9:00 AM - Management Strategies for Overcoming Disease Issues in Landscape Beds

10:00 AM - Break

10:15 AM - Neonicotinoids, Bees, and Commercial Horticulture

11:15 AM - Current Pest Concerns in the Industry: A Roundtable Discussion and Update

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Major Hurdles to Integrated Pest Management in Horticulture

2:00 PM - Weed Control Identification and Management in Commercial & Residential Turfgrass Settings

3:00 PM - Break

3:15 PM - Pesticide Safety - A Review of the Fundamentals and Updates on Worker Protection Standards

4:15 PM - Chemical Updates from Company Representatives

5:00 PM - Presentation Evaluations and Points Sign-Out

Pesticide CEUs available for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.

10:00 AM - Workers' Compensation and Promoting a Safety Culture

10:45 AM - Break

11:00 AM - Customer Service - Building Relationships Through Communication, Trust, & Results

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Social Media - Promoting your Business through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

2:00 PM - Efficiency - Reward your Bottom Line by Encouraging Employees to Work Smarter

2:45 PM - Break

3:00 PM - Plant Growth Regulators - Save Time, Save Money, and Reduce Injury Exposure

4:00 PM - Recruiting to Sustain Culture - Attitudes and Behavior Characteristics that Define your Company

5:00 PM - Adjourn

2:00 PM - Challenges Associated with the Landscape Architect and Landscape Contractor Relationship

2:45 PM - Break

3:00 PM - The NEW NOW Perennial Selection and design trends for the Built Environment

4:00 PM - Emerging Challenges for Urban Forests

5:00 PM - Adjourn

10:00 AM - Great Camellias for the Gulf Coast Landscape (and More Coming)

11:00 AM - Crape Myrtles - Too Many (The Lagerstroemia Migraine)

11:30 AM - The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens Burden - The Mission and The Plants

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Growing Olives - Varieties and Potential

1:30 PM - What's New from Darwin Perennials

2:15 PM - Break

2:30 PM - Southern Living Plant Collection and Encore Azaleas

3:30 PM - Herbaceous Lagniappe from the Louisiana Landscape - Highlights and Suggestions

4:15 PM - Adjourn

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Exhibitor Movie-In & Set Up

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Exhibitor Registration Open

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - Exhibitor Move-In & Set Up

7:30 a.m - Lee Howell Golf Tournament: Contact Blane Stokley 251-379-3973

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - REGISTRATION OPEN

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS–MOBILE CONVENTION CENTER, 2nd Floor

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception: Mobile-City Government Building

205 Government Street

Mobile, Alabama

Sponsored by Martin’s Nursery, Flowerwood Nursery, Nursery Supplies, Tom Dodd Nurseries, Stokley Nursery, GreenForest Nursery, Bracy’s Nursery, Harrell’s and BWI

Thursday, January 19, 2017

7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. - Alabama Nursery & Landscape Assoc. Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony- Room 201 AB&C

7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. - Louisiana Nursery & Landscape Assoc. Membership Meeting

Room 202 A&B

9:00 a.m. - TRADE SHOW OPEN

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. - Auburn University Department of Horticulture Alumni & Friends Reception- Room 201B

5:00 p.m. - TRADE SHOW CLOSES

6:00 p.m. - Mississippi Nursery & Landscape Assoc. Membership Meeting

Room 204 A&B

Friday, January 20, 2017

7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. - REGISTRATION OPEN

7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a. m. - GSHE Prayer Breakfast – Room 202A

9:00 a.m. - TRADE SHOW OPEN

3:00 p.m. - TRADE SHOW CLOSES