2017 IMGC Registration Hints and Planning Registration is online, at blogs.oregonstate.edu/2017imgc/registration. For registration assistance please contact OSU Conference Services at 1-800-678-6311 or 541-737-9300 between the hours of 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday through Friday. If outside of those hours please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible. You may also email conferences@oregonstate.edu.

Registration Hints General Registration Instructions • You will need to establish an account in order to register through the online system. • You will be asked to select which sessions you will be attending during each morning, and each afternoon

of the conference. • Unless otherwise noted, you may only select one class or event per session. The exception is for the game

show and regional Master Gardener mixers: you may select as many as you would like to attend during this free time for networking.

• Speaker biographies do not appear in the registration system (due to space limitations). They are listed in this planning guide, as well as on the online conference schedule page, to help you make session selections.

• You must choose a session, or else note that you will not be attending a session. Otherwise, the system will give you an error message when you try to complete your registration. Registration questions that require an answer are noted by a red asterisk (*).

• Please note: you will register for tours separately from the rest of the conference. Visit our official tour provider, America’s Hub World Tours, to register for IMGC tours.

• For full registration, you will select conference meetings, lunches, keynotes and classes you plan on attending o Later in the registration, you will be asked if you want to add in an accompanying person, tickets to the

opening reception, tickets to the film festival • We are not planning to sell conference registrations, opening reception tickets, film festival tickets or tour

seats at the conference. All items must be purchased ahead of time. • Regular registration rates take effect on January 14, 2017. • Throughout this guide, I have highlighted the different pages of the registration system in gray, to make it

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Creating an Account and Selecting Your Registration Option Creating and Account: you will create an account on the system’s Landing Page (Login Page) • Log into an existing account

o Note the OSU login is only for faculty, staff and students with an ONID (OSU Network ID) • Or, establish a new account

o Note that your email address will be your login ID o A unique email address is needed for each conference attendee registration. o One person can register multiple people by using the option of “Someone Else” when they are

asked to register. But they must register all other people BEFORE completing their own registration.

• Once you log into the system, the first two pages you will complete are ‘Registration’ and ‘Registration Details’

1. Registration (Welcome Page) • Select if you are registering yourself, or someone else.

o If you select yourself, you will proceed through registration. o If you select someone else, it will ask you to go back to Registration (Welcome Page) and add a

new person • Click the green ‘Next’ button to continue. 2. Registration Details • Select if you are registering as a Master Gardener (current Master Gardener volunteers or faculty and staff

working in the Master Gardener program) or a member of the general public (not volunteering in or working with the Master Gardener program)

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Plan Your Registration (checklist) • You can use this registration checklist to pre-plan your conference selections. • Remember that you will register for tours on a separate website. They are listed in this checklist to

make it easier for you to choose if you will attend a class, or a tour. 3. Monday Morning (July 10, 2017) Monday morning at the Oregon Convention Center will be ‘set up’ time! The trade show booths will be going up, as will the registration booth. There are no public classes or meetings during this time, although there is a volunteer and staff meeting from 10am-noon. Since there are no public events during this time • Tours that occur during this time include:

¨ Pre-Conference Tour: ‘Tour of Oregon’ Mount Hood, Timberline Lodge, Central Oregon Master Gardener Projects, High Desert Museum, La Pine State Park, Crater Lake, Funky Ashland, Douglas County Discovery Garden, Lane County Sustainable Garden, Marion County Garden, Woodburn Shopping Outlet

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘How We Get From Seed to Supper’, highlighting the Culinary Breeding Network of researchers, farmers and chefs who are breeding plants for superior culinary qualities

¨ Half-Day Tour: ‘EcosDistrict Walking Tour’ You’ve arrived in Portland, now stretch your legs and join a scenic stroll to see, first-hand, Portland’s green, eco-friendly spirit, in the heart of the Lloyd neighborhood where the IMGC2017 is taking place. Come see for yourself how the Lloyd EcoDistrict is aiming to be the most vibrant, sustainable, and livable urban neighborhood in the nation. This collaborative, community sustainability effort has already led to a 10% decrease in district energy use in only two years. Learn about the district's pioneering programs such as LAMP, a bulk buying program for LEDs, and tour innovative features such as NORM, the neighborhood's friendly organic matter recycling machine. See the Oregon Convention Center's huge solar display, a rain garden that captures and treats storm water run-off from the 5.5-acre roof, and other features that give it the coveted LEED Platinum certification.

3. Monday Afternoon (July 10, 2017) Monday, 1:00 – 3:00pm ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Pre-Conference Tour: ‘Tour of Oregon’, See previous description. ¨ Full Day Tour, ‘How We Get From Seed to Supper’, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Keeping Portland Weird’, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Streetcar Renaissance’, See previous description.

¨ Search for Excellence presentations practice: This session is for Master Gardeners who have been selected as a first place winner in an International Search for Excellence category.

¨ State and County MG Coordinators Meeting: This session is for faculty and staff who are employed with an Extension Master Gardener Program. Come and learn more about the Extension Master Gardener National Committee, as well as current initiatives and opportunities.

Monday, 3:00 – 4:00pm • Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Pre-Conference Tour, ‘Tour of Oregon’, See previous description. ¨ Full Day Tour, ‘How We Get From Seed to Supper’, See previous description.

¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Keeping Portland Weird’, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Streetcar Renaissance’, See previous description.

¨ International Master Gardener Committee Meeting: This session serves as a business meeting for the International Master Gardener Committee. This meeting is for current IMG committee members, as well as any Master Gardener faculty, staff and volunteers who are interested in learning more about the work of the committee, and potentially volunteering.

• Not Attending: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session.

Monday, 4:30-5:15pm ¨ Orientation for Attendees: optional and brief overview of the conference, including tips on how to get the

most out of your IMGC experience. • Not Attending: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that coincides with a conference

session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Pre-Conference Tour, ‘Tour of Oregon’: (see description on previous page) ¨ Full Day Tour, ‘How We Get From Seed to Supper’ (see description on previous page) ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Keeping Portland Weird’, (see description on previous page)

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4. Tuesday Morning (July 11, 2017) Tuesday 9:00 am-11:00 am (General Session and Search for Excellence) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

o Full Day Tour, ‘Welcome to the Willamette Valley’, Explore the diversity of the Willamette Valley. Heirloom roses, olive orchards, lunch at the Hotel Oregon, and a visit to a hop farm as harvest approaches.

¨ Half Day Tour, ‘From Pines to Pruners’, Start your day at Voodoo Donuts, a Portland institution, for donuts and coffee. Next, visit to Iseli’s conifer display garden and a stop at Red Pig Tools (hand-made ergonomic and custom yard and garden tools). This tour is accessible to all mobility challenges, but buses do not have wheelchair lift capability.

¨ General Session and Search for Excellence Presentations: The general session will include a morning welcome and announcements from IMGC Master of Ceremonies, Ciscoe Morris, as well as remarks from USDA-NIFA National Program Leader, Tom Bewick. Search for Excellence (SFE) is the recognition program of Extension Master Gardener volunteer work. In this session, we will honor Search for Excellence winners, and learn a bit more about their award-winning projects.

Tuesday 11:15am – 12:15pm (Concurrent Session #1) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Welcome to the Willamette Valley’, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘From Pines to Pruners’, See previous description.

¨ (1A) Bountiful Berries: How to Grow in Containers and Raised Beds for Limited Space or Poor Soils. (Bernadine Strik) Do you have constraints for space, want to grow something edible on your deck, or have poor soil and thought you could never grow blueberries, for example? Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, and even blackberries may be grown in containers or raised beds with the right techniques. Learn about correct potting media, proper planting and pruning techniques, and cultivar selection for success. Dr. Bernadine Strik is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University in Corvallis, and has been at OSU since obtaining her Ph.D. at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada in 1987. Bernadine is responsible for research, extension, and teaching in berry crops. She works mainly with the commercial berry crop industries in Oregon, but also provides support and training in the home horticulture program. Her educational and research programs are world-renowned and she has received many awards for her achievements, including being elected a Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science and an OSU Alumni Association Distinguished Professor.

¨ (1B) Full Frontal Gardens. (Lucy Hardiman) A revolution is taking root in front gardens across North America. Gardeners are casting off the yoke of tradition and reclaiming their front yards as canvases for personal expression. Water-guzzling lawns and outdated foundation plantings are being replaced with walkways, terraces, art, ornamental plantings and vegetable gardens. Planting beds are jumping the sidewalk as street-side boulevards yield to low water or vegetable gardens. Playful and eye catching front gardens speak to the street, engaging neighbors in a dialog about the delights inherent in taking time to slow down. They encourage passersby to enjoy vistas of bold colors, bird song and pollinators going about their business. Slides from around the Northwest illustrate the creativity and artful designs of gardeners in private, commercial and municipal venues, who are gardening in the public eye. Lucy Hardiman is the principal of Perennial Partners, a garden design collaborative distinguished by innovative hardscape, playful planting design and creative problem solving. She is a past president of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, continuing her commitment to the organization as an obsessed volunteer. She is a long time member of the ‘Great Plant Picks’ Committee, thriving on interaction with other plant nerds. For many years she was a contributing editor for Horticulture Magazine. Her garden is a testimony to her passion for

plants and design, having been featured in many books and magazines. She is a sought-after lecturer, speaking from coast to coast.

