Tentative Schedule
Tentative Schedule For Conference Agenda
MONDAY 4/27/26 | - |
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8:00am - 9:00am | Vendor Setup |
9:00am - 1::00pm | Registration Desk Opens - Vendors open |
10:00am - 11:30am | MMGA Board Meeting (will need to provide lunch for board members) |
11:00 - 12:30 | Lunch on your own (concession stand) |
SPEAKER | |
12:30 - 1:00 | Opening Remarks - Welcome, MMGA President, Dr. Jeff Wilson |
1:45 pm - 2:45pm | Dale Skaggs - Conifers & Other Trees Suitable for Gardens in the South |
Bart Jones - Gardening for Butterflies & Other Pollinators | |
Reba Wright - Butterflies of the Mid-South | |
Tommie/Lara- demo/tasting - Limited seating (20) | |
2:45pm - 3:00pm | Break/vendors |
3:00pm - 4:00pm | Bart Jones - Gardening for Butterflies and Other Pollinators |
Dale Skaggs - Conifers & Other Trees Suitable for Gardens in the South | |
Reba Wright - Butterflies of the Mid-South | |
4:00pm | Door Prizes? Vendors |
DINNER ON YOUR OWN |
TUESDAY 4/28/26 | - |
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8:30am | Vendors Open/Registration |
8:45am - 9:15am | Opening Remarks - Welcome, MMGA President, Supervisors(?), Mayors (?) |
SPEAKERS | |
9:15am - 10:15am | Samantha Floyd - Floral Arrangements |
Jeffery Harris - Apiculture - Honey Bees | |
Adam Queen - Plant Propagation | |
Tommie/Lara- demo/tasting - Limited seating (20) | |
10:15am - 10:30 am | Break/vendors |
10:30am - 11:30am | Habitat Harry - The Forgotten Flora of Northwest Mississippi |
Len Lawhon - Refuge Lawn and Plant Trials | |
Brussel's Bonsai | |
11:30am - 1:00pm | Lunch/Vendors |
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Keynote speaker - Chris Cooper |
2:00pm - 2:15pm | Break/vendors |
2:15pm - 3:15pm | Kelsey Helm Martin & Lemon Phelps - The Ins & Outs of Hosting a Kids Plant Camp |
Renee Stuart - Petal to the Metal: The Fast Lane to Beautiful Roses | |
Robert Foster - Farm to Table | |
Tommie/Lara- demo/tasting - Limited seating (20) | |
3:15pm - 4:00pm | Break/vendors |
Chris Cooper (another topic from keynote) | |
Habitat Harry - The Forgotten Flora of Northwest | |
Ashley Loflin - Growing a Flower Farm | |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Bingo Sips and Nibbles |
6:00pm - 6:45pm | Awards program |
7:00pm - 8:30pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY 4/29/26 | - |
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8:30am
| Vendors Open/ Registration/Holding area |
9:00am - 9:30am
| Raffle winners announced |
SPEAKERS | |
9:30am - 10:30am | Dr. Shannon McGee - The Jungle in Your Garden |
Dr. Jennifer Mandel - How Sunflowers Took over the World: Diversity and Adaptation in Asteraceae, the World' largest Plant Family | |
Sherrie McCalla - Growing and Cooking with Herbs | |
10:30am - 10:45am
| Break/vendors |
10:45am - 11:45am
| Dr. Jennifer Mandel - How Sunflowers Took over the World: Diversity and Adaptation in Asteraceae, the World' largest Plant Family |
Rebecca Melanson - MSU - Plant Diseases | |
Sherrie McCalla - Growing and Cooking with Herbs | |
11:45am - 12:15pm | Dr. Jeff Wilson closing remarks, p/u door prizes, etc. |