Schedule at a Glance

 

Tuesday July 14 - Arrival & Check-In

4:00 PM 鈥8:00 PM 鈥 Conference Check鈥慖n - Norton Lobby

4:00 PM 鈥6:00 PM 鈥 Plant Holding Area Setup - Ramsey Arena

6:00 PM 鈥10:00 PM 鈥 Vendor Set鈥慤p -Ramsey Arena

8:00 PM 鈥9:00 PM 鈥 Scholarship / Sponsorship Welcome Meeting - Norton Common Room

 

Wednesday July 15     

7:00 AM 鈥 8:00 AM 鈥 Breakfast - Norton Lobby

7:45 AM 鈥 8:15 AM 鈥 Field Trip Check鈥慖n - 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

12:00鈥1:00 PM 鈥 Lunch - Various Locations

1:15 PM - 4:45 PM - Afternoon Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk, PIcnic Shelter

5:30 PM 鈥 7:00 PM 鈥 Dinner - Ramsey Concourse

7:15 PM 鈥 7:30 PM 鈥 Welcome - Ramsey Main Stage

7:30 PM 鈥 8:30 PM 鈥 Plenary: Call to Action from a Conservation Botanist, Jennifer Ceska - Ramsey Main Stage

8:30 PM 鈥9:00 PM 鈥 Plant Camp Q&A - Ramsey Main Stage

9:00鈥10:00 PM 鈥 Networking - Norton Hall

 

Thursday July 16          

7:00 AM 鈥8:30 AM 鈥 Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse

8:00 AM 鈥9:30 AM 鈥 Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Arena Floor

9:45 AM 鈥10:00 AM 鈥 Welcome - Ramsey Main Stage

10:00 AM 鈥11:00 AM 鈥 Plenary: How Flowers Made Our World, David George Haskell - Ramsey Main Stage

11:00 AM鈥12:00 PM 鈥 Plenary: Native Plants as Infrastructure and as Essential Human Connetion to the Living World, Joey Santore - Ramsey Main Stage

12:15 PM 鈥1:45 PM 鈥 Lunch - Ramsey Concourse

1:30 PM 鈥4:30 PM 鈥 Book & Plant Sales - Ramsey Arena Floor

2:00 PM 鈥4:30 PM 鈥 Roundtable: Future of the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference - Ramsey Hospitality Suite

2:00 PM 鈥3:00 PM 鈥 Concurrent Sessions 1A鈥1F - Belk Classrooms

3:00 PM 鈥3:30 PM 鈥 Break

3:30 PM 鈥4:30 PM 鈥 Concurrent Sessions 2A鈥2F - Belk Classrooms

5:30 PM 鈥7:00 PM 鈥 Dinner - Ramsey Concourse

7:15 PM 鈥7:30 PM 鈥 Announcements - Ramsey Main Stage

7:30 PM 鈥8:30 PM 鈥 Plenary: Indigenous Carolinians, David Rahah臋虂路tih Webb -  Ramsey Main Stage

9:00 PM 鈥11:00 PM 鈥 Music - Ramsey

9:00 PM 鈥11:00 PM 鈥 Moth Watch - Cullowhee Creek

 

Friday July 17  

7:00AM 鈥 8:30 AM 鈥 Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse

8:30 AM 鈥 11:45 AM 鈥 Friday Morning Walks - Various Locations

8:30 AM 鈥11:45 AM 鈥 Friday Morning Workshops - Various Locations

8:00 AM 鈥11:45 AM 鈥 Friday Morning Field Trips - Offsite

12:00 PM 鈥1:30 PM 鈥 Lunch - Ramsey Concourse

12:30 PM 鈥1:30 PM 鈥 Lunch 鈥檔鈥 Learn - Ramsey Concourse DEF

1:00 PM 鈥2:00 PM 鈥 Poster and Display Session - Ramsey Concourse H

2:00 PM 鈥 2:15 PM 鈥 Sponsorship Introductions - Ramsey Main Stage

2:15 PM 鈥 2:30 PM 鈥 Tom Dodd Jr. Award - Ramsey Main Stage

2:30 PM 鈥 2:45 PM 鈥 Break

2:45 PM 鈥 3:45 PM 鈥 Plenary: Herps in the Garden, Jimmy Stiles - Ramsey Main Stage

3:45 PM 鈥 4:45 PM 鈥 Plenary: A Wildening: Bringing Ecology Home, Preston Montauge - Ramsey Main Stage

5:00 PM 鈥 Silent Auction Closes - Ramsey Arena Floor

5:00 PM 鈥 9:00 PM 鈥 Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Arena Floor

5:30 PM 鈥 7:00 PM 鈥 Picnic - Ramsey Concourse

7:00 PM 鈥 8:30 PM 鈥 Talent Show - Ramsey NE Patio

9:00 PM 鈥 11:00 PM 鈥 Music - Ramsey

9:00 PM 鈥 11:00 PM 鈥 Moth Watch - Cullowhee Creek

 

Saturday July 18

7:00 AM 鈥 8:30 AM 鈥 Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse

8:30 AM 鈥 9:30 AM 鈥 Plenary: "This Pea-Vine Country": Re-Discovering North Carolina's Lost Wild Peavine Landscapes, Bryan England - Ramsey Main Stage

9:30 AM 鈥 11:30 AM 鈥 Native Plant Society Roundtable - Hospitality Suite

9:40 AM 鈥 10:20 AM 鈥 Plenary: Projects of Promise - Ramsey Main Stage

10:30 AM 鈥 11:30 AM 鈥 Plenary: Plants of Promise - Ramsey Main Stage

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Areana Floor

11:30 AM 鈥 11:40 AM 鈥 Closing Comments - Ramsey Main Stage

1:00 PM 鈥 Conference Ends