Summer Convention Agenda

We have been diligently working to create an agenda that is focused on bringing you a vast array of topics. 

Please continue to check back as times and topics will be updated.

  Friday September 25 The Schedule
7:30 Breakfast Buffet and Registration  
8:15 House Keeping, Announcements, Vendor Recognition  
8:30 Farm History Welcome Farm History
9:00 Farm Field Tour Walking Tour – going to fields near Lowell’s house (100 yards), overview of variety of trees, why our row spacing. Proceed to fields behind house.
10:00 Farm Field Tour Mowing Demo, why we don’t use herbicide and talk about the solar yard, as we head back to the main building.
11:00 Exhibitor Exhibitor 11-12
12:00 Lunch Buffet Taco Bar
12:45 State Fair Update – John Kreuger State Fair Winners, what are our customers saying?
1:00 Exhibitor Time & Gift Shop tours Gift Shop tours with groups of a max 20 people every 30 min, overlapping with the exhibitor time
2:00 Exhibitor Time & Gift Shop tours Gift Shop tours with groups of a max 20 people every 30 min, overlapping with the exhibitor time
3:00 Farm Field Tour Drip irrigation, Deer Fence, Milk Spray as an deterrent, demo our Pruning Technique
4:00 Olympics Some of the all time favorites and some new sports!
5:00 Visit with Exhibitors Social Hour and maybe a new growers meeting
5:30 Dinner – Italian hot dishes, lasagna and chicken alfredo. Same caterer for 2 lunches and Friday dinner – Jodi
6:00 Auction – Ben and Nick Wolcyn Live Auction
6:30 – 8:00 Social Come site around the bonfire and tell stories or sing your favorite Christmas song.
     
     
  Saturday September 26  
7:30 Breakfast Buffet and Registration  
8:15 House Keeping, Announcements, Vendor Recognition  
8:30 Farm History Welcome and History of the farm
9:00 Choose and Cut Give a Customer experience(Demo tree shakking, wrapping, our payment process/flow)
10:00 Planting and Choosing Nursery Stock Walking tour (How we plant), Demo of our three row auger, exotic trees (Manchurian and Siberian Fir)
11:00 Exhibitor Time Exhibitor time
12:00 Lunch- Philly Cheesesteak Sammies (Both Beef & Chicken)  
1:00 Travel to the Nursery Move to Forest’s Nursery farm
1:30 Wreath Making Room Tour of wreath making and Demo – Air Compressor Driven wreath maker
2:00 Tree Digging Demo (B and B) Walking tour of Nursery Area, tree digging demo
2:30 Topiary Trees and Pond Driplines Topiary trees, show the dripline irragation and fliter for pond water
3:00 Tour of Forest’s Greenhouse Walking tour in greenhouse, mostly figs and peppers
3:30 Closing Remarks Thank you! Drive safe and have a wonderful selling season.