Educational Sessions
Conferences, Workshops and Webinars
2022 and 2023
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2022 Shackelford Virtual Speaker Series
Learn more about the Shackelford Virtual Series speakers and registration!
January 13, 2022: Invasion Pathways and Integrated Management of Invasive Aquatic Plants with Lyn Gettys, Associate Professor of Agronomy, Aquatic and Wetland Plant Science Extension Specialist, University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale.
Watch the Video for Invasion Pathways and Integrated Management of Invasive Aquatic Plants
February 17, 2022: Empowering Women Farmers with Farm Management Training in Turkey and Central America with Robin Brumfield, Professor and Specialist in Farm Management, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Brunswick.
Watch the Video for Empowering Women Farmers with Farm Management Training
March 10, 2022: Landscaping with Natives for Butterflies and Pollinators with Bill Farris, Grower and Consultant, Norman, Oklahoma.
Watch the Video for Landscaping with Natives for Butterflies and Pollinators
April 14, 2022: Gold in Our Midst: The Hidden Value of Our Parks and Special Places with Lenny Hughes, Landscape Architect and Vice President, Halff Associates, Inc., Richardson, Texas.
No video available due to poor reception of location
May 12, 2022: Timelines to Market: Selecting Trees for Resilient Future Urban Forests with Nancy Buley, Honorary ASLA, Director of Communications, J. Frank Schmidt and Son Co., Boring, Oregon.
Watch the Video for Timelines to Market
June 9, 2022: Border Management in Timor Leste and Indonesia: Trade Facilitation Stimulates Cross Border Trade and Enforcement to Protect Against the Introduction of Invasive Species with Tony Cambas, Manager of International Trade, Mississippi Small Business Development Center, The University of Mississippi, Gulfport.
Watch the Video for Border Management in Timore Leste and Indonesia
July 14, 2022: The Ethnobotany of the Lower Great Plains with Garry Vernon McDonald, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Watch the Video for Ethnobotany of the Lower Great Plains
August 18, 2022: Provenance Matters with Steve Bieberich, owner and Kadin Bieberich, Sunshine Nursery, Clinton, Oklahoma.
Watch the Video for Provenance Matters
September 15, 2022: In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines from Native Plants of the U.S. Great Plains with Barbara Timmermann, University Distinguished Professor, Department Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Watch the Video for the Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines from Native Plants of the U.S. Great Plains
October 6, 2022: Evaluating the Invasive Potential of Popular Ornamental Plants, and Their Cultivars with Sandra B. Wilson, Professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Watch the Video Evaluating the Invasive Potential of Popular Ornamental Plants, and Their Cultivars
November 10: Trending Phenomena in Sustainable Park Development with Associate Professor Qing Lana Luo.
Watch the video Trending Phenomena in Sustainable Park Development with Qing Luo
December 8: Plants that Just Keep Giving with Brian Chojnacki.
Watch the video Plants that Just Keep Giving with Brian Chojnacki.
- Master Gardener Conference, October 6-7
- 2023 Conferences
Thursday, May 11 — Greenhouse, Garden Center and Landscape Field Day, Ardmore, OK. For more information contact Mike Schnelle at mike.schnelle@okstate.edu
Thursday, June 8 — Greenhouse and Garden Center Field Day, Duncan, OK. For more information contact Mike Schnelle at mike.schnelle@okstate.edu
Thursday, July 6 — Ornamentals: Native and Adapted Non-native Plants for Oklahoma Landscape, Kerr Center, Poteau, OK. For more information contact Mike Schnelle at mike.schnelle@okstate.edu
Thursday, September 14 - Shackelford Ornamentals Conference
Thursday, November 2 - Native Plants Conference