¨ (1C) Sustainable Turfgrass Management (Alec Kowalewski). This presentation will discuss the five cultural practices (mowing, fertilization, irrigation, cultivation and pest management) essential to sustainable turfgrass management. Proper implementation of these cultural practices and their effects on environmental stress (drought, shade, traffic, etc.) and pest tolerance (to weeds, insects, diseases, etc.) will be discussed. This session will also include information on core integrated pest management concepts and practices, such as the pest triangle, action thresholds and pest control methods. Dr. Alec Kowalewski received his Masters and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Prior to joining Oregon State University in 2012, he taught at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and worked as a Research Scientist at the University of Georgia Turf Breeding Program in Tifton, Georgia. Dr. Kowalewski has also served as a Briggs & Stratton Yardsmart Expert and Operational Consultant at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Current research and extension interests include improving the environmental and economic sustainability of turfgrass management.

¨ (1D) Diagnosing plant problems: A systematic approach (Neil Bell). Master Gardeners are called upon to diagnose problems on a vast array of plants in gardens and landscapes, whether they be small fruit, tree fruit, vegetables, turf or ornamentals. All of these have their individual disease and pest problems but there are also cultural and environmental issues to consider. Finding a way to distinguish the reason for a problem on a specific plant from this bewildering array of potential causes is the focus of this session. We will discuss a straightforward approach to plant problem diagnosis which uses a series of questions to gather information on the problem and simplify diagnosis. Neil Bell is the Community Horticulturist for OSU Extension in Marion and Polk Counties. In addition to organizing the annual Master Gardener training in both counties, he also teaches the ‘Resources’ and ‘Problem Diagnosis’ classes around the state. From the many inquiries and samples counties receive, he developed an 11-week online course on plant problem diagnosis, which is taught as a for-credit class each spring, and is also offered through OSU Professional and Continuing Education as a non-credit class each fall.

¨ (1E) Implications for EMGV Motivation and Retention (Sheri Dorn). The focus group-style session is targeted at EMG program coordinators, though anyone is welcome. In focus-group style, state and local coordinators will share the practical significance of results from the 2016 Extension Master Gardener Motivations study. Sheri Dorn joined University of Georgia’s Department of Horticulture on the Griffin Campus as Extension Horticulturist for Consumer Ornamentals and Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program Coordinator in June 2012. Sheri fully appreciates Master Gardener Extension volunteers and their role as education partners with Extension, having served as a former state coordinator for the Virginia Master Gardener Volunteer Program and as an Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent in Roanoke, Virginia. Additionally, Sheri brings nearly ten years of industry experience to her UGA roles, having co-owned a small retail nursery and landscape contracting firm. As a gardener, Sheri is passionate about vegetable gardening and color in the garden! She enjoys raising vegetables and small fruits with her family. She loves to plant colorful container gardens with annual and perennial combinations, and tries to visit public gardens whenever possible.

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5. Tuesday Afternoon (July 11, 2017) Tuesday 12:15pm - 1:30pm ¨ Tuesday Lunch (Select if you will be having lunch at the conference center or on a tour.) Tuesday, 1:45-3:00 pm (Concurrent Session #2) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Welcome to the Willamette Valley, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Quintessential Northwest Nurseries’ Come out and see the true diversity of the

Portland plant palette. Cistus DesignNursery offers Mediterranean climate, southern hemisphere, hardy tropical plants, and more—the home of zonal denial. Joy Creek Nursery collections feature more than 300 varieties of clematis, 100 varieties of hydrangeas and 50 varieties of penstemon (many bred right at the nursery).

¨ (2A) Eat Your Flowers (Denny Schrock). Mom always said, “Eat your vegetables.” Perhaps she’d have had more luck by including edible flowers in her directive. With bright colors, exotic fragrances and intriguing flavors, beautiful blossoms perk up otherwise humdrum dishes. From herbal delights such as chives, basil and dill to garden standbys such as rose, daylily and violet, to less well-known blooms, this class will teach you how to identify, grow, and harvest edible flowers. Rather than providing a collection of specific recipes, usage information will be general. Learn how to please your palate with edible flowers! Dr. Denny Schrock is the Iowa State Master Gardener Coordinator and a Lecturer in the Department of Horticulture, where he teaches Hands-on Horticulture and Plant Propagation. He was previously a garden editor with Meredith Corporation, where he edited 40 garden books under the Better Homes and Gardens, Scotts, Miracle-Gro, and Ortho brands. In addition, Schrock is a freelance garden lecturer, writer and photographer, and serves on the editorial advisory board of The American Gardener magazine. In 2015 Schrock was honored as a Fellow by GWA, the Association for Garden Communicators. Denny is an avid gardener and self-described plant nerd. When he moved into his Urbandale, IA, home twelve years ago, he moved 850 perennials, trees, and shrubs with him! The ½-acre garden now has hundreds more plants of all types, from vegetables, fruits and herbs to native perennial flowers, succulents, and tender tropicals.

¨ (2B) Fifty Shades of Blue (Hattie Braun): Why are so many Master Gardeners smitten with blue flowers? Is this because plants with blue flowers only make up 10% of all flowering plants, and truly blue flowers are rarer still? In this gardening talk filled with wisdom, humor, and fetching images of blue flowered ornamentals, Hattie Braun will shed some light on the birds and the bees that pollinate blue flowers, and the great lengths flowers go to attract them. You’ll get an eyeful of the shades of blue that plants use to entice pollinators and some tips on how to use blue shades to add sex appeal to your garden. Hattie Braun has been the Coconino Master Gardener Program Coordinator for the past 14 years, where she has the good fortune to work with and teach northern Arizona gardeners on a variety of topics including food-based gardening, ornamentals, native plant gardens, invasive species, landscaping, water conservation and urban forestry. Hattie has a B.S. in Plant Ecology from Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA and a M.S. in Horticulture from Pennsylvania State University. She moved to northern Arizona in 1993, became a Coconino Master Gardener in 1995, and has mastered many, but certainly not all, of the gardening challenges of growing in a high elevation, cold, dry environment. She is looking forward to adding the blue-flowered Grand Mesa beardtongue (Penstemon mensarum) to her garden.

¨ (2C) Integrated Pest Management for Vegetable Production (Weston Miller): Growing vegetables can provide a bounty of produce for yourself, your family and the community, but it takes foresight, an eye for detail and persistence to stay ahead of the pests and diseases that impact vegetable crops. Learn how use IPM strategies and techniques to avoid pest and disease problems before they occur and to effectively respond to problems with veggies. IPM provides a toolkit for vegetable growers to maximize harvest and minimize risks to human health and the environment. Weston Miller is a Community and Urban Horticulturist for OSU Extension Service. Since 2007, Weston has managed the popular Master

Gardener™ program in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, which includes a contract with Metro, the regional government. He also started and manages the Beginning Urban Farmer Apprenticeship (BUFA) to help new and aspiring farmers build a foundation in specialty crop production and marketing. Weston serves as elected Director and Treasurer for West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District.

¨ (2D) Garden Smarts: Beating the Aches and Pains (Patricia Kolling). Have you found that it’s harder to garden now? Is getting up and down to weed and plant difficult or impossible? Learn about modifications and adaptations that you can make to garden smarter, safer and more efficiently. This includes adapting tools, using various methods to minimize your effort, basic posture and lifting techniques, safety concerns and using creativity to accomplish gardening goals. Presentation will include examples of solutions to common disabilities that gardeners face as they age. Patricia Kolling has a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of Washington in Seattle. She worked in clinical settings with all age groups for 20 years before assuming an administrative role with a large, long term care company. She helped develop physical, occupational and speech-language pathology programs in the acute rehabilitation / long term care setting. She has been an OSU Certified Master Gardener since 2007, and has used her clinical expertise to keep people gardening regardless of age, level of function and disability.

¨ (2E) Lewis & Clark: Pioneering Naturalists (Lynda Paznokas). This presentation will provide an overview of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804-06), while focusing on some of the Expedition’s natural history “discoveries” that were “new to science,” with an emphasis on botany. When President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis & Clark to explore the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase (and lands beyond to the Pacific Ocean), he gave them a lengthy set of instructions. They were to explore and map the region, observe climate and geology, describe and map fur resources, negotiate cooperative agreements with Native American tribes, describe native customs, and record and collect flora and fauna. Jefferson’s motives for these natural history studies were part economic, part political, and part a reflection of his own Enlightenment-era curiosity. This presentation will show how Lewis & Clark managed to accomplish Jefferson’s wishes while struggling against oppressive heat and cold, wild animals, injury, potentially hostile tribes, exhaustion and an absence of reliable maps. Dr. Lynda Paznokas, an Oregon Master Gardener from Bend, was a Boeing Distinguished Professor of Science Education at Washington State University. She retired as the Associate Dean for School and Community Collaboration for WSU’s College of Education. She was also an elementary and middle school teacher, and was named the 1982 Oregon Teacher of the Year. Her specific field of interest is environmental education, developing and directing outdoor school programs. She spent parts of ten summers photographing the routes of the Oregon Trail and the Lewis & Clark Expedition across the country. She authored a series of books for teachers called Pathways of America, including a book on Lewis & Clark.

