Schedule at a Glance Day 1, Sunday, January 7, 2024 7:15 am – 8:00 am Master Class Registration, Foyer of Texas Grande 8:00 am – 8:20 am Student Welcome, Texas Grande 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Master Class Presentations 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Master Class Lunch Buffet, Texas Grande
Day 2, Monday, January 8, 2024 7:15 am – 8:00 am Registration, Foyer of Texas Grande 7:15 am – 8:00 am Exhibits and Coffee, Texas Grande 8:00 am – 9:10 am Welcome & Opening Keynote, Texas Grande 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Education Breakout Sessions 10:30 am – 10:45 am Snack Break with Exhibitors, Texas Grande 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Grab and Go Lunch with Exhibitors, Texas Grande 5:10 pm – 6:30 pm Opening Night Reception, Texas Grande
Day 3, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 7:15 am – 8:00 am Registration, Foyer of Texas Grande 7:15 am – 8:00 am Exhibits and Coffee, Texas Grande 8:00 am – 9:45 am TNLA Morning Deep Dive Education Session, Texas Grande 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Off-site Tour (shuttle bus + complementary lunch) 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm TNLA Awards Festival Registration, Foyer of Texas Grande 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm TNLA Awards Festival Reception, Texas Grande 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm TNLA Awards Festival, Texas Grande
Day 4, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 8:30 am – 9:30 am Registration, Foyer of Texas Grande 8:30 am – 9:30 am Exhibits and Coffee, Texas Grande 10:00 am – 12:00 pm TNLA Foundation Leadership Bootcamp Graduation, Closing Keynote Presentation & Brunch Buffet, Texas Grande
Education Sessions-Master Classes Day 1, Sunday, January 7, 2024
8:30 am - 8:45 am Public Gardens. Research Studies To Develop Public Garden Therapeutic Horticulture Programs" Crissa Nugen Tarleton State University 9:05 am - 9:20 am Floriculture/Nursery/Ornamentals/Landscape/Turf Using Our Space Wisely: Urban Foodscaping & The Multi-Purpose Landscape 9:40 am- 9:55 am Floriculture/Nursery/Ornamentals/Landscape/Turf “The Presence & Distribution of European Pepper Moth In East Texas” Rafia Khan, Texas A&M University 10:15 am - 10:30 am Floriculture/Nursery/Ornamentals/Landscape/Turf Flowering & Fruit Production In ‘Natchez’ Crepe Myrtle (LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA × FAURIEI ‘NATCHEZ’) In Relation To Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale (ACANTHOCOCCUS LAGERSTROEMIAE) Infestation & Sooty Mold (CAPNODIUM SP.) Incidence. DERALD A. HARP, BEATRIZ RUIZ, KARA BAILEY, PHOEBE ALVAREZ, AND PEDRO CASTILLO. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYCOMMERCE 10:50 am - 11:05 am Fruit Rise Of The Dragon: Efforts To Expand Dragon Fruit Production In Texas and Beyond. DAVID A. LAUGHLIN1 AND ROMINA GAZIS2 1TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE CITRUS CENTER, WESLACO, TX 2IFAS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TROPICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, HOMESTEAD FL 11:25 am -11:40 am Vegetables Crops TITLE: Spinach Cultivar Trials In Deep Water Culture Hydroponic Systems. AUTHORS: QIANWEN ZHANG*, JOE MASABNI, AND GENHUA NIU 11:40 am -12:30 pm Grab and Go Lunch (Complimentary) 1:00 pm- 1:15 pm Vegetable Crops TITLE: Fine-Tuning Mineral Ratios In Organic Fertilizers To Optimize Production Of Organic Watermelon Transplants. AUTHORS: JUN LIU*, QIANWEN ZHANG, JOE MASABNI, AND GENHUA NIU 1:30 pm- 1:45 pm Undergraduate TITLE: Trichoderma sp. and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens as biofertilizers for hydroponically produced Black Summer Pac Choi, AUTHOR: Gretchen Plocek, Undergraduate, Texas Tech University
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Roundtable Discussions With Academia
(TNLA CEUs are available for Master Classes, MUST ATTEND 4 Master Class Sessions for 1 hour of CEUs ) Thank you to our Master Class Sponsors: Landmark Nurseries, Inc. & Calloway‘s Nursery
