| OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer State Conference 2023 |
Greene – More Than a Color |
| Holiday Inn – Fairborn, Ohio – Greene County | |
| October 12, 13, 14, 2023 | |
| Thursday | |
| 4:00 PM | Registration/Hotel Check-In |
| 4:00 PM | Vendor/Silent Auction Setup |
| 5:00 PM | Silent Auction & Raffle Basket Items Available |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Reception – cash bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres |
| Friday | |
| 7:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| 8:45 AM | Opening Speaker – Huffman Prairie – David Nolin |
| 9:45 AM | Break for Silent Auction/Vendors |
| 10:00 AM | Departure for All Day Bus & Bike Tours |
| Bike Tour #1 – Xenia to Yellow Springs | |
| Bus Tour #1 – Food Production/MEEC/Bergamo | |
| 10:00 – Noon | Workshop #1 – Vegetables in a Box – Jasinski, Hupman, Corboy |
| 10:00 – Noon | Workshop #2 – Fundamentals Of Succulent Success – Worth |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Morning Breakout Sessions |
| Educational #1 – Birds & Native Plants – Tom Hissong | |
| Educational #2 – Hiding in Plain Sight…– Judy Semroc | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Rotate to second round of breakout sessions – Break |
| 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | Educational #3 – Good Plants Gone Bad – Jennifer Windus |
| Educational #4 – Horticultural Therapy – Joe Lansing | |
| 12:15 – 12:30 PM | Break for Lunch |
| 12:15 – 4:15 PM | Departure for Afternoon Bus & Bike Tours – lunch provided on tour |
| Bus Tour #2 – Clifton Mill/Clifton Gorge Hike | |
| Bus Tour #3 – Caesar Creek Vineyard | |
| Bike Tour #2 – Xenia to Central State University | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Early Hotel Check-in |
| 1:30 PM | Rotate to Afternoon Sessions |
| 2:00 – 4:00 PM | Workshop #3 – Everything’s Coming Up Roses – A. Bennett |
| 2:00 – 4:00 PM | Workshop #4 – My Cutting Garden – M.L. Minor |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Educational #5 – Garden Photography – Ron Wilson |
| Educational #6 – The 24/7/365 Vegetable Garden – McDermott | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Rotate to second round of breakout sessions – Break |
| 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM | Educational #7 – Woodland Gardens – Sam Romeo |
| Educational #8 – A Guide to Ohio Trees – Chris Ahlum | |
| 4:15 – 5:30 PM | Break for Dinner/ Hotel Check-in/ Vendors/Raffle/Silent Auction/All Tour groups back at Hotel |
| 5:30 PM | Cash Bar & Time to visit Silent Auction/Raffle Basket/Vendors |
| 6:00 PM | Buffet Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Keynote Speaker – Making Landscapes that Matter – Scott Beuerlein |
| 7:00 PM | Silent Auction/Raffle Baskets/Vendors – Closed |
| Saturday | |
| 6:45 AM | Registration/Silent Auction & Raffle Baskets/Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| 8:30 – 9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker – All about Bulbs – Brent Heath |
| 9:30 9:45 AM | Break & Rotate to breakout sessions |
| 9:45 – 10:45 AM | Educational #9 – Planting for Pollinators – Scott Beuerlein |
| Educational #10 – Bulb Layering – Brent Heath | |
| Educational #11 – House Plants – Pam Bennett | |
| Educational #12 – Climate Change & OH Gardening – Aaron Wilson | |
| 10:45 AM |
Break & Hotel Check-Out Vendors & Silent Auction/Raffle Baskets – Closes at 11:30 AM |
| 11:30 AM | Buffet Lunch |
| Noon | MGV Awards Program |
| 1:45 PM | Closing & Silent Auction/Raffle Winners Announced |