Tuesday, 3:45 - 4:45 pm (Concurrent Session #3) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Welcome to the Willamette Valley, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Quintessential Northwest Nurseries’, See previous description.

¨ (3A) Dry Farming in the Maritime Pacific Northwest (Amy Garrett). Up to a 50% reduction in summer water availability is predicted in Oregon within 50 years. It will be critical for the viability of farms in our region and the security of our food system to increase knowledge and awareness of methods of crop production that require little or no irrigation. To initiate this project, a Dry Farming Demonstration was established in Corvallis, Oregon in 2015. This demonstration expanded to three OSU sites in 2016 and more than 10 farms in Western Oregon hosted dry farming trials via the Dry Farming Collaborative. Learn about how the OSU Extension Service is partnering with growers to increase knowledge and awareness of dry farming management practices and hear about some of the results from their field trials. Amy Garrett works with the OSU Extension Small Farms Program in the Southern Willamette Valley. As an Assistant Professor of Practice, she is devoted to learning and teaching others about ways to improve the economic and

environmental sustainability of our food production systems. Amy has 20 years of experience in the horticulture industry ranging from landscape design, installation and maintenance to organic farming, research, and education. Her special interests are in organic crop production, season extension, permaculture design, and dry farming. The Dry Farming Project she is leading will be expanding over the next couple of years to include several Dry Farming Demonstration sites in Oregon, a ‘Growing Resilience: Water Management Workshop Series’, and Participatory Dry Farming Research with interested growers throughout the Pacific Northwest.

¨ (3B) Weedless Gardening (Lee Reich). Introducing a novel way of caring for the soil, one that results in fewer weeds. Nurturing the ground from the top down, avoiding soil compaction, maintaining a soil cover, and pinpoint watering emulates rather than fights Mother Nature, keeping plants healthier and minimizing weed problems. Learn how to apply this 4-part system to establish new plantings as well as to maintain existing plantings. The principles and practices are rooted in the latest agricultural research and are applicable to sustainable, small farm systems. Lee Reich, Ph.D., dove into gardening over 40 years ago, initially with one foot in academia (as an agricultural scientist with the USDA and Cornell University), and one foot in the field (the organic field). He eventually expanded his field to a farmden (more than a garden, less than than a farm) and left academia to lecture, consult, and author a number of books. Besides providing an abundance of fruits and vegetables, his farmden has an educational mission and is a test site for innovative techniques in soil management, pruning, and food production. Science and an appreciation of natural systems underpin his work. Lee Reich’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

¨ (3C) Price is Not the Only Difference: How to Tell Good Garden Tools From Bad (Bob Denman). A good garden tool – one that is well-designed or evolved and well-made – will make your garden work easier and will last for generations, given a modicum of care. Blacksmith and tool-wright Bob Denman tells you how to distinguish a good tool from one that isn’t worth picking up. Steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, or composite plastic heads? Forged, welded, or cast? Wood, plastic, or fiberglass handles? Single piece or assembly? Light or heavy? Long, short or mid-length handles? Are old tools better than new? Are English tools truly superior? Which features are worth paying for, and which are not? What are the advantages and drawbacks of multi-function tools? What makes a tool efficient? What makes a tool “ergonomic?” Which advertising claims are hogwash? How do you know if a spade or shovel fits your body? How can you modify a tool to fit, especially if you have a physical disability? When are specialty tools worth the expense? The answers to these and similar questions are rarely obvious, sometimes surprising and, as presented by the man from Red Pig Tools, both informative and funny. Bob Denman is a blacksmith and tool-wright, and co-owns Red Pig Garden Tools with his wife, Rita. Denman is an inventor with several patents to his credit. Among his inventions and designs are garden pants with built-in knee pads; forged, solid socket trench clean-out shovels with flat bottoms and turned-up sides; a combination diamond file, screw driver and multi-size wrench for maintaining pruners and lopping shears; a root-cutting saw, a blackberry hoe and a four-sided hoe for thinning vegetable seedlings. Denman’s background includes several years as a product development consultant to Corona Clipper Company, one of America’s largest producers of hand tools for gardening, landscaping and agriculture. A former journalist and copywriter, Denman has had articles published in Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Small Farm Today, and New Pioneer magazines. He is currently working on a comprehensive book on the history, lore and usage of garden tools.

¨ (3D) Teaching with Demonstration Gardens (Sheri Dorn). Extension Master Gardeners use demonstration gardens to teach important horticultural and gardening concepts. Transform your pretty garden into an outdoor classroom. Gain new ideas and insight for maximizing the outreach achieved with your demonstration garden! See Sheri’s biography for concurrent session 1E.

¨ (3E) Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 Ways to Get KIDS Outside, DIRTY and Having FUN (John Fisher). Through hands-on participation and a presentation, author John Fisher will share activities and insight from his book Gardening Projects for Kids. John and his co-author Whitney Cohen interviewed over 20 family gardeners to learn their tips and tricks for engaging kids in garden-based crafts, tasks, and cooking. Come prepared to learn new activities and design ideas to get kids having fun in the garden. John Fisher’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press. Since

1996 John has worked exclusively in farm- and garden-based education programs teaching preschool through high school students and providing professional development opportunities for thousands of educators. When he is not at work he is gardening at home or teaching in his son’s school garden.

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6. Wednesday Morning (July 12, 2017) Wednesday, 9:00 am-10:15 am (General Session and Keynote #1) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘An Oregon Geological Wonder, the Columbia Gorge’, Multnomah Falls and the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. We’ll also visit the DIG (The Dalles Imagination Garden) an educational and community oasis developed by Wasco County Master Gardeners. Tree fruit research at the Mid-Columbia Ag Research and Extension Center and the Hood River County Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden and Japanese Heritage Garden, which honors the local Japanese Americans who, despite

¨ General Session and Keynote #1: The general session will include a morning welcome and announcements from IMGC Master of Ceremonies, Ciscoe Morris. The first keynote, ‘Welcome to Subirdia’, will be delivered by John Marzluff. The beautiful garden that you create is not only an aesthetic wonder; it is a place that a rich community of wild animals calls home. In this lecture you will learn about the wildlife, especially birds, that live in your garden and what you can do to enhance their well-being. Dr. Marzluff reveals that we are an integral part of an ecosystem, and our everyday actions affect the fabric of animal life that surrounds us. Drawing on his research in the Seattle area and on examples from across the country and around the world—Kansas City, Seattle, New York, Arizona, New Zealand, Europe, Central America, Asia—he shows how some birds are adapting and thriving in moderately urban ecosystems, often evolving before our eyes. The diversity of plants and trees in our gardens and parks creates valuable habitat for many birds, as do our ornamental ponds and brush piles. John Marzluff is James W. Ridgeway Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington. His graduate and post-doctoral research focused on the social behavior and ecology of jays and ravens, themes that continue in his research, today. His current research focuses on the effects of urbanization on songbirds in the Seattle area. At the University of Washington, he teaches Ornithology, Governance and Conservation of Rare Species, Field Research in Yellowstone, and Natural and Cultural History of Costa Rica. Professor Marzluff has written five books and edited several others. His most recent book Welcome to Subirdia (2014 Yale) discovers that moderately settled lands host a splendid array of biological diversity and suggests ways in which people can steward these riches to benefit birds and themselves. Dr. Marzluff’s keynote talk is at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Ball Horticultural.

Wednesday, 10:15 am- 12:00 pm (Concurrent Session #4, Open Time for Trade Show Shopping, Regional Master Gardener Mixers, Game Show Fun) (Please choose all that you plan to attend, so that we can plan out room space.) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘An Oregon Geological Wonder, the Columbia Gorge’, See previous description. ¨ (4A) Who’s Garden is it Anyway? This 'game show' style presentation is sure to increase the likelihood of

giggle-fits and a healthy amount of competition. Learn some interesting things about the gardeners around you and prepare yourself for a fun ah-ha experience. Win some prizes, win some friends, and win some knowledge. You can only lose if you don’t get a seat. Tony McCammon is a horticulturalist with the University of Idaho Extension system. He is a dynamic speaker with 12+ years of experience in the field of plant science. Distinguishing him from others in his field of expertise is that he treats horticulture as entertainment. Based in Twin Falls, Idaho, he is determined to uncover the secrets of the desert and continues research in Native American ethnobotany and plant signaling. One particular research project in native plant domestication is providing the nursery industry many beautiful and drought tolerant options for western gardeners.

¨ (4B) Northwest Regional Mixer: The Northwest Master Gardener region includes Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming , Alaska and Hawaii. Hosted by Toby Day, Northwest Regional Representative to the Extension Master Gardener National Committee.

¨ (4C) Southwest Regional Mixer: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah. Host to be determined.

¨ (4D) Southeast Regional Mixer: The Southeast Master Gardener region includes Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia. Hosted by Lelia Kelly, Southeast Regional Representative, Extension Master Gardener National Committee.

