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control, measuring greenhouse light, the use of drones,
customer relations, making better use of your website, and
more.
One of the highlights of the first day was the silent auction,
which covered 16 tables! There was a lot of playful banter
all day long between attendees outbidding one another TOP LEFT
for incredible items, which were pulled together by Ginny Rep from Maryland Plants & Supplies talks to symposium attendee.
Rosenkranz and Hank Doong. We thank Ginny and Hank TOP RIGHT
for their efforts each year in organizing the auction – we Joan Stirling of Denali talks with a customer
certainly couldn’t do it without them! This year’s auction BELOW LEFT TO RIGHT
raised just over $2,100, which will go directly to the MNLGA MNLGA President John Murphy of Murphy John’s welcomes attendees
scholarship fund to help students in their horticulture and Chessie Green Emcee Chuck Schuster goes over the day's schedule
agriculture studies. We thank you all for your support of the
auction each year in donations and bids.

The second day of Chessie provided educational content
with a stronger focus on technical recertification. The
day started with everyone together in the auditorium to
hear talks on everything from water irrigation quality and
treatment to perennials to honeybees. The afternoon
was broken out into the following tracks: Nursery Grower
and Landscape Contractor, Greenhouse Growers, Turf
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Dr. John Erwin presents to symposium attendees on day two during the morning General Industry Session.

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