Tentative Schedule
subject to changes
Tuesday, April 29
8am to noon
10:00am
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​10:00 am
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​​​1:00 to 1:30pm
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1:45 to 5:00pm​
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1:45 to 2:30pm
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2:45 to 3:30pm
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3:45 to 4:30pm
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4:45pm
Vendor Set Up
​Registration Open
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MMGA Board Meeting
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Lunch is On Your Own
May have Concession Open
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Welcomes
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Tours OR...
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Cooking Demo at Catfish Row kitchen w/ William Furlong
Wednesday, April 30
8:00am
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9:00 to
10:00 am
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​10:15 to 11:15am​
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11:30 to 2:00pm
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2:00 to 4:00pm
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2:00 to 2:45pm
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3:00 to 3:45pm​
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4:00 to 5:00pm
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6:00pm​
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Registration Open
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Plenary Speaker
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​Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Lunch ~ Awards ~ Door Prizes
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Tours OR...
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Strolling on the RIver
(Old Miss. River Bridge)
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Evening Event ~Reception
Thursday, May 1
8:00am
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9:00 to
9:45 am
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10:00 to 11:45am
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11:00 to 11:45am
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noon
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​out by 4:00pm
Registration/Help Desk
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Plenary Speaker
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​​​Tours OR...
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Choice of Speakers or Demonstrations
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Recap from Dr. Jeff Wilson & Door Prizes
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Vendors PackUp
We plan to have the Caterer open her Concession Stand much of the time.
Tuesday, 8:00am Vendors start setting up. Tuesday, 10:00am Registration Desk opens.
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Tuesday, 10:00 to 11:30am MMGA Board Meeting
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Tuesday, 1:00 to 1:30pm Welcome--Mayor George Flaggs, maybe Dr. Cachot or Dr Wilson, Elizabeth Englebretson with S.W.A.P,S,
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Still a Tentative Schedule... Choose Tours or Programs
Tuesday, 1:45 to 2:30 Choose from these programs...
Buddy Lee (Plant Breeding)
Dr. Eddie Smith (Container Gardening)
Yvette Cutrer (Demo making Succulent Wreath)
Tuesday, 2:45 to 3:30 Chose from these programs...
Blake Layton (Miniature Wildlife in Your Garden)
Steve Dicke (Tree Risk Assessment & Management) Elizabeth Englebretson (S.W.A.P.S. Sustainabilty With Awareness and Prevention Solutions)
Tuesday, 3:45 to 4:30 Chose from these programs...
Bob Brzuzsek (How to Have Hordes of Hummingbirds)
Shaun Brodrick (Top Performing Annuals & Perennials for Sustainable Landscapes)
Elizabeth Englebretson (S.W.A.P.S.)
Tuesday, 4:45 to 6:00pm William Furlong Cooking with Herbs and Fresh Vegetables at Catfish Row Museum
Seats will most likely be limited.
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Wednesday, 9:00 to 10:00am Bob Brzuzsek (Landscape 101: Where to Start)
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Wednesday, 10:15 to 11:15am Chose from these programs...
Dr. Jay McCurdy (Sustainable Turf Grass)
Robert Poore (Catfish Row Park and more)
Lisa Whittlesey (Director of International Junior Master Gardener Program.)
Still a Tentative Schedule... Choose Tours or Programs
Wednesday, 2:00 to 2:45pm
Donna Yowell (Growing Cut Flowers)
Brenton Breland (Master Gardener Group Maintenance)
Dr. Jim DelPrince (Flower Arranging)
Wednesday, 3:00 to 3:45pm Chose from these programs...
Brenton Breland (What is Organic?)
??? (Native Plant Producers)
Nate Venarske (Gardening for Monarchs in Mississippi)
Wednesday, 11:20am to 2:00pm
Lunch, MMGA Awards, Linda Fondren (Shape Up Mississippi & Vicksburg Community Garden, Door Prizes
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Wednesday, 4:00 to 5:00pm
A Special Treat...Walk on the old (Hwy 80) Mississippi River Bridge
Wednesday, 5:30 to 7:00pm
Evening Reception...Heavy Hors d'oeuvres & Drinks at Cedar Grove
Thursday, 9:00 to 9:45am Keynote Speaker ( )
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Still a Tentative Schedule... Choose Tours or Programs
Thursday, 10:00 to 10:45am
Nate Vernarske (The Science of Gardening for Pollinators)
Elizabeth Englebretson (S.W.A.P.S. Workshop)
Tatiana Martin (All About Orchids)
Thursday, 11:00 to 11:45am Chose from these programs...
Bill Burdine (Cover Crops for Gardens)
Elizabeth Englebretson (S.W.A.P.S. Workshop)
Dr. Eddie Smith (Landscaping with Wildflowers)
Thursday, noon
Dr. Jeff Wilson (Recap the year in Master Gardening)
Vendors: Start Setting Up at 8:00am on Tuesday, April 29, and will close up by 4:00pm on Thursday, May 1.
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TOURS: Will be on first come or RSVP sign up on the BUS and/or TROLLEY via this website.
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CONCESSION STAND open in Vicksburg Convention Center. Coffee and Water Stations will be provided.
Sampling of our Speakers
Jim DelPrince ~ Demo, Floral Arranging
Buddy Lee ~ Plant Breeding
Tatiana Martin ~ All Things Orchids
Blake Layton ~ Miniature Wildlife in the Garden
Lisa Whittlesey, Director of International Jr. Master Gardeners
Bob Brzuszek ~ Landscape 101, Where to Start
Steve Dicke ~ Tree Risk Assessment & Management
Elizabeth Englebretson ~ S.W.A.P.S. (Sustainability With Awareness and Prevention Solutions)
Bill Burdine ~ Cover Crops for Gardens
Jay McCurdy ~ Sustainable TurfGrass
Yvette Cutrer ~ Living Wreath demonstration & Plant Polymers
Shaun Broderick ~ Top Performing Annuals & Perennials For Sustainable Landscapes
Nate Venarske ~ Gardening for Monarchs in Mississippi
Robert Poore ~ William Furlong ~ Donna Yowell ~ Brent Breland
Native Plant Producers ~ and More!
Topics may change, and we're adding more people as our planning progresses!