Studio, an interdisciplinary consultancy that provides custom and out of the ordinary health services including Herbal Education.

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