Education Sessions-Lone Star Hort Forum Day 2, Monday, January 8, 2024 8:00 am - 9:10 am OPENING KEYNOTE: 2024 Economic Forecast, Dr. Charlie Hall with Texas A&M University, Texas Grande :30 am- 10:30 am Visual Merchandising: How To Attract Customers For 9 Successful Sales With Rhonda Kaiser, Southern Home & Farm, Pheasant Ridge, Springing Forward :30 am- 10:30 am Building Successful Leaders With Courtney Ramsey, 9 Courtney Ramsey Speaks, Llano Estacado, Leading With Vision :30 am - 10:30 am Building Your Bench: 3 Recruiting Strategies To Attract 9 High-Quality Job Applicants with LeAnne Legasse, LeAnne Legasse Coaching & Consulting, Delaney I, Culture Of Performance :30 am - 10:30 am H2A and H2B... - What Your Business Needs to Know with 9 Lori Whitten with Action Visa Assistance, Delaney II, Disruptions in Horticulture :30 am - 10:30 am Labor Issues Panel Discussion with Moderator Devin Guinn 9 AquaGreen Global, LLC, Panelists: Alicia Abell, Monarch Landscape Management, LLC, Adrian Muehlstein TMCNP, Southwest Wholesale Nursery, Giuseppe Baldi, TCLP, TCWSP, TCNP, Lawns of Dallas, Texas Grande, Hot Topics :30 am - 10:30 am The Earth-Kind Rose Redux: A New Beginning in 2025 with 9 Paul Winkski, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates :30 am - 10:30 am Turf Grass Management Dr. Manuel Chaverria, Texas 9 A&M University, SPANISH ONLY SESSION, Homestead 0:45 am -11:45 am Navigating A New Era Of Consumer Expectations, 1 Lauren Kirchner, Spring Creek Growers, Inc., Pheasant Ridge, Springing Forward 10:45 am -11:45 am The Pillars Of Wealth: Building A Sustainable Financial Future With Shona Bell, Beyond Accounting & Tax, Llano Estacado, Leading with Vision 10:45 am -11:45 am Building A High-Performance Culture with LeAnne Legasse, LeAnne Legasse Coaching & Consulting, Delaney I, Culture of Performance
Education Sessions-Lone Star Hort Forum Day 2, Monday, January 8, 2024, Continued 10:45 am -11:45 am Diving Into Profit Margins with Dr. Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University, Delaney II, Disruptions In Horticulture 10:45 am -11:45 am Climate Resistant Plants, Dr. Mike Arnold, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates 10:45 am -11:45 am Water Restrictions Panel Discussions with Moderator Devin Guinn, AquaGreen Global, LLC & Panelists: Remmington Holt, Amarillo Land Services, Neil Kolodziej, Prestonwood Landscape Services, LLC - San Antonio, Greg Fox, Clean Scapes, LP, Texas Grande, Hot Topics 10:45 am -11:45 am New Plants On The Scene, with Katerina Graham, Texas Agrilife Extension, SPANISH ONLY SESSION Homestead 11:45 am -1:00 pm Complimentary Grab & Go Lunch served in Texas Grande 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Disease Diagnostic Strategies With Dr. Kevin Ong, Texas A&M University, Pheasant Ridge, Springing Forward 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Spring Into Success: Cultivating Growth, Motivation, & Peak Performance In The Green Industry with Dee Maddox, DMX Consulting, Llano Estacado, Leading with Vision 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm The Law or Nah? Debunking Employment Law Myths with Dustin Paschal, Attorney Simon |Paschal PLLC, Delaney I, Culture of Performance 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Rehabilitating Trees From Texas Sized Drought with Emmett Muennink, Arborjet, Delaney II, Disruptions In Horticulture 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Financial Management Panel Discussion with Damien Matherne Clean Scapes, LP, Billy Long, Billy Long Enterprises, Texas Grande, Hot Topics 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Texas Superstar Trees & Tree Trials with Laura Miller, Texas AgriLife Extension, Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm Proper Use Of Pesticide Labels For Turfgrass Management, Dr. Manuel Chaverria, Texas A&M University, SPANISH ONLY SESSION, Homestead 1:50 pm- 2:50 pm First Impressions, Make Your Entrance More Than A Doorway with Rhonda Kaiser, Southern Home & Farm, Pheasant Ridge, Springing Forward 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm The Value Of SOPS with Heather Hogue, Everde Growers, Llano Estacado, Leading With Vision