¨ (4E) Northeast Regional Mixer: The Northeast Master Gardener region includes Maryland!, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine. Host to be determined.

¨ (4F) North Central Regional Mixer: The North Central Master Gardener region includes: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan. Hosted by Pam Bennett, Chair of the Extension Master Gardener National Committee and Mike Maddox, North Central Representative to the Extension Master Gardener National Committee.

¨ (4G) Canadian and Overseas Master Gardener Mixer: Canada, South Korea, Other Countries in Attendance. Host to be determined.

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7. Wednesday Afternoon (July 12, 2017) Wednesday 12:00pm - 1:15pm ¨ Wednesday Lunch (Select if you will be having lunch at the conference center or on a tour.) Wednesday, 1:45-2:45 pm (Concurrent Session #5) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘An Oregon Geological Wonder, the Columbia Gorge’, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘History and Harvest to the Table’, Get a peek into the rich history of Portland at the

Pittock Mansion, a magnificent home built for one of the founding families of a fledgling city, See how it survived time and storms into a new era for city visitors and local citizens to enjoy. From the city’s early history to today’s awareness of the food we eat, you’ll have a true farm-to-table dining experience at Meriwether’s Restaurant—one of only a handful of restaurants in the US who actually grow the produce that is served up. It’s just another side of Portland’s green, eco-friendly spirit and drive for sustainability.

¨ Half Day Tour, ‘ Portland’s South Waterfront Eco-District’ South Waterfront is Portland’s big leap towards high-rise, high-density urban living. Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), progressive developers, and the City partnered to build a transit-friendly, LEED-ND** neighborhood served by an aerial tram, streetcar, light rail, bikeways, walking trails, and pedestrian and transit bridges. The tour – via streetcar and aerial tram –explores Portland’s more innovative green infrastructure, including discussion of storm water systems, bio-swales, eco-roofs, and LEED* buildings. The tour will discuss eco-district strategies to further advance green city design. You’ll visit the new Collaborative Life Sciences Building and ride on the Portland Aerial Tram to the highest point of the city. We will also walk through some of the city’s newest and most innovative parks and riverfront restoration efforts. The tour includes a streetcar, aerial tram, and walking tour of the South Waterfront. This tour is wheelchair accessible.

¨ (5A) Multi-Dimensional Vegetable Gardening (Lee Reich). Today’s gardens are smaller than those of years past. With planning, though, today’s gardens can give get us a lot more bang for the buck in terms of space used and energy expended. Using five dimensions lets you grow a lot of vegetables in a small space. We’ll explore each of those dimensions and look at examples of how to make them work. Lee Reich, Ph.D., dove into gardening over 40 years ago, initially with one foot in academia (as an agricultural scientist with the USDA and Cornell University), and one foot in the field (the organic field). He eventually expanded his field to a farmden (more than a garden, less than than a farm) and left academia to lecture, consult, and author a number of books. Besides providing an abundance of fruits and vegetables, his farmden has an educational mission and is a test site for innovative techniques in soil management, pruning, and food production. Science and an appreciation of natural systems underpin his work. Lee Reich’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

¨ (5B) Encouraging Beneficial Insects in the Landscape (Heather Stoven). Wherever there are plants, there are also insects associated with them. Fortunately for us, many of these insects are beneficial and can be encouraged to thrive in our yards. Learn about beneficial insects commonly found in the garden and how they provide assistance to us by protecting our plants from pests through biological control, as well as pollinating our food. Also, we will learn how to provide habitat and other crucial resources to encourage these insects so we are able to receive their benefits in the landscape. Heather Stoven is the Community Horticulturalist and Small Farms Extension Agent for Oregon State University serving Yamhill County. She has a Master of Science degree in integrated pest management from UC Davis and her strengths include pest management, plant problem diagnosis, greenhouse growing and nursery crops.

¨ (5C) Houseplants; Our Constant Garden (Tena van Andel). Many people today feel that growing houseplants is boring and that the real glory in gardening is growing plants outside. Not so! Each new study

shows that houseplants are important to our health and mental well being. Let’s look at these benefits and then discuss how to choose, care and come to love our very own constant garden. Tena van Andel has been a Toronto Master Gardener since 2003 and served as Director of Events on the Master Gardeners of Ontario Board for six years. She has made several television and radio appearances, and she writes and lectures on anything gardening. Tena has a special passion for anything exotic, especially orchids, and she spends many a snowy Canadian winter day in her greenhouse with her constant garden.

¨ (5D) How to Prune and Renovate the Overgrown Garden (Cass Turnbull). After 15 years even the most well designed yard will look more like a jungle than a garden. This PowerPoint presentation will show how to bring order out of chaos without having to tear everything out and start over. You will learn the three kinds of cuts, three types of plants, and three ways to prune them, as well as creative solutions to the overgrown or over-planted yard. Cass Turnbull is a popular author and lecturer, as well as founder of Plant Amnesty, a 1,000-member non-profit organization which promotes better pruning. Their official mission is ‘end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning.’ Her work includes the creation of the Master Pruner program, several Public Service Announcements, the Seattle Heritage Tree Program, the Seattle Urban Forest Symposiums, organizing Mutilated Tree Protests, running a referral service of qualified pruners and arborists, pruning workshops for Spanish speakers, and publication of pruning guides for various regions of the country. Using a mixture of humor and controversy Cass and Plant Amnesty have raised awareness of common crimes against nature committed by, well, by everybody, such as tree topping. They are largely credited with reducing the incidence of tree topping in Seattle by 80% by waging a 28 year media outreach campaign. That work has brought Cass and Plant Amnesty several awards: the National Arbor Day Foundation Education Award, the Seattle Friends of the Tree Award, and three International Society of Arboriculture Gold Leaf Awards. Cass is a veteran Master Gardener and business owner who has been gardening professionally for over 35 years.

¨ (5E) Want to See a Great American Eclipse in 2017? Here's How (Jim Todd). On August 21, 2017, millions of people across the United States will see nature’s most wondrous spectacle – a total eclipse of the Sun. It is a scene of unimaginable beauty; the Moon completely blocks the Sun, daytime becomes a deep twilight, and the Sun’s corona shimmers in the darkened sky. On Monday, August 21, 2017, Oregon will experience partial eclipse and a full minute and fifty seconds of totality. This is a concept outline to understand, prepare for, and view this rare celestial event. Jim Todd is Director of Space Science Education at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI). He manages OMSI’s Kendall Planetarium, where he wears many hats: programming in astronomy and space exploration; teacher training in astronomy and space education; coordinating OMSI hosting of star parties in conjunction with local amateur astronomy groups; and Co-Director of the ‘Oregon Star Party’. Jim will also coordinate the 2017 solar eclipse viewing from Salem Fairgrounds on August 21, 2017.

Wednesday, 3:30-4:45 pm (Concurrent Session #6) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘An Oregon Geological Wonder, the Columbia Gorge’, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘History and Harvest to the Table’, See previous description.

¨ (6A) Gardening with Grafted Vegetables (Alice Doyle). During this lively presentation, Alice will define and describe methods of grafting vegetables for improved vigor, health, and productivity. Her overview will include some background on grafting as well as current trends, both for farmers and commercial growers and for home gardeners. You’ll learn how scion and root stock are tested and matched for optimal success, and how soils and growing procedures affect the process and the plants. Alice will also outline ongoing research by members of the USDA-funded Consortium of Universities, which investigates ways to reduce agricultural dependence on methyl bromide through improved grafted methods and techniques. Special guest Harry Olson, Master Gardener extraordinaire, will demonstrate his award winning method of getting maximum production from grafted tomato plants. Alice Doyle is a co-founder of the Oregon wholesale nursery Log House Plants, an established trend-setter renowned for excellence and innovation. The first

grower in the United States to offer grafted vegetables to home gardeners, Log House Plants seeks the best of traditional edibles and food crops of tomorrow. They distribute annuals, vegetables, perennials, and herbs to the fine independent nurseries of the PNW, and grafted vegetables nationally through SuperNaturals Grafted Vegetables LLC with Plug Connection and Garden America. Log House has a long history of coordination and support of the Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener program.

