2009 WESTERN Speakers
The WESTERN strives to provide nationally and internationally renowned speakers from all aspects of the green industry. We provide online take-home information that is geared toward enhancing our members' professionalism and profitability.
Be sure to read articles from our great speakers and sponsors in the WESTERN magazine and monthly electronic newsletters.
Michael Dirr, Ph.D.
- Date/Time: Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 at 9:30-10:30 a.m.
- Title: New Woodies
- About the Speaker: Michael Dirr, Ph.D. has touched countless lives as a teacher, most recently as a professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia; as a writer, with articles in more than 300 publications and as an author or coauthor of seven books; and as a public speaker.
- Book Signing: Immediately following presentation
- Sponsored by: Greenleaf Nursery Company and Deep Fork Tree Farm
Bridget K. Behe, Ph.D.
- Date/Time: Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 at 1:30-2:30 p.m.
- Title: Surf’s Up! Who’s on the Web?
- About the Speaker: Bridget K. Behe, Ph.D., is a Professor of Horticulture at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., teaching courses about marketing and management.
Peter Cummin, MLA
- Date/Time: Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 at 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- Title: Further Reflections on Integrating Landscape Design, Plant Selection, Installation and Maintenance … The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts: The Theory and Practice of Garden-Making
- About the Speaker: Peter Cummin, MLA is an English-born landscape architect and horticulturist, who is principal of Cummin Associates, Inc., a design firm based in Stonington, Connecticut, which he founded in 1985.
To register to attend the 2009 WESTERN, click here.
These presentations will be location in the Overland Park Convention Center (Courtyard Level) Meeting Room 4&5