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MEMBER EVENT




        Chesapeake Green Recap
















              he 21st Annual Chesapeake Green Horticulture Symposium was held on
              February 15th and 16th at the Maritime Institute Conference Center in
        TLinthicum, MD. The MNLGA welcomed 390 participants during the two-
        day symposium.

        The education committee met last summer to plan another fantastic
        conference with great speakers and relevant industry topics. The first day
        hosted Nursery Grower, Landscape Contractor, Greenhouse Grower, Retail
        Growers, and Garden Center Tracks. We were excited to welcome Dan
        Benarcik from Chanticleer Garden as our keynote speaker. Benarcik spoke with
        attendees about the “Five Principles to Elevate Our Designing Game” and gave
        participants tips to help tackle the upcoming season, such as what to plant
        and how to expand one’s design.
        The highlight of the first day was the silent auction. Seventeen full tables of
        participants joined, and there was a lot of great energy and playful banter
        between attendees outbidding one another for incredible items pulled together
        by Ginny Rosenkranz and Hank Doong. We thank Ginny and Hank for their
        efforts each year in organizing the auction. We certainly couldn’t do it without
        them! The auction was a great success and $3,300 will go directly to the
        MNLGA scholarship fund to help students in their horticulture and agriculture
        studies. We thank you all for supporting the auction year-over-year with                                                                                                                    TOP ROW:
        donations and bids.                                                                                                                                                                         Kathleen Hester, rep from Gowan USA, chats with symposium
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    attendee.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    George Mayo shares information about the CPH Program.


                                                                                                                                                                                                    CENTER ROW:
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Flier Systems USA Inc.’s, Michiel van der Waal presents to
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Nursery and Greenhouse Growers during day one.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Martha Pindale, Tim Babikow, and George Mayo catch up.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    CENTER ROW:
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chessie Green attendees listen to the presenter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Attendees take a moment to place their bid during the day one
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Silent Auction.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Attendees network between sessions..







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