Conference Agenda
Note: Agenda times and events are tentative and may be updated as conference plans are finalized closer to the conference dates.
All events at the Grand Amway Plaza Hotel will take place on the Historical Pantlind Side of the Hotel
Monday | August 26, 2024
Travel / Arrival Day
4:00PM | GardenComm Board of Directors & Leadership Brainstorm Meeting | Networking Room | Imperial Ballroom - 1st Floor
5:00PM - 8:00PM | Networking Room will remain open to catch-up with fellow GardenComm members and meet New Conference Attendees | Networking Room | Imperial Ballroom - 1st Floor
Tuesday | August 27, 2024
- Education Session #1 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #2 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #3 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #4 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #5 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #6 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
11:40AM - 1:45PM | Lunch On Your Own
- Education Session #7 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #8 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #9 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
Wednesday | August 28, 2024
8:00AM - 9:00AM
- Education Session #10 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #11 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #12 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
9:10AM - 10:10AM
- Education Session #13 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #14 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #15 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #16 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #17 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #18 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
- 11:30AM - 12:00PM Sponsors Presentations
- 12:00PM - 12:45PM Lunch Served
- 12:45PM - 1:45PM Sponsors Presentations
- Education Session #19 | Vandenberg Room A - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #20 | Vandenberg Room B - 2nd Floor
- Education Session #21 | Governor's Room - 2nd Floor
- 6:30PM Check-In | Cocktails
- 7:00PM Dinner
- 8:00PM Honors and Awards
9:00PM-10:00PM Banquet After Party | Pantlind Ballroom - 2nd Floor
Thursday | August 29, 2024
6:30AM - 8:00AM | Networking Room Open | Imperial Ballroom - 1st Floor
6:30AM - 7:30AM | Continental Breakfast | Networking Room | Imperial Ballroom - 1st Floor
7:30 AM – Buses depart
8:10 AM - 8:40AM – Private Garden
8:45 AM - Buses depart
9:00 AM -9:45 AM - Windmill Gardens, downtown Holland, MI
9:50 AM Buses depart
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Walters Gardens (snack and drinks)
11:05 AM - Buses depart
11:15 AM -12:20 PM - Garden Crossings – tour and shopping
12:25 PM - Buses depart
1:00 PM - Spring Meadow Nursery, welcome and lunch sponsored by Proven Winners®