¨ (6B) Creating and Managing a Plant Community: Creative Approaches to Site Preparation, Installation, and Maintenance (Thomas Rainer). The tried and true axioms that guide preparation, installation, and management arise from a belief that we should be able to place any kind of plant anywhere. Unique characteristics of soil like high pH or infertility are eradicated in favor of creating a generic, potting-soil-like medium. Many of these widely accepted and blindly applied techniques actually undermine plant establishment and the long-term health of a planting. Join landscape architect Thomas Rainer to learn how to work with a site rather than fighting it. This talk explores ways to use a plant’s natural growing cycles to speed up establishment, minimize plant loss, and reduce unnecessary maintenance. Thomas Rainer is a landscape architect, teacher, and author. He is a passionate advocate for an ecologically expressive design aesthetic that does not imitate nature, but interprets it. He has designed landscapes for the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The New York Botanical Garden. He works in Washington, D.C. as a Principal for the landscape architectural firm Rhodeside & Harwell and blogs at the popular site Grounded Design. His first book, Planting in a Post-Wild World, co-authored with Claudia West, was just released by Timber Press this year and awarded one of American Horticultural Society’s top books of the year. Thomas Rainer’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

¨ (6C) If Trees Could Talk (Meredith Seaver) You’ve probably noticed that trees don’t always agree with our decisions about what they need, want or should tolerate. Our trees have many ways of telling us when they aren’t happy. Come and learn about what trees would say if they could have a heart-to-heart talk with us. We’ll take a look at why tree selection, planting practices, watering habits, pest management choices and general tree care decisions are so important to the well-being of trees and how we can make better tree care decisions. Meredith Seaver is a Horticulture Assistant and Plant/Pest Diagnostician in the Utah State University/Utah County Cooperative Extension Office. Her work duties include diagnosing plant disease and pest problems, helping gardeners identify and understand the reasons behind their gardening problems and recommending practical, responsible solutions to those problems. In addition to her diagnostic and assistant duties, she has authored many articles for the Utah County Extension Newsletter and is a frequent speaker for community groups, professional organizations and conferences. Meredith has a B.S. in Horticulture from Utah State University (USU) and is a Master Gardener and a member of the USU/Utah County Master Gardener Association. She is a Certified Arborist and a member of the Utah Nursery and Landscape Association.

¨ (6D) When the Great Outdoors Just Won't Do: Planning for and Using Home Greenhouses (Natalie Bumgarner). There are many ways that home greenhouses can be used to increase the quality, productivity and enjoyment of our gardening ventures. However, there are many considerations for purchase and management that are based on geography, climate, and crop needs. Join Natalie Bumgarner for a presentation and discussion on considerations in selecting and using a home greenhouse to take your horticulture to the next level. Natalie Bumgarner is the University of Tennessee Residential and Consumer Extension Specialist and Statewide Extension Master Gardener coordinator. She is a West Virginia native who grew up in agriculture and has been active in various facets of horticulture for nearly 20 years. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from West Virginia University with a focus in ornamental greenhouse production. Following that, she received a M.S. degree from WVU and did research on growing practices for small scale organic vegetable producers. Natalie received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University where she researched the impact of growing environments on yield and crop composition in leafy vegetables. Prior to joining UT in 2014, Natalie undertook postdoctoral work in vegetable grafting and cropping to target international nutrition needs at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, OH. She was also employed as the Horticulturist and Research Director for CropKing, Inc. in

Lodi, OH, where her work focused on research and education in the area of small to medium scale greenhouse vegetable production.

¨ (6E) Honey Bee Health Status: A Decade after CCD Reports (Ramesh Sagili). Bees are vital for our food production and functional ecosystem. The role and importance of bees as crucial pollinators of both cultivated and wild plants will be briefly discussed. The numerous challenges currently being faced by bees and the beekeeping industry, including parasites/pathogens, poor nutrition and pesticides, will also be discussed. Various ongoing efforts to promote bee health in Oregon and across the nation will be briefly reviewed. Finally, a few potential steps that all of us can take to promote and conserve our important insect pollinators will be illustrated. Dr. Ramesh Sagili is a honey bee research and extension faculty in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He obtained his PhD in Entomology from Texas A&M University in 2007, specializing in honey bee research. He has a bachelors and a Masters degree in Agriculture from A.P. Agricultural University, India. His primary research focus at OSU is honey bee health, nutrition and pollination. His appointment also includes Extension and hence he works closely with the stakeholders, i.e. both beekeepers and producers. He initiated the creation of the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program in 2010 and chaired the Governor’s Task Force on Pollinator Health in 2014. His goal is to establish a vibrant and dynamic honey bee research and extension program at OSU that will cater to the needs of beekeepers and producers, and promote sustainable apiculture.

¨ (6F) There’s an App for That! (Pamela Bennett). Pam will take you through a variety of applications for your smartphone and will share the good, the bad, and the ugly. In addition, bring your thoughts on apps that you like and use in your horticulture world to add to the mix. Pam Bennett has a BS in Landscape Horticulture and a MS in Human and Community Resource Development from Ohio State University. Her responsibilities include providing leadership for the Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program, consisting of more than 3,500 volunteers, and conducting consumer and commercial horticulture programs. She specializes in herbaceous ornamental plant trials and evaluates more than 200 varieties of annuals and two genera of ornamental grasses; she presents programs on annuals and perennials as well as other landscape topics locally, statewide, and nationally. Pam has also lectured in South Korea and China. She is Chairman of the National Extension Master Gardener Committee, Chair of the Social Committee for the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture and provides leadership to the OSUE MG Volunteer International Outreach.

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8. Thursday Morning (July 13, 2017) Thursday, 9:00 am-10:15 am (General Session and Keynote #2) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Portland’s Urban Farm Scene’, A sampling of vegetable production serving the Portland area’s farmers markets, food banks and restauranteurs. Zenger Farms—A working urban farm that models, promotes and educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development and access to good food for all. While the average bite of food travels 1,500 miles to get from farm to fork, produce grown at Zenger Farm stays right here in Portland, Oregon. Zenger Farm veggies go to local restaurants, the Lents International Farmers Market, or patrons of the Zenger Farm CSA (community-supported agriculture). Learning Garden Laboratories – home of the Multnomah County MG’s Community Demonstration Garden and the Beginning Urban Gardeners Apprenticeship program. Edgefield – A great place to have lunch plus garden extras. Their farm manager will take visitors on a tour of their herb garden, Fir Grove, lovely vegetable gardens, grown using organic methods (and which provide seasonal ingredients for the Black Rabbit Restaurant), an orchard, vineyards, and a collection of perennials and trees planted throughout the property.

¨ General Session and Keynote #2: The general session will include a morning welcome and announcements from IMGC Master of Ceremonies, Ciscoe Morris. The second keynote, ‘The Forgotten Elements of Good Design: Texture, Movement and Fragrance’, will be delivered by Dan Hinkley. The often neglected elements of powerful landscape design include utilizing the textural contrasts of good foliage, integrating elements into the garden that are charged with kinetic energy and taking full advantage of fragrant flowers and/or foliage by proper placement. Dan Hinkley will share with you his thoughts on integrating the use of these principles along with suggestions of plants and plant combinations to best achieve these effects. Dan Hinkley is a teacher, writer, lecturer, consultant, nurseryman and gardener who has been recognized with numerous awards, and was one of the co-founders of the renowned Heronswood Nursery in Kingston, WA. He now maintains his garden, Windcliff, in the Pacific Northwest. He has been described as the ‘Indiana Jones of the Plant World’, with an ‘inconvenient fear of heights’, given his penchant for collecting plants on mountaintops. He is committed to solid and sustainable horticultural practices, above average garden plants, landscapes of distinction and raising the collective awareness of the diversity of plant life on Earth as well as the magic and mysteries of our natural world. He has been featured in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Fine Gardening, Horticulture Magazine, and Sunset Magazine. He has appeared on Martha Stewart television, where he served as a gardening consultant for 10 years. He has also appeared in and served as a horticultural consultant for the PBS Nova program ‘The First Flower‘. He is the author of two Timber Press books: ‘The Explorer’s Garden, Shrubs and Vines from Four Corners of the World‘ (2009, Timber Press) and ‘The Explorers Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials‘ (1999, Timber Press, now in its fourth printing). Dan Hinkley’s keynote talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Oregon Master Gardener Association.

Thursday, 11:00 am-12:00 pm (Concurrent Session #7) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Portland’s Urban Farm Scene’, See previous description. ¨ (7A) Ten Years of Rooftop Gardening in Portland (Marc Boucher-Colbert). The presentation will cover

many aspects of rooftop gardening, using the presenter’s ten years of experience at Portland’s Noble Rot restaurant rooftop garden (1111 E. Burnside). Marc Boucher-Colbert started Portland’s first in-city community supported farm and co-founded Portland’s iconic educational Zenger Farm. He has spent the last ten years as Garden Specialist at Franciscan Montessori Earth School and as owner and operator of

Urban AG Solutions, which provides gardening and consultation services for all aspects of urban agriculture. Marc has a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies and a master’s in Sustainability Education.

