Congressional Action Days
When: March 14 to 15, 2016
Where: Arlington, Virginia
For more:safnow.org/events-education/congressional-action-days
At the Society of American Florists’ annual event, retailers, wholesalers, suppliers and growers tell Capitol Hill about their businesses and the floral industry’s legislative priorities.Florida Flower Trials
When: May 12 to 13, 2016
Where: Orlando, Florida
For more:www.fngla.org/events/florida-flower-trials
Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association, Disney’s Horticulture team, Harry P. Leu Gardens and the University of Florida Institute of food and Agricultural Sciences have teamed up to showcase the newest annual, perennial and vegetative flowering varieties, and provide an educational conference on innovations in floriculture.
8th International Symposium on Light in Horticulture
When: May 22 to 26, 2016
Where: East Lansing, Michigan
For more:www.lightsym16.com
Led by some of the industry’s top horticultural lighting experts, the four-day conference will cover topics from new lighting technologies, to plants’ interaction with supplemental lighting, to the economics and feasibility of lighting now and in the future.
California Spring Trials
When: April 9 to 14, 2016
Where: California (various locations)
For more: americanhort.org/events
Industry professionals from around the globe head to Northern and Central California to see the newest varieties, innovative merchandising and cutting-edge trends. The event is self-guided and reservations are required at most stops.
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