VNLA Field Day 2023
Hahn Horticulture Garden | photo by Scott Douglas.
Thank you to our hosts!
Wednesday August 2, 2023
Networking Social | 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Rising Silo Brewery
2351 Glade Road
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Includes appetizers and two drink tickets
Thursday August 3, 2023
Hahn Horticulture Garden
200 Garden Lane
Blacksburg, VA 24061
PLEASE NOTE:
Daily parking is $8 per car and strictly enforced by Virginia Tech’s (VT) parking services patrol. VT’s parking services highly recommends we all use ParkMobile. Click here for simple steps: How to use ParkMobile.
| 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Exhibitor set up |
| 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Registration VNLA table |
| 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Hahn Horticulture Garden tours throughout the day! |
Field Day Agenda
Welcome
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
- Chris Dowdy | VNLA Board President | Bennett’s Creek Nursery, Vice President Production
- Dr. Mike Evans | Director and Professor of Controlled Environment Agriculture, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Scott Douglas | Director Hahn Horticulture Garden, Professor School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Educational Talk
11 a.m. – noon
Native Plants, Our Next Opportunity
Peggy Singlemann | Host and co-producer, Virginia Home Grown VPM/PBS & Horticulture Speaker and Garden Coach
Legislative Updates
Noon – 12:45 p.m.
- Craig Regelbrugge | Â Executive Vice President Advocacy, Research, & Industry Relations, AmericanHort
or Sara Neagu-Reed | Director, Advocacy & Government Affairs, AmericanHort - Cliff Williamson | Executive Director, Virginia Agribusiness Council
Lunch and Networking
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch and network with exhibitors and colleagues
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Secretary Lohr
Educational Talk
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
From red-headed flea beetle to box tree moth: Update: emerging & invasive pests in ornamentals
Dr. Alejandro Del-Pozo | Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Break
2:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Network with exhibitors and colleagues
Panel Discussion
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Labor Trends in our Industry
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Closing Remarks
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Chris Dowdy | VNLA Board President | Bennett’s Creek Nursery, Vice President Production
After Field Day networking / social on your own
T.O.T.S. is a local option
Friday August 4, 2023
Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech
185 Beamer Way
Blacksburg, VA 24060
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Meet outside the stadium’s southeast end zone entrance
(the SE tunnel is on the right if Southgate Drive is to your back)
PLEASE NOTE:
Daily parking is $8 per car and strictly enforced by Virginia Tech’s (VT) parking services patrol. VT’s parking services highly recommends we all use ParkMobile. Click here for simple steps: How to use ParkMobile.
Riverbend Nursery
1295 Mt. Elbert Road, NW
Riner, VA 24149
We’ll enjoy a tour, lunch and river fun so bring your swim attire, towel, sunscreen and river shoes
Tour begins at 11 a.m., but you’ll have the afternoon to enjoy the river and nursery.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Virginia Certified Horticulturist (VCH): 10 for August 3 Field Day
International Society of Arborists (ISA): CEUs TBD
Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP): CEUs TBD
Attendee Registration
Online Registration Deadline July 21 After July 21 email info@vnla.org
VNLA member registration $45
Non-VNLA member registration $65
You may register in person at Field Day
VNLA member registration $55
Non-VNLA member registration $75
Exhibitor Space and Sponsorship Opportunities are Available!
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Field Day Gold Sponsor
Field Day Bronze Sponsor
Field Day Lunch Sponsor
Field Day Water Sponsor
If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Email: info@vnla.org
Robin McCall
540.324.1100 office
540.487.4396 cell
Shellie Archer
804.256.2700 office
804.317.1222 cell
Thank you for reading!