Flower Growers' Summer Field Day - 2008

Date: July 23, 2008
Location: The Castle Hill Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA

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The Great Ideas Summer Conference!

Sponsored by: The Massachusetts Flower Growers Association (MFGA) and Massachusetts Nursery Landscape Association (MNLA)

Join Massachusetts' largest green industry associations - MFGA and MNLA - for their fifth annual collaborative event, the 2008 Summer Meeting and Trade Show on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at one of the region's most scenic, historically important and ecologically diverse landscapes…The Castle Hill Crane Estate.

• Featuring – Judy Sharpton , Growing Places Marketing, Atlanta , Georgia . Judy has over 20 years experience in advertising and promotion specializing in store design and renovation, development of product-based promotion plants and development of customer communication programs. Judy will present a two-part Store School . She will cover consumer trends and how you can respond to trends at your store level and store layout from entrance to cash wrap.
• Examples of more Educational Programs.....
• Choosing Drought Tolerant Plants
• Growing and Marketing Perennials Panel
• Water Quality; Irrigation, Nutrient Management and Pesticide Efficacy
• All about Ticks
• New Products and Technologies for Hardscapes
• Landscape Integrated Pest Management Walk-About
• Current Regulations You Should Know About
• What are Drought Advisories
• Pesticide Regulations Update
• Trade Show
• Pesticide Credits
• Tours of the famous Castle Hill Crane Estate

The 2,100 acre Crane Estate preserves one of the region's most scenic historically important and ecologically diverse landscapes. Richard T. Crane, Jr.'s purchased the property in 1910. In the decades that followed Castle Hill came to exemplify the American Country Place Era with its farm and estate buildings, designed grounds and gardens, and diverse natural areas. The Cranes hired some of the century's most notable architects and landscape architects. The first house built atop Castle Hill, an Italian Renaissance Revival villa designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, was razed and replaced in 1928 with the 59-room Stuart-style mansion designed by architect David Adler you see today. The Great House is furnished with period antiques. Whether it is innovative exhibits, first-rate tours, or cutting edge education, all attendees are sure to find themselves involved and inspired. Registration information will be available at www.mnla.com

Massachusetts Nursery Landscape Association
Massachusetts Flower Growers' Association