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7:30 am
Registration: with morning coffee /Vendor Fair
 
8:30 am
Opening: Sustainability is in YOUR Hand: Components of Sustainability
 
9:15 am
Keynote Address:
Sustainability's Challenge for Landscape & Lawn Service Companies
RON HALL, Editor-at-Large, Landscape Management Magazine
 
10:15 am
Vendor Fair
 
10:45 am
The Human Health Component
GEROULD WILHELM, Conservation Design Forum
 
12:00 pm
Lunch / Vendor Fair
 
1:15 pm
Session 1
Plants: Going Native: The Real Benefits of Natives and Nativars in the Landscape — John Eskandri
Soil Food Web: It's More than NPK—It's Sex in the Soil — Lynn Bement
Water Management: That's a Rain Garden? Moving Beyond Function to Integrated Rain Garden Design — Greg Schaumburg
Materials Selection: What's New, What Works: Landscape Materials and SSI — Mark Moxley
 
2:30 pm
Session 2
Plants: The Economics of Know Maintenance™ — Roy Diblik
Soil Food Web: Urban Agriculture: Growing Food in Small Spaces — Bill Shores
Hydrology-Water Management: No More Salt: Managing Low Impact Snow/Ice Options — Tim Caldwell
Human Health and Well Being: Sustaining People through Sustainable Landscapes — Julie Siegel
 
3:30 pm
Polaris Award
 
3:45 pm
Case Study: Shorelines that Work —Bob Kirschner, Chicago Botanic Garden
 
4:45 pm
Tour and Reception: CBG Plant Science Center
 
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MELA Annual Conference 2010: Our Future is in YOUR hand—Sustainability in Action

Location: Chicago Botanic Gardens
Date:
February 25, 2010

Registration is now full.

  • Download the schedule and link to speaker and workshop information.

  • Download the vendor fair form.

  • MELA Annual Conference 2010 will be bigger and better than ever! Our keynote speaker will be Ron Hall, Editor at Large for Landscape Management Magazine, who has written memorably on the subject of sustainability.

    We'll take over the entire Regenstein Education Center at Chicago Botanic Gardens this year for presentations, breakout sessions and a vendor fair for 12 select exhibitors who offer sustainable products and services. Exhibitors will be selected by the MELA Conference Committee, based on the sustainability and economic benefit of their products and services. For exhibit application information, click the link provided.

    We will follow our conference with a very special tour and networking social hour at CBG's new Plant Science Center. Click the link to view the entire program for the day.

    You won't want to miss MELA Conference on February 25, 2010! Fees will remain at 2009 levels:

    Members: $120 in advance $140 at the door
    Non-members: $180 in advance $200 at the door
    (Note: conference registrations are non-refundable)

    MELA is an organization of professionals in the landscaping industry who are dedicated to developing and promoting standards for sustainable landscaping.

    MELA members receive a discount on registration. For questions, please contact us.

    Note: Members who paid their 2009 member dues prior to 3/1/2009 will need to renew their membership prior to registering for the 2010 Annual Conference in order to get the member discount. Please check your records to see when you paid.

     

     

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