Deadline approaches for CANGC Convention

The deadline to book a room during the California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers Convention on Oct. 27-28 has been extended to next Tuesday, Oct. 11. The event takes place at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Mandalay Beach Resort in Oxnard, Calif. Make reservations directly with the hotel at this link or call (805) 984-8339 and mention CANGC to receive the group rate of $159. Reduced rates are available on Wednesday and Thursday nights as well as the day before and after the meeting.

• Complete Program Schedule 
• Online Convention registration
• Convention Registration form (PDF for download)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, October 27

• Bus Tour of La Verne Nursery & BrightView Tree Company
• Welcome Lunch & Keynote by state climatologist Michael Anderson
• CANGC Announcement from chair Scott Klittich
• NGA Announcement from John Schoustra
• Legislative Update from CANGC legislative advocate, Louie Brown and Craig Regelbrugge, senior vice president-industry advocacy and research, AmericanHort
• Economic Update from Dr. William Matthews, researcher at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center
• Cocktail Reception
• Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Friday, October 28

• Breakfast Networking Hour
• Panel: Key Tools for a Nurseryman's Toolbox
  • Moderator: Ashley Gill Rossi, Matsuda's by Green Acres
  • Panelists: James Bethke, UC Cooperative Extension Floriculture and Nursery Farm Advisor; David H. Cox, CEO/general manager, L.E. Cooke Company, Ben Faber, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Subtropical Horticulture, Ventura/Santa Barbara Counties and representative from Bank of the West, Nursery/Greenhouse Division. 
• Panel: Selling & Shipping Citrus in a World with ACP/HLB
  • Moderator: Aaron Dillon, citrus nurseryman, Four Winds Growers
  • Panelists: Matthew Daugherty, associate extension specialist, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside; Karen Jetter, associate project economist, UC Agricultural Issues Center; Nawal Sharma, environmental program manager I, Emergency Quarantine Response Program, Pest Exclusion Branch, Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services, California Department of Food & Agriculture; Kim Wilenius, nursery manager, C&M Nursery.