Annual Conference Day 1, June 07, 2021
11:00AM - 12:00 Noon
How To Engage with Chat and Q&A
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Corporate Workshop: Rethinking Plant Records
Format : Corporate Partner Workshop
12:30PM - 01:00PM
Break
01:00PM - 04:00PM
WORKSHOP: Fieldwork for the 21st Century
Track : Collecting and Conserving
01:00PM - 04:00PM
WORKSHOP: Creating Livable Cities Through Collaborative Partnerships
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
01:00PM - 04:00PM
WORKSHOP: Road to Record Keeping
Track : Collecting and Conserving
04:00PM - 04:30PM
Break
04:30PM - 05:30PM
Virtual Garden Tour: International Peace Garden
Format : Virtual Tour
04:30PM - 05:30PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
Format : Virtual Tour
04:30PM - 05:30PM
Virtual Garden Tour: The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Format : Virtual Tour
04:30PM - 05:30PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Polly Hill Arboretum
Format : Virtual Tour
05:30PM - 06:00PM
Break
06:00PM - 08:00PM
Opening Reception
Format : Special Event
Annual Conference Day 2, June 08, 2021
11:00AM - 12:00 Noon
Morning Coffee Chats: See Today's Specials
Format : Coffee Break
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Succession Planning: A Team Approach to Mitigate Extraterrestrial Abduction
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Do the Pandemic Pivot: How One Garden Increased Its Membership 40% in 2020
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Nature Journaling: Getting Rooted in Your Place
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Student Presentations
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
The understanding of plant sociability and performance metrics for the benefit of public gardens
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
The Effect of Experimental Canopy Clearing on the Population of a Rare Understory Fen Plant
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Education and Outreach: Lessons from Museums Inform Public Gardens
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
12:45PM - 01:00PM
Break
01:00PM - 01:30PM
Evaluation of Volunteer Training: Data Driven Approach
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
01:00PM - 01:30PM
Saving the Planet, One Garden at a Time
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
01:00PM - 01:30PM
Horticultural Therapy and Public Gardens
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : The Living Landscape
01:30PM - 02:00PM
Break
02:00PM - 03:15PM
Keynote Speaker: Carolyn Finney, PhD
Format : Plenary Session
03:15PM - 03:30PM
Break
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Strategies for implementing integrated conservation of threatened tree species
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Collecting and Conserving
03:30PM - 04:30PM
EcoFloras: Building Community to Conserve Biodiversity
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Reaching New Audiences through Food, Health, and Jobs: An Urban Agriculture Toolkit
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Changing the Way We Change
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
04:30PM - 05:00PM
Break
05:00PM - 06:00PM
Celebrate Design!
Format : Special Event
06:00PM - 07:00PM
Evening Entertainment: Garden to Glass Mixology
06:00PM - 07:00PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Format : Virtual Tour
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Evening Entertainment: Learning to See
Format : Special Event
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Format : Virtual Tour
08:00PM - 09:00PM
Evening Entertainment: Garden Bracket Challenge
Format : Special Event
08:00PM - 09:00PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Jensen-Olson Arboretum
Format : Virtual Tour
Annual Conference Day 3, June 09, 2021
11:00AM - 12:00 Noon
Morning Coffee Chats: See Today's Specials
Format : 60 Minute Special Session
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Harvest 2020 as a COVID-Pivot program
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Bug Out! A Novel Approach to Pest Management
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Strengthening Our Roots and Connecting to Communities
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Do We Really Need All of this Branding, Marketing, and Advertising?
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
12:45PM - 01:00PM
Break
01:00PM - 01:30PM
Beyond the Garden: The Benefits of Remote Volunteering
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
01:00PM - 01:30PM
Add Seed Saving and Edible Landscaping to Public Garden Programming
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
01:00PM - 01:30PM
Securing Funding from IMLS
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
01:30PM - 02:00PM
Break
02:00PM - 02:25PM
Association Annual Business Meeting
Format : Association Presentation
02:30PM - 03:45PM
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (IDEA) Café
Format : Special Event
03:45PM - 04:00PM
Break
04:00PM - 04:30PM
What is the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust and how can it help your garden?
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
04:00PM - 04:30PM
Re-framing Problems for Greater Impact (or, how I learned to stop solving problems and start creating them)
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
04:00PM - 04:30PM
Managing a Living Metacollection: A Case Study of the Critically Endangered Kauaʻi Hōlei [Ochrosia kauaiensis H. St. John (Apocynaceae)]
Format : 30 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Collecting and Conserving
04:30PM - 05:00PM
Break
05:00PM - 06:00PM
Industry Insights Rapid-Fires
Format : Special Event
06:00PM - 07:00PM
Evening Entertainment: Trivia!
Format : Special Event
06:00PM - 07:00PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Delaware Botanic Gardens
Format : Virtual Tour
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Evening Entertainment: Mindfulness Moment
Format : Special Event
07:00PM - 08:00PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Durango Botanic Gardens
Format : Virtual Tour
08:00PM - 09:00PM
Evening Entertainment: Garden to Glass Mixology
08:00PM - 09:00PM
Virtual Garden Tour: Eastwoodhill Arboretum
Format : Virtual Tour
Annual Conference Day 4, June 10, 2021
11:00AM - 12:00 Noon
Morning Coffee Chats: See Today's Specials!
Format : 60 Minute Special Session
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Expanding Inclusion and Diversity in Gardens
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Art in the Gardens: Drawing New Audiences and Revenue Streams
Format : 45 Minute Special Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Communication Pathways: From the Landscape to the Database
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Collecting and Conserving
12:00 Noon - 12:45PM
Urban Grasslands: A Radical Collaboration to Confront Climate Change
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : The Living Landscape
12:45PM - 01:00PM
Break
01:00PM - 01:45PM
Hola | Bonjour | Hello: Developing Bilingual Interpretation
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
01:00PM - 01:45PM
Collecting and Securing Native Food Plants and their Relatives
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Collecting and Conserving
01:00PM - 01:45PM
Public Garden Mergers: Building Stronger Public Gardens
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
01:00PM - 01:45PM
Identifying Prospective Donors: Defining and Mastering the Critical Skill of Qualifying
Format : 45 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
01:45PM - 02:00PM
Break
02:00PM - 03:00PM
Keynote Speaker: Jane McGonigal, PhD
Format : Plenary Session
03:00PM - 03:30PM
Break
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Promoting Resilience in Communities and Public Gardens Through Urban Agriculture
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Education and Communication
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Co-Creating Community and Social Justice
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Leadership, Innovation, and Advocacy
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Building a Truly Biodiverse Pollinator Garden Through Science and Design
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : The Living Landscape
03:30PM - 04:30PM
Beyond Attendance Numbers: Defining Success and Improving Visitor Outcomes
Format : 60 Minute Concurrent Session
Track : Making Friends, Making Money
04:30PM - 05:00PM
Break
05:00PM - 06:00PM
Conference Send Off and Closing Remarks
Format : Association Presentation
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