Educational Sessions
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture: Conferences, Workshops and Webinars
2021
Traditional conferences will resume as conditions permit.
For speaker info and YouTube webinar link click + beside each webinar.
- 2021 Shackelford Webinar Series (Click the + for the links)
Shackelford Virtual Series*: These Zoom Meetings, designed for both consumers and green industry professions, are free with expenses defrayed due to the continued generosity of Charles and Linda Shackelford, former co-owners of TLC, Oklahoma City.
January 21. So, You Want to Grow Greenhouse Tomatoes?
- Rick Snyder, Extension/Research Professor, Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center, Crystal Springs, MS
- YouTube Link
February 11. The “Socially Distant” Nurseryman Discusses Tough Trees for the Southern Plains States
- Jim Ord, Jim Ord Sales, Inc. Horticultural Sales Representative, Greeley, CO
- YouTube Link
March 11. Native Plants: Connections to Insects, Wildlife and Humans
- Marilyn Stewart, Wild Things Nursery, Seminole, OK
- YouTube Link
April 15. The Global Role of Botanic Gardens
- Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture and Center for Global Initiatives, Denver Botanic Gardens
- YouTube Link
May 13. The Role of Green Roofs in Sustainable Development
- Bradley Rowe, Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing
- YouTube Link
June 17. Tips for Better Cutting Propagation (lecture 1.0). Are Redbuds the Next Crape Myrtle (lecture 2.0)?
- Dave Creech, Director of Stephen F. Austin University Gardens and Professor Emeritus, Nacogdoches, TX
- YouTube Link
July 15. Climate Change in the Built Environment: Anticipating Grower, Landscape Design and Maintenance, and Residential Client Challenges
- Mike Arnold, Professor of Landscape Horticulture; Director of The Gardens at Texas A&M University, College Station
- PowerPoint Link
August 19. From Growers to Customers: Considerations for Supporting Pollinators
- Kristen Baum, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology; Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
- YouTube Link
September 16. From Zones 7a to 9b: Horticultural Pursuits from Oklahoma to Alabama
- Todd Lasseigne, Executive Director, Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Theodore, AL
- YouTube Link
CANCELED—October 14: The Wild Side, Native Plants in the Landscape
- Brian Pirtle, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, MO
November 18. Updated Methods to Improve Controlled Release Fertilizer Utilization in Containerized Ornamental Production
- John L. Griffis, Jr., Professor, Bernese B. and Sidney R. Davis Chair for Horticultural Education and Research, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Meyers
- YouTube Link
December 16. Trends in Garden Center Sales
- Bob Gerdes, General Manager, TLC Garden Centers, Oklahoma City
- YouTube Link
- Vest Family Endowment Lecture with Joseph Tychonievich
How Genetic Engineering Works: Understanding the Science, Not the Controversy