Horticulture Events Calendar for Louisiana
(Contact Allen Owings (aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu) or Bob Souvestre (bsouvestre@agcenter.lsu.edu) with corrections, additions, etc.)
(new event listed or corrected/modified event listings are bolded)
(persons that should be knowledgeable about scheduled, upcoming, planned events in the major categories are listed in each section)
Consumer Horticulture / Master Gardener Events
Bob Souvestre (bsouvestre@agcenter.lsu.edu) or Dan Gill (dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu)
May 14-17
American Hemerocallis Society National Convention
Houston, TX
www.daylilies.org
May 17
Trails and Trellises Garden Tours
Minden, LA
Contact Glenda Collums with Piney Hills LMGers at gjc4750@bellsouth.net
May 18
Hilltop Arboretum’s Spring Garden Tour
Baton Rouge, LA
Contact Hilltop Arboretum at hilltop@lsu.edu
May 23
Louisiana House Horticultural Program: Lawn Establishment and Initial Maintenance
Louisiana House
Baton Rouge, LA
12 – 1 pm
Contact John Young at joyoung@agcenter.lsu.edu
May 23-24
Region 13 AHS Daylily Meeting
Baton Rouge, LA
www.brdaylily.org
June 7-8
Daylily Festival
Abbeville, LA
Contact Stuart Gauthier at sgauthier@agcenter.lsu.edu
June 18-21
Southern Regional Master Gardener Conference
Oklahoma City, OK
www.mastergardener2008.com
June 20
Louisiana House Horticultural Program: Easy Care Annuals
Louisiana House
Baton Rouge, LA
12 – 1 pm
Contact John Young at joyoung@agcenter.lsu.edu
September 27
NW LA Master Gardener Bulb Sale
Randle T. Moore Center
Shreveport, LA
Contact Denyse Cummins at dcummins@agcenter.lsu.edu
October 4-5
PlantFest 2008
Hilltop Arboretum
Baton Rouge, LA
www.lsu.edu/hilltop
October 9-11
65th Annual Bulb and Plant Mart
Houston, TX
www.gchouston.org
October 17
Gardener’s Night Out
Hammond Research Station
Hammond, LA
Contact Regina Bracy at rbracy@agcenter.lsu.edu or Annie Coco at acoco@agcenter.lsu.edu
October 17-18
Southern Garden Symposium
St. Francisville, LA
October 17-18
Fall Flower and Garden Festival
Truck Crops Experiment Station
Crystal Springs, MS
October 18-19
New Orleans Fall Garden Festival
City Park Botanical Gardens
New Orleans, LA
Contact Karen Blackburn at kblackburn@agcenter.lsu.edu
March 22-26
International Master Gardener Conference
Las Vegas, NV
www.unce.unr.edu/imgc
April 23-26
Society for La Irises Convention
Shreveport, LA
www.louisianas.org
May 21-24
2009 La Master Gardeners State Conference
Hilton – New Orleans Airport
Kenner, LA
Green Industry (Commercial Ornamental and/or Turfgrass Events)
Commercial Ornamentals – Allen Owings (aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Commercial Turfgrass – Tom Koske (tkoske@agcenter.lsu.edu)
May 15
Landscape Horticulture Field Day for Green Industry Professionals
Hammond Research Station
Hammond, LA
May 22
New Orleans Horticulture Society
Annual Crawfish Boil
Location TBA
New Orleans, LA
May 28-31
4th Lone Star Regional Native Plant Conference
Nacogdoches, TX
May 30
Nursery/Landscape Golf Shootout
LSU Golf Course
Baton Rouge, LA
Contact Allen Owings at aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu
June 2-4
Mid South Greenhouse, Retail, Landscape Conference
Eagle Ridge Conference Center
Raymond, MS
Contact Jan Winter at the MS Nursery and Landscape Association at msnlaexec@aol.com
June 7
Baton Rouge Landscape Association Summer Meeting
Burden Center
Baton Rouge, LA
June 12-13
LNLA Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional Training
ULL Ira Nelson Horticulture Center
Lafayette, LA
Contact Dan Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu
July 15-17
Landscape Management Short Course
LSU Hill Farm Facility, Campus
Baton Rouge, LA
Contact Jeff Kuehny at jkuehny@agcenter.lsu.edu
August 6-10
Southern Nursery Association Research Conference and World Showcase of Horticulture
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
www.sna.org
August 14-17
Nursery and Landscape Expo
George Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
www.nurserylandscapeexpo.com
August 28
NW LA Nursery and Landscape Association Meeting
La Tech University
Ruston, LA
Contact Severn Doughty at scd357@cmaaccess.com
September 18-19
LNLA Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional Training
Botanical Gardens at City Park
New Orleans, LA
Contact Dan Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu
November 6
NW LA Nursery and Landscape Association Meeting
American Rose Center
Shreveport, LA
Contact Severn Doughty at scd357@cmaaccess.com
November 13-14
LNLA Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional Training
LSU AgCenter DeSoto Parish 4-H Center
Grand Cane, LA
Contact Dan Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu
Fruit / Vegetable / Nut Events
Commercial Vegetables – Jimmy Boudreaux (jboudreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Commercial Fruit – David Himelrick (dhimelrick@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Pecans – John Pyzner (jpyzner@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Sweet Potato – Tara Smith (tsmith@agcenter.lsu.edu)
July 24-25
Tri State Pecan Trade Show and Convention
Pecan Producers of Louisiana, Mississippi Pecan Growers Association, and Arkansas Pecan Growers Association
Location TBA
pecans@pecanproducers.org
Academic Events
May 20-22
Louisiana State Horticulture Society Spring Tour
Birmingham and other areas in Alabama
Contact Allen Owings at aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu
July 20-23
American Society for Horticulture Science Annual Conference
Rosen Hotel
Orlando, FL
www.ashs.org
October 9-12
American Community Gardening Association Conference
St Charles Hotel / Pan American Center
New Orleans, LA
Contact Karen Blackburn at kblackburn@agcenter.lsu.edu
January 29-31
Gulf States Horticultural Expo
Arthur Outlaw Convention Center
Mobile, AL
www.gshe.org
July 21-24
America Society for Horticultural Science
Annual Conference
Rosen Plaza Hotel
Orlando, FL
www.ashs.org
January 31 – February 2
ASHS – Southern Region
Atlanta, GA
Internal AgCenter Events
August 28
County Agent In-Service Training in Landscape Horticulture (AgCenter Personnel Only)
Hammond Research Station
Hammond, LA
Contact Allen Owings at aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu
October 23
Wine and Roses
Burden Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Contact Pat Hegwood at chegwood@agcenter.lsu.edu
