MSU Extension Master Gardener Program

Thursday, August 19

Breakout Sessions 

• Onions, Garlics and Leeks, Oh My!  - Dr. Ron Goldy, Retired Vegetable Production Educator, MSU Extension
• Oudolf Garden Detroit - Roy Diblik, Co-Owner, Northwind Perennial Farm, Burlington, Wisc. 
• What's In a Name: Plant Classification for the Home Gardener - Bryce Lane, Lecturer Emeritus and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, North Carolina State University
• Wood-Boring Insects: A Primer - Howard Russell, Arthropod Diagnostician, MSU

• Leadership 101: Project Funding Areas - Liz Slajus, Advanced Master Gardener and Coordinator, MSU Extension
• Leadership 201: Volunteer Recruitment, Motivation and Recognition - Frank Cox, Educator, MSU Extension
• Leadership 301: Setting Healthy Boundaries and Working through Conflict - Lisa Bottomley, Senior Specialist and Manager for Extension Volunteer Administration, MSU Extension

• Defining Your Canvas: Landscape Design - Jean Persely, Advanced Master Gardener, Master Composter, Master Rain Gardener and Certified Landscape Designer
• Hydroponic Gardening - Christopher Imler, Consumer Horticulture and Veterans Outreach Educator, MSU Extension
• Master the Science and Art of Pruning: An Interactive Pruning Workshop - Rebecca Finneran, Senior Horticulture Educator, MSU Extension

Friday, August 20

Breakout Sessions

• MSU Horticulture Gardens Tour with Live Q&A - MSU Horticulture Garden Staff
• Horticulture Therapy - Mike Maddox, Outreach Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Master Gardener Program
• MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics Tour with Live Q&A - Dr. Erin Hill, Weed Science Diagnostician, MSU and Laura Miles, Molecular Diagnostician, MSU
• Mutations - Ya Gotta Love 'em! - Dr. Ron Goldy, Retired Vegetable Production Educator, MSU Extension

Breakout Sessions

• Evidence-Based Information: Separating Fact from Fiction - Linda Chalker-Scott, Professor and Extension Urban Horticulturist, Washington State University (WSU) Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, Washington
• Foodscaping - Dr. Jared Barnes, Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
• Organic, Biorational and Conventional Pesticides - What's the Difference? - Erin Lizotte, Senior Statewide Extension IPM Educator / IPM Coordinator, MSU Extension
• Spruce Decline - Dr. Monique Sakalidis, Assistant Professor, MSU
• DroneSeed - Rapid Reforestation via Drones - Ryan Keeling, Technical Operations - GIS Manager and Assistant Chief Pilot, DroneSeed, Seattle, WA

Saturday, August 21

Breakout Sessions

• Adaptive Gardening - Mike Maddox, Outreach Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Master Gardener Program
• Espalier Fruit Growing - Dr. Ron Perry, Professor Emeritus, MSU
• Geophytes for Neophytes - Isabel Branstrom, Consumer Horticulture Educator, MSU Extension and Sarah Rautio, Statewide Leader, MSU Extension Master Gardener Program®
• Plants Poisonous to Pets and Humans - Dr. Peter Carrington, Curator and Collections Manager, W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, MSU