Education Sessions-Lone Star Hort Forum Day 2, Monday, January 8, 2024, Continued 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Boost Your Employee's Moral With Compensations & Benefits with Terri Cook, Everde Growers, Delaney I, Culture of Performance 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Irrigation & Water Trends with Karen Guz, VP Conservations For SAWS & The City of San Antonio, Delaney II, Disruptions In Horticulture 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Hot Button Issues Impacting Leaders Today Panel Discussion – Moderated By Allison Berry, Environmental Landscape Solutions, Industry & Panelists: Estela Garcia Perez, Fairway Landscape & Nursery, Inc., Jason Shoffner, Gravely, An Ariens Company Brand, Texas Grande, Hot Topics 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Love Your Citrus: Growing and Selling Citrus In Texas with Jen Hatalski, Calloway's Nursery & George Shackelford with Brazos Citrus Nursery, Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Backflow Operations with Ray Delagarza, Intrepid Irrigation, SPANISH ONLY SESSION, Homestead 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm How To Create Better Customer Experiences To Boost Saleswith Rhonda Kaiser, Southern Home & Farm, Pheasant Ridge, Springing Forward 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Bringing KPI’s To Life with Mindy Honcoop, Austin Alliance Group, Llano Estacado, Leading With Vision 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Creating An Employee Handbook with Dustin Paschal, Attorney Simon |Paschal PLLC, Delaney I, Culture Of Performance 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Updates On Emerald Ash Borer with Emmett Muennink, Arborjet, Delaney II, Disruptions In Horticulture 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Battery Operated Equipment & Robotics with Greg Fox, CleanScapes, LP, Texas Grande, Hot Topics 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Production Planning For Nurseries Panel Discussion with Moderator: James Plyler, Native Texas Nursery & Panelists: Austin Quimby, Green Lake Nursery, & Kristen Kennedy, YC Nurseries, Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Deep Dive Into System Operations with Ray Delagarza, Intrepid Irrigation, SPANISH ONLY SESSION, Homestead :10 pm - 5:00 pm Houseplant School - Rolling Out A Houseplant Program with 4 McKenna Jenkins, TCNP, Alldredge Nursery, Pheasant Ridge, Springing Forward
Education Sessions-Lone Star Hort Forum Day 2, Monday, January 8, 2024, Continued :10 pm - 5:00 pm Leadership & Relationships: The Rocket Fuel Of Sales with 4 Alexander Chandler, Alexander Advisory D Group, Llano Estacado, Leading With Vision :10 pm - 5:00 pm Foundational Feedback: Giving Feedback that Builds Trust 4 & Performance hat Builds Trust & Performance with Courtney Ramsey, Delaney I, Culture of Performance :10 pm - 5:00 pm National Water Updates with Nathan Bowen, Irrigation 4 Association, Delaney II, Disruptions In Horticulture :10 pm - 5:00 pm Safety Protocols Panel Discussion with Moderator: 4 Patrick Nuckols, Clean Scapes, LP , & Panelists: Mike Laskowski, Austin Wood Recycling, John Pena, Leaf Landscape Supply, Greg Fox, Clean Scapes, LP, Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates :10 pm - 5:00 pm Pest Detection with Molly Keck, Texas AgriLife Extension, 4 Cross Timbers I & II, Plant Updates :10 pm - 5:00 pm Plant Problems & Maintenance with Katerina Graham, Texas 4 AgriLife Extension, SPANISH ONLY SESSION, Homestead Sessions in Spanish were made possible by the help of our partners USDA and the Southern Extension Risk Management Education
Day 3, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 8:00 am - 9:10 am Morning Announcements & Keynote Session: Servicetopia– The Ultimate Customer Service Experience with Jason Young, Culturetopia
Day 4, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm TNLA Foundation Leadership Bootcamp Graduation, CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: GOING BEYOND THE BRAND WITH KAREN MCCULLOUGH WITH KAREN MCCULLOUGH AND CO., Texas Grande
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Ticket Prices $10.00 per ticket, $100 for 12 Tickets , $50 for 6 Tickets Win Amazing Prizes! Case of Texas Craft Beers ($300 Value) Donated by Allison & James Berry, Environmental Landscape Solutions Two-Night Stay in Beautiful Ruidoso ($650 Value) 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Cabin Donated by Allison & James Berry, Environmental Landscape Solutions Flights for Two Southwest Airlines Tickets for Two (up to a $600 Value) (limitations will apply) Donated by TNLA Basket of Six Incredible California Cabs ($600 Value) Donated by Jim Curtice, TCLP Southwest Property Landscaping and Mark Harris, Harris Landscape Inc.
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