¨ (7B) A World of Clematis (Linda Beutler). There are 300+ species of clematis, located on all of the major continents except Antarctica. From the smallest (8″ x 8″ shrublets at the timberline of the south island of New Zealand) to the tallest (Clematis vitalba of the British Isles & Europe reaches 60′), clematis reside in steppes and swamps, in jungles, in the piney woods of Florida and the shale barrens of Virginia. Clematis are usually vines, but fully 25% of the known species are non-climbing herbaceous perennials and shrubs. With this much variety, it is amazing the taxonomists haven’t pulled the genus apart! Join Rogerson Clematis Collection Curator Linda Beutler for a world tour of clematis including the latest large-flowered hybrids. Resumes are supposed to be short and to the point, but Linda Beutler considers her first book, Gardening With Clematis (Timber Press, 2004), to be the 72,000-word resume that earned her the position as first curator of the world renowned Rogerson Clematis Collection (she began in July 2007). Linda’s love of gardening began with harvesting strawberries with her grandfather at the age of three, and being given her own plot for radishes and string beans at age five. Her home garden in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon reflects her garden passions, including old garden roses, herbaceous perennials and shrubs for cutting, and her 200 favorite clematis. Linda has been an adjunct instructor of horticulture at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, OR since 1996. She is the current President of the International Clematis Society, and the author of Timber Press’ Plant Lovers Guide to Clematis (March 2016). She has also been known to dabble in Jane Austen fan-fiction! Linda Beutler’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

¨ (7C) Integrated Pest Management for Fruit Trees (Chuck Ingels). This talk will cover several key pests of fruit trees, including codling moth, spotted wing drosophila, stink bugs, borers, and scale insects, as well as fire blight, peach leaf curl, and branch canker diseases. Learn how to control these pests organically or with the least toxic methods. Also learn how espalier and fruit bush training make covering trees to control some of these invertebrate pests, as well as vertebrate pests, much easier. Chuck Ingels has been the Farm and Horticulture Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension in Sacramento County since 1996. He conducts research and educational programs for tree fruit and wine grape growers, landscape professionals, Master Gardeners, and the public. He also oversees programs at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. He was the lead technical editor and author of a University of California publication, The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Fruit and Nut Trees, which was published in 2007.

¨ (7D) Master Gardener Pollinator Outreach (Connie Schmotzer). Protecting pollinators has been an important part of the Penn State Master Gardeners educational outreach since 2011. Learn about Pollinator Preferences, our citizen science program to determine the best plants to attract pollinators in the home garden, and our pollinator friendly garden certification program. Both programs have provided new learning opportunities for Master Gardeners, while energizing the public to take action for pollinators. Connie Schmotzer works as Consumer Horticulture Educator for Penn State Extension in York County, PA, where she coordinates the Master Gardener Program and the Mid-Atlantic Ecological Landscaping partnership (MAEscapes). Since 2011 she has taken leadership of the statewide Master Gardener pollinator monitoring program, and the Penn State Pollinator Friendly Garden Certification program. She also spearheaded a large pollinator trial at Penn State’s Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center, trialing 84 varieties of native plants. Connie has a B.A. from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA and did graduate work at Montana State University.

¨ (7E) Volunteer Recruitment (Lucy Bradley). Recruitment is woven into everything we do all year round, but what specific steps can we take to recruit volunteers who will thrive in our program while accomplishing program goals? We will examine research on Volunteerism in general and on Extension Master Gardener volunteers in particular to identify specific strategies for successful recruiting. Dr. Lucy Bradley works for the NC State Department of Horticultural Science as the Urban Horticulture Specialist where she directs consumer horticulture, community gardening, and therapeutic horticulture programs. She is also a regular panelist on the UNC-TV Almanac Gardener television show. Dr. Bradley directs the North Carolina Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program in which over 4,000 highly trained volunteers provide gardeners with unbiased, research-based information on gardens, lawns and landscapes. Lucy

earned a Master’s Degree in Botany and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Arizona State University. She is an urban pioneer nurturing an edible landscape of fruit and nut trees, berries and vegetables in her front yard, and bees and chickens, berries and vegetables in the back.

¨ (7F) My Life in Gardening (Daniel Hinkley). The journey of a plantsman, from a passionate interest of plants as a young child, to creating two gardens in the Pacific Northwest comprised primarily of plants collected from similar climates worldwide. Dan Hinkley is a teacher, writer, lecturer, consultant, nurseryman and gardener who has been recognized with numerous awards, and was one of the co-founders of the renowned Heronswood Nursery in Kingston, WA. He now maintains his garden, Windcliff, in the Pacific Northwest. He has been described as the ‘Indiana Jones of the Plant World’, with an ‘inconvenient fear of heights’, given his penchant for collecting plants on mountaintops. He is committed to solid and sustainable horticultural practices, above average garden plants, landscapes of distinction and raising the collective awareness of the diversity of plant life on Earth as well as the magic and mysteries of our natural world. He has been featured in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Fine Gardening, Horticulture Magazine, and Sunset Magazine. He has appeared on Martha Stewart television, where he served as a gardening consultant for 10 years. He has also appeared in and served as a horticultural consultant for the PBS Nova program ‘The First Flower‘. He is the author of two Timber Press books: ‘The Explorer’s Garden, Shrubs and Vines from Four Corners of the World‘ (2009, Timber Press) and ‘The Explorers Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials‘ (1999, Timber Press, now in its fourth printing). Dan Hinkley’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

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9. Thursday Afternoon (July 13, 2017) Thursday 12:00pm - 1:15pm ¨ Thursday Lunch (Select if you will be having lunch at the conference center or on a tour.) Thursday, 1:30 pm-2:45 pm (Concurrent Session #8) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Portland’s Urban Farm Scene, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Portland Public Gardens’, A  personalized  tour  of  the  Rose  Garden  by  MGs,  a  

visit  to  the  updated  Japanese  Garden,  and  wrap-­‐up  at  the  Chinese  Garden  with  a  tour  by  the  horticultural  manager.  

¨ (8A) Fruit Trees Simplified: Easy Harvest Pruning (Ann Ralph). Timed pruning offers a revolutionary approach to fruit tree care — winter prune for shape and summer prune to keep trees small and easy. This presentation covers fruit tree basics: the simple logic of pruning, how to prune for short stature and easy harvest, early training, seasonal routines, and pest and disease control. Learn about the benefits of small trees, getting started, pruning for aesthetics, and how to engage in the pleasures of the pruning conversation. Ann Ralph is the author of Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees. Publishers Weekly called the book “a thrilling read for the backyard farmer.” Ms. Ralph is a fruit tree specialist with 20 years of nursery experience in the San Francisco East Bay and the San Joaquin Valley in California. She currently teaches pruning classes in January and June.

¨ (8B) Where Ecology Meets Horticulture: Designing Plant Communities (Thomas Rainer). The American yard has been dominated by clipped foundation shrubs, groomed lawns, and trees with mulch circles. But a new aesthetic is emerging, inspired by the way plants grow in nature–a softer, more lush vision of niche plants filling every layer and covering the ground. Join Thomas Rainer, coauthor of the recent hit book Planting in a Post-Wild World, to learn how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create gardens that are more satisfying, more resilient, and less work. Thomas Rainer is a landscape architect, teacher, and author. He is a passionate advocate for an ecologically expressive design aesthetic that does not imitate nature, but interprets it. He has designed landscapes for the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The New York Botanical Garden. He works in Washington, D.C. as a Principal for the landscape architectural firm Rhodeside & Harwell and blogs at the popular site Grounded Design. His first book, Planting in a Post-Wild World, co-authored with Claudia West, was just released by Timber Press this year and awarded one of American Horticultural Society’s top books of the year. Thomas Rainer’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

¨ (8C) We Thought We Couldn’t, But We Can! (Sean Hogan). Through the magic of plant hunting and research, we have so many new plants, and much tougher versions of those we once thought un-growable in colder climates. Take a look at some of these surprises. Sean Hogan pursued his education in horticulture and botany at American River College and Sacramento State. Early work included mapping rare and endangered plants for the State of California as well as landscape and design work, often revolving around his love of western natives. From the mid-80s to the mid-90s, Sean worked as the curator of South African, New Zealand, Australian, New World Desert and California Native Cultivar Gardens at the UC Berkeley Botanic Garden. In 1995, he and his partner, UC Davis Arboretum Botanist Parker Sanderson, returned to Portland to start a design and consultation firm specializing in regionally appropriate plants for the Pacific Northwest. This eventually evolved into their opening Cistus Nursery, located on Sauvie Island in the Columbia River west of Portland. Cistus Nursery is highly regarded as one of the best West Coast retail/micronurseries and is known worldwide for its collection of rare plants and advocacy of unusual and underused plants.

¨ (8D) All About Seeds (Renee Shepherd). Learn how to start seeds successfully with a hands-on demo by gardening expert, Renee Shepherd. Renee will show the steps involved in growing plants from seeds. She’ll also share her gourmet picks for kitchen gardening and suggest fragrant and cottage garden flowers to grow from seed. Includes an overview of where seeds come from, how they are produced and distributed and how new varieties are chosen and developed. Renee Shepherd is widely regarded as a pioneering innovator in introducing international specialty vegetables and herbs for home gardeners and gourmet restaurants. After receiving her PhD from UC Santa Cruz and teaching in the Environmental Studies department there, she founded Shepherd’s Garden Seed, which she ran until 1996. In 1997 she founded her current company, Renee’s Garden, offering her selected choices of seeds from around the world of exciting new and time-tested heirloom gourmet vegetables, culinary herbs and a wide range of fragrant and cutting flowers. Renee’s Garden seed packets are available directly from reneesgarden.com and are offered through independent garden centers in the US and Canada. She lectures widely, and has served on the board of the National Garden Association and is currently president of the Home Garden Seed Association.

