Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday July 14 - Arrival & Check-In
4:00 PM β8:00 PM β Conference CheckβIn - Norton Lobby
4:00 PM β6:00 PM β Plant Holding Area Setup - Ramsey Arena
6:00 PM β10:00 PM β Vendor SetβUp -Ramsey Arena
8:00 PM β9:00 PM β Scholarship / Sponsorship Welcome Meeting - Norton Common Room
Wednesday July 15
7:00 AM β 8:00 AM β Breakfast - Norton Lobby
7:45 AM β 8:15 AM β Field Trip CheckβIn - Norton Lot
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM - Field Trips
8:30 AM - 4:45PM - Full Day Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Half Day Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk, PIcnic Shelter
12:00β1:00 PM β Lunch - Various Locations
1:15 PM - 4:45 PM - Afternoon Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk, PIcnic Shelter
5:30 PM β 7:00 PM β Dinner - Ramsey Concourse
7:15 PM β 7:30 PM β Welcome - Ramsey Main Stage
7:30 PM β 8:30 PM β Plenary: Call to Action from a Conservation Botanist, Jennifer Ceska - Ramsey Main Stage
8:30 PM β9:00 PM β Plant Camp Q&A - Ramsey Main Stage
9:00β10:00 PM β Networking - Norton Hall
Thursday July 16
7:00 AM β8:30 AM β Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse
8:00 AM β9:30 AM β Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Arena Floor
9:45 AM β10:00 AM β Welcome - Ramsey Main Stage
10:00 AM β11:00 AM β Plenary: How Flowers Made Our World, David George Haskell - Ramsey Main Stage
11:00 AMβ12:00 PM β Plenary: Native Plants as Infrastructure and as Essential Human Connetion to the Living World, Joey Santore - Ramsey Main Stage
12:15 PM β1:45 PM β Lunch - Ramsey Concourse
1:30 PM β4:30 PM β Book & Plant Sales - Ramsey Arena Floor
2:00 PM β4:30 PM β Roundtable: Future of the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference - Ramsey Hospitality Suite
2:00 PM β3:00 PM β Concurrent Sessions 1Aβ1F - Belk Classrooms
3:00 PM β3:30 PM β Break
3:30 PM β4:30 PM β Concurrent Sessions 2Aβ2F - Belk Classrooms
5:30 PM β7:00 PM β Dinner - Ramsey Concourse
7:15 PM β7:30 PM β Announcements - Ramsey Main Stage
7:30 PM β8:30 PM β Plenary: Indigenous Carolinians, David RahahΔΜΒ·tih Webb - Ramsey Main Stage
9:00 PM β11:00 PM β Music - Ramsey
9:00 PM β11:00 PM β Moth Watch - Cullowhee Creek
Friday July 17
7:00AM β 8:30 AM β Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse
8:30 AM β 11:45 AM β Friday Morning Walks - Various Locations
8:30 AM β11:45 AM β Friday Morning Workshops - Various Locations
8:00 AM β11:45 AM β Friday Morning Field Trips - Offsite
12:00 PM β1:30 PM β Lunch - Ramsey Concourse
12:30 PM β1:30 PM β Lunch βnβ Learn - Ramsey Concourse DEF
1:00 PM β2:00 PM β Poster and Display Session - Ramsey Concourse H
2:00 PM β 2:15 PM β Sponsorship Introductions - Ramsey Main Stage
2:15 PM β 2:30 PM β Tom Dodd Jr. Award - Ramsey Main Stage
2:30 PM β 2:45 PM β Break
2:45 PM β 3:45 PM β Plenary: Herps in the Garden, Jimmy Stiles - Ramsey Main Stage
3:45 PM β 4:45 PM β Plenary: A Wildening: Bringing Ecology Home, Preston Montauge - Ramsey Main Stage
5:00 PM β Silent Auction Closes - Ramsey Arena Floor
5:00 PM β 9:00 PM β Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Arena Floor
5:30 PM β 7:00 PM β Picnic - Ramsey Concourse
7:00 PM β 8:30 PM β Talent Show - Ramsey NE Patio
9:00 PM β 11:00 PM β Music - Ramsey
9:00 PM β 11:00 PM β Moth Watch - Cullowhee Creek
Saturday July 18
7:00 AM β 8:30 AM β Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse
8:30 AM β 9:30 AM β Plenary: "This Pea-Vine Country": Re-Discovering North Carolina's Lost Wild Peavine Landscapes, Bryan England - Ramsey Main Stage
9:30 AM β 11:30 AM β Native Plant Society Roundtable - Hospitality Suite
9:40 AM β 10:20 AM β Plenary: Projects of Promise - Ramsey Main Stage
10:30 AM β 11:30 AM β Plenary: Plants of Promise - Ramsey Main Stage
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Areana Floor
11:30 AM β 11:40 AM β Closing Comments - Ramsey Main Stage
1:00 PM β Conference Ends