Name: Winter Symposium and CVNLA Short Course
Start: 2025-02-12T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-14T15:55:00-05:00

Winter Symposium
& CVNLA SHORT COURSE

Homes and Habitats

Explore the intricate relationships that exist between ecosystems, communities, and humankind, focusing on the importance of the reciprocal relationships between plants, animals, and humans. Learn how we, as gardeners and landscape professionals, can steward the land to support our natural ecosystems, foster biodiversity and build resiliency in our changing climate.

Join us on Wednesday, February 12 and Thursday, February 13 to hear a variety of engaging experts including Silvermoon LaRose (Assistant Director of the Tomaquag Museum), Jared Rosenbaum (author of Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Native Edible and Medicinal Plant Communities), James Golden (author of The View from Federal Twist: a New Way of Thinking about Gardens, Nature and Ourselves), Jared Barnes, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Horticulture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX), Robert Shaut (Casey Trees), Kasey Yturralde (USDA Forest Service), Jessie Ward (Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories) and many more.

In-Person Tickets:

$100/day or $180 for a 2-day ticket (includes light breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and all-day hot beverage service)

Virtual Tickets:

$55/day or $100 for a 2-day ticket (includes access to recorded presentations for a limited time)

Event Details

The 2025 Winter Symposium & CVNLA Short Course is a three-day event presented by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association and Virginia Cooperative Extension. Tickets can be purchased for one, two or all three days; attendees will receive a discount for attending both Days 1 and 2. Tickets for Day 3: Pesticide Recertification must be purchased separately.

Wednesday and Thursday are hybrid events with an opportunity to purchase in-person or virtual tickets. Come in person to meet the speakers, greet old friends and make new ones—or join virtually from the comfort of your home or office. Friday’s Pesticide Recertification Day requires in-person attendance.

Net proceeds from Thursday and Friday help build CVNLA’s scholarship fund for students pursuing horticultural careers.

2025 WINTER SYMPOSIUM IN-PERSON SCHEDULE

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025

8:00 am: Doors open, coffee service for in-person attendees
9:00 am: Welcome Address
9:10 am: Silvermoon LaRose – Ohkehteau Unnehtongquatash, Plant Stories
10:30 am: Jared Rosenbaum – Wild Plant Culture: Restoring Native Edible and Medicinal Plant Communities
11:30 am: Lunch, networking, book sale & signing
12:30 pm: Dr. Jared Barnes – The Butterfly Effect: Micro Plantings for Macro Impact
1:40 pm: Robert Shaut – Planting Trees in a Changing Climate: Adapting to Social and Environmental Shifts
2:40 pm: Break with snacks
2:55 pm: James Golden – The View from Federal Twist: a New Way of Thinking about Gardens, Nature and Ourselves
3:55 pm: Adjourn

View the full Day 1 Program with Speaker Bios

DAY 2: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025

8:00 am: Doors open, coffee service for in-person attendees
9:00 am: Welcome Address
9:10 am: Jessie Ward – Cultural Control: an IPM Tool for Pest and Disease Management
10:20 am: Kasey Yturralde – Supporting Resilient Forests and Communities in a Time of Change
11:20 am: Lunch, networking, book sale & signing
12:30 pm: Tony Avent – A Celebration of Eccentricities – Famous Plant People and Their Plants
1:40 pm: Sarah Melissa Witiak – Tiny Homes for Tiny Insects – Advances in Insect Gall Development
2:40 pm: Break with snacks
2:55 pm: Don Hyatt – Chasing the Bloom in the Southern Appalachians
3:55 pm: Adjourn

View the full Day 2 Program with Speaker Bios

Schedule as of 1/8/25. All programs subject to change.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

TBD

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Winter Symposium& CVNLA SHORT COURSE