¨ (8E) Great Plant Picks as a Model for a Regional Plant Selection Committee (Maurice Horn). As the world-wide plant palette becomes more and more international in flavor, regionally specific plant advisory committees come to play an important role in garden education. Great Plant Picks (GPP) is one such committee, which is dedicated to recommending exceptional plants for gardeners living in the Pacific Northwest. How the organization was formed, how it operates and how it continues to reach out and work with the horticultural community can serve as a model for other parts of North America and, indeed, the world. Maurice Horn is co-owner of Joy Creek Nursery, a specialty nursery in Scappoose, Oregon, featuring a wide variety of ornamental plants including clematis and hydrangeas. At his nursery, he has been involved in the development and release of many plant introductions. Another of Maurice’s interests is in creating beautiful low-water gardens. For the past decade he has created such gardens both at the nursery and for nursery customers including Reed College and Portland General Electric. In addition, he has served on the council for the International Clematis Society, and co-founded and served as Vice President of the Pacific Northwest Clematis Society (now Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection). Maurice has been a long-time participant in the Great Plant Picks program at the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden in Seattle, Washington, where he serves on the perennial committee. He has lectured widely throughout the United States on a variety of garden related topics. His written contributions can be found in such publications as Horticulture, Pacific Horticulture, The International Clematis Society Journal, The British Clematis Society Journal and An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Clematis.

¨ (8F) Horticulture for Health and Healing (Teresia Hazen). Horticulture and gardening are valuable leisure resources, a therapeutic rehabilitation tool, and they provide a powerful restorative experience for many people. Trained professionals, registered horticultural therapists (HTR), provide services to support rehabilitation, social and leisure programs, and educational programs – all to promote health and well-being. This session gives examples of horticultural therapy, therapeutic horticulture, vocational programming, and health and wellness promotion using gardening and horticulture. Gardening is an inclusive tool to help everyone enjoy a lifetime of good health. Teresia Hazen has worked at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon since 1991, as a registered horticultural therapist, mental health professional and leader in employee health promotion. She supervises twelve therapeutic gardens at six Legacy hospitals, serving patients, clinical programs, visitors and 11,000 employees 24-7, year-round. Teresia received an undergraduate education degree at the University of Washington and a Master’s in education at the University of Portland. She has training concentrations in horticulture, addictions counseling, gerontology, and school administration. Through a collaboration of Legacy and Portland Community College gerontology program, she teaches the therapeutic horticulture training program accredited by the American Horticultural Therapy Association.

Thursday, 3:30 pm-4:30 pm (Concurrent Session #9) ¨ Not Attending a Session in this Time Frame: Individuals planning to go on a full or half day tour that

coincides with a conference session should not sign up for a conference session. • Tours that conflict with this session include:

¨ Full Day Tour, ‘Portland’s Urban Farm Scene, See previous description. ¨ Half Day Tour, ‘Portland Public Gardens’, A  personalized  tour  of  the  Rose  Garden  by  MGs,  a  

visit  to  the  updated  Japanese  Garden,  and  wrap-­‐up  at  the  Chinese  Garden  with  a  tour  by  the  horticultural  manager.  

¨ (9A) Better Vertical Vegetable Gardening (Harry Olson). There are two good reasons to garden vertically. First, the plants love it. Second, many of us need to garden vertically because we have so little horizontal space. We need to go up, not out. In either case, it works well. Plants love to be grown up. They get more light and better ventilation, resulting in less disease and bigger and better harvests. The gardener is happy because vertically grown plants are much easier to maintain and harvest. No need to bend over, just reach out to harvest. The secret to a good vertically grown garden is the techniques used and selecting plant varieties that prosper when grown vertically. This class will cover these issues in detail and you will be ready to “Go Vertical” afterwards. Join us to learn how to garden better, easier and more productively. Harry Olson is a lifelong gardener and a Master Gardener since 2008. Harry specializes in grafted vegetable and vertical vegetable gardening. He has a small urban home and garden in Salem, Oregon, which he has transformed into a vertical/grafted vegetable showcase. It was a 2011 OSU Mini-College (Oregon’s statewide Master Gardener Conference) tour garden and has about 200 hundred visitors each year. Harry has developed elegant, efficient and inexpensive vertical gardening solutions that produce huge crops in small spaces. Harry has also grown and tested many varieties of vegetables to identify the best producers when grown vertically. Harry speaks frequently to garden groups and seminars and is a regular guest on garden radio and television shows. He has conducted numerous public trials of emerging garden varieties and technologies. In 2016, he led a team of three Master Gardeners conducting a “Master Gardener Grafted Vegetable Demonstration Garden” in the Oregon Garden, which was recognized with an Oregon Marje Luce Search for Excellence Award.

¨ (9B) Urban Trees and Wildlife (Brian French). What are the benefits of snags to wildlife? How do we value deadwood, dead trees and decay? What species use dead trees? As an arborist, it is my job to evaluate trees and offer options to mitigate risks in our urban and rural areas. Wildlife habitat exists in trees in the form of cavities, dead snags, or broken tops. During this class, we will discuss how to recognize wildlife and safely provide habitat for cavity-dwelling species such as wood duck, chickadee, nuthatch, tree swallow, woodpecker and owl. We will also examine laws that protect specific wildlife species and how to steward land under those laws. Brian French founded Portland, Oregon-based tree care company, Arboriculture International LLC in 2013. He is a climbing ISA Certified Arborist and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor. Serving as coordinator for the Oregon Champion Tree Registry and Chair of the Portland Heritage Tree Program, he focuses on the preservation of significant, old trees and their associated flora and fauna. Brian facilitated various ongoing wildlife habitat projects including salmon habitat restoration, snag development, red tree vole surveys and developing urban wildlife guidelines. In Oregon, he is a rescue volunteer for organizations that rehabilitate injured birds of prey.

¨ (9C) The Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides on Landscape Trees and Shrubs (Paul Pugliese). Extension agents have noted a lack of understanding by arborists, green industry professionals, and homeowners about modes of action of herbicides, their environmental fate, and potential herbicide injury that may be caused by soil mobility of phenoxy herbicides. This presentation focuses on the potential for phenoxy herbicides to affect non-target trees and woody ornamentals in landscape settings due to poor application choices. This is an issue that’s commonly encountered in the landscape industry, as seen by numerous plant samples submitted to local Extension offices diagnosed with phenoxy herbicide injury. The purpose of this presentation is to raise awareness about this important issue and provide practical tips on avoiding potential damage and liability. Paul Pugliese grew up on a family-owned and operated Hereford/Angus beef cattle farm in Kingston, GA. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture, with a minor in Biology, from Berry College, Rome, GA in 2001, and a Master’s degree in Plant Protection and Pest Management (MPPPM) from the University of Georgia in 2003. He worked with the Georgia Department of Agriculture in Atlanta for 3 years in the Plant Protection Division as a state-wide program manager over plant health inspections, live plant licenses, and plant export certifications. In June 2009 he became a Certified Arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture and has worked for ten years as an Agriculture

and Natural Resources County Extension Agent for UGA Extension in Cherokee County (2006-2011) and Bartow County (2011-Present). Paul is a member of the International Society of Arboriculture; the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals; the National Association of County Agricultural Agents; the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association; the Georgia Farm Bureau; and the Georgia Green Industry Association.

¨ (9D) Soil: What it is & How it Works (James Cassidy). It’s ALL about soil! Most people only have a vague idea of what soil is and how it works. You will learn more than you ever thought possible from this lecture. The reason you are alive, what nutrients are, how soil stores water and nutrients, how soil is “made.” The fundamentals that ALL humans on the planet Earth should know! Soil is a living thing – a habitat! Managing that habitat is THE fundamental factor in getting your garden to produce more with fewer inputs. James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 11 years. The introductory soil class he teaches now has over 200 students each term. James is also the faculty advisor for the wildly popular OSU Organic Growers Club – OSU’s student farm. Coming from a non-traditional background (music industry for over 30 years, including the band, Information Society) he is passionate about soil and is popular with students because of his dynamic speaking style. The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers on its list-serve and continues to grow. The farm cultivates over 50 different fruit and vegetable crops and is just beginning its 17th season.

¨ (9E) Heirlooms, Hybrids, and GMOs – Oh My! (John Porter). What is an heirloom? What is a hybrid? Is a hybrid a GMO? There’s much confusion these days about the genetics of common garden seeds. As Master Gardeners, it is important to be able to understand and educate the public on emerging issues using scientifically sound information. In this workshop, we’ll learn the basic science behind the terms heirloom, hybrid, and GMO and discuss current controversies surrounding genetic engineering. We’ll clear up some misconceptions and help provide valuable information that can help Master Gardeners answer some of the hot-button issues of the day. John Porter is the Ag and Natural Resources Agent for West Virginia University Extension Service in Charleston, the state’s capital. Much of his extension programming focuses on urban agriculture and home horticulture. He is a member of the Garden Professors, a group of extension professionals working to educate the gardening public with science-based information, and he works with the National eXtension Master Gardener Social Media team. He writes the Garden Guru column for the Charleston Gazette-Mail, and is available through his various social media channels (@wvgardenguru) and website (wvgardenguru.com). He has a BS degree in Botany from Marshall University and a MS degree in Horticulture from West Virginia University.

¨ (9F) Photographing Your Garden Through New Eyes (Mark Turner). Gardeners use a palette of plants and hardscape elements to create living works of art for their enjoyment or to share with friends, neighbors, or the public. In the process we develop a mental picture of what our gardens look like and sometimes miss other ways of seeing. In this program professional garden photographer Mark Turner shares his insights into garden photography, inspiring gardeners and garden lovers alike to see their gardens in new ways as they learn basic photographic techniques. Using examples from his extensive garden photo library, he will show the effects of different qualities of light, composition tools, perspective, point of view, juxtaposition, and seasonal change. Mark Turner is a freelance editorial photographer specializing in botanical subjects, especially Northwest gardens and wildflowers. He photographs extensively for books and magazines both in gardens and in a wide range of native plant environments. Mark is the photographer of the award-winning Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest and Bellingham Impressions. His latest book, with co-author Ellen Kuhlmann, is Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest, also published by Timber Press. He lives in Bellingham, Washington where he also runs a successful portrait business. Mark is an accomplished speaker and teacher, with a knack for helping photography enthusiasts learn and grow their skills. He teaches at North Cascades Institute, Siskiyou Field Institute, Whatcom Community College, and has given numerous programs to garden clubs and native plant society groups. Thomas Rainer’s talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Timber Press.

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10. Friday Morning (July 13, 2017) Friday, 9:00 am-11:00 am (General Session and Keynote #3) ¨ In this last general session, IMGC Master of Ceremonies Ciscoe Morris will help us say goodbye to the

2017 IMGC, as well as greet the next International Master Gardener Conference organizers. This will be followed by our final keynote, Garden to Table From Seed ‘delivered by Renee Shepherd. How to plan, plant and enjoy a bountiful, colorful and delicious kitchen garden throughout the seasons featuring vegetables and herbs chosen for fabulous flavor, easy growing, productivity and top nutrition. Includes specific variety suggestions, information on how and where we find seeds of many cultures and countries along with lots of preparation and cooking ideas for using your harvests for satisfying everyday meals. Oriented especially towards beginning ‘foodie’ gardeners who want to cook a wide range of fresh and seasonal meals from their own garden. Renee Shepherd is widely regarded as a pioneering innovator in introducing international specialty vegetables and herbs for home gardeners and gourmet restaurants. After receiving her PhD from UC Santa Cruz and teaching in the Environmental Studies department there, she founded Shepherd’s Garden Seed, which she ran until 1996. In 1997 she founded her current company, Renee’s Garden, offering her selected choices of seeds from around the world of exciting new and time-tested heirloom gourmet vegetables, culinary herbs and a wide range of fragrant and cutting flowers. Renee’s Garden seed packets are available directly from reneesgarden.com and are offered through independent garden centers in the US and Canada. She lectures widely, and has served on the board of the National Garden Association and is currently president of the Home Garden Seed Association. Renee Shepherd’s keynote talk at the 2017 IMGC is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Clackamas County Master Gardener Association.

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11. Additional Items On this page, you are given the opportunity to purchase add-ons to your conference registration. Note that regular registration rates take effect on January 14, 2017. Monday, July 10-Thursday, July 13 ¨ Accompanying Person or Spouse Registration ($30 early registration and $40 regular registration):

Includes access to the conference trade show, Search for Excellence presentations and general session on July 11th, regional Master Gardeners mixers on July 12th. Also includes (at additional cost) the ability to register for access to conference tours, opening reception, and film festival. DOES NOT include: lunches, snack breaks, or entry to keynote presentations or concurrent session classes.

Monday, July 10, 5:30pm – 9:00pm ¨ Opening Reception, “Taste of Oregon” ($26 early registration and $31 regular registration per ticket.

Tickets will not be sold at the door): includes heavy hors d’oeuvres, Musical Guest (New Iberians Zydeco Blues Band). Cash Bar.

Tuesday, July 11, 7:00pm – 9:00pm ¨ Film Festival #1, “Plant this Movie”, including Q&A with the movie’s director, Karney Hatch ($5.00

per ticket. Tickets will not be sold at the door). All film festival films will be shown in the Multnomah/Holladay rooms at the Doubletree, Portland. “Plant This Movie” explores the zeitgeist of urban farming around the world, from the incredible story of Havana, Cuba to communities of urban farmers in cities as diverse as Shanghai, Calcutta, Addis Ababa, London, and Lima. In the US, the story focuses on New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. The film is narrated by Daryl Hannah, and runs 83 minutes.    Karney Hatch was raised on a farm in Idaho and has fond memories of his grandparents’ massive garden in the backyard of their home in Moscow. He attended Colby College, the University of Idaho and the Northwest Film Center before moving to Los Angeles in 1999 to pursue screenwriting. Two of his screenplays were optioned by producers in Hollywood and he also wrote, directed and produced theatre while in LA. Hatch’s first documentary, “Overdrawn!” was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, on MSNBC’s Red Tape Chronicles and on Thom Hartmann’s radio program, among others. A cut-down version ran on Current TV. “Overdrawn!” was distributed (under the title “Rip Off: Banks Exploiting Consumers”) with Filmmakers Library in New York, and aired on Link TV in 2011-12. Since 2008 he has produced and directed independent projects for Al Gore’s Current TV and a number of NGOs in Latin America, Africa and Europe.  

Wednesday, July 12, 7:00pm – 9:00pm ¨ Film Festival #2 , ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. ($5.00 per ticket. Tickets will not be sold at the door). All

film festival films will be shown in the Multnomah/Holladay rooms at the Doubletree, Portland. Join us for our second gardening film festival movie, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (1986). What a fun way to celebrate the International Master Gardener Conference! Starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, with appearances by Bill Murray, Christopher Guest and John Candy. Film runs 94 minutes.

Thursday, July 13, 7:00pm – 9:00pm ¨ Film Festival #3, ‘Symphony of the Soil’, including Q&A with OSU Soil Scientist, James Cassidy

($5.00 per ticket. Tickets will not be sold at the door). All film festival films will be shown in the Multnomah/Holladay rooms at the Doubletree, Portland. Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, ‘Symphony of the Soil’ is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time.

Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet. James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 11 years. The introductory soil class he teaches now has over 200 students each term. James is also the faculty advisor for the wildly popular OSU Organic Growers Club – OSU’s student farm. Coming from a non-traditional background (music industry for over 30 years, including the band, Information Society) he is passionate about soil and is popular with students because of his dynamic speaking style. The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers on its list-serve and continues to grow. The farm cultivates over 50 different fruit and vegetable crops and is just beginning its 17th season.

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12. Reception Tickets, Film Festival Tickets If you chose to add-on tickets to the opening reception and/or the film festival on the previous page (11. Additional Items), you will be asked how many tickets you would like to purchase to each event, on this page. 12. or 13. Attendee Information This will be page 12 of your registration if you did not choose to add-on opening reception and/or film festival tickets. This will be page 13 of your registration if you did choose add-ons. Attendee Details • Name: This will show your name you used, when registering. Edit, if needed. • Email Address: This will show the email address you used, when registering. Edit, if needed. • Employer: optional. You do not need to fill this out. • Title: optional. You do not need to fill this out. • University Affiliation: optional. You do not need to fill this out. Contact Information • Phone • Address • Name and phone of your emergency contact Name Badge • If you would prefer to have a different name or a nickname printed on your badge, please write in your

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13. or 14. MG Information, Accompanying Person, Lunch Choices This will be page 13 of your registration if you did not choose to add-on opening reception and/or film festival tickets. This will be page 14 of your registration if you did choose add-ons. Master Gardener Information • Please let us know how many IMGCs you have attended • If you are registering as a Master Gardener, please list your county or regional regional program. Accompanying Person or Spouse Registration • Please list their name, as they would like it to appear on their badge. Tuesday Lunch Choice

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14. or 15. Consent This will be page 14 of your registration if you did not choose to add-on opening reception and/or film festival tickets. This will be page 15 of your registration if you did choose add-ons. You will be asked to review and consent to the conference refund policy and disclaimers. Refund Policy Cancellation requests must be made in writing to conferences@oregonstate.edu one (1) month prior to the start of the conference, (June 10, 2017). Cancellation requests received by that time will receive a refund of registration fees minus a $50.00 administrative fee. Substitutions may be allowed. Please contact the conference organizers for approval. Disclaimers • During the IMGC, our conference photographer (Sharon Andrews, who will be wearing an 'Official

Conference Photographer' badge) will be taking photos. Photos may be projected during the conference. Also, OSU and the IMGC may use photographs of conference events in promotional materials. Unless this permission is revoked in writing to the conference chair (Gail Langellotto), by virtue of their attendance all conference visitors agree to the use of their likeness in such a manner.

• One person per registration is allowed. Registrations cannot be split between multiple people. • In order to reserve your space on an IMGC2017 tour, you must already be registered (as an attendee or

accompanying person) for the 2017 International Master Gardeners Conference. Failure to register for the conference may result in your tour reservation being cancelled.

• For reasons beyond our control, it is occasionally necessary to alter the content and timing of the program or to substitute speakers. Thus, the speakers and agenda are subject to change without notice. In the event of a speaker cancellation, every effort to find a replacement speaker will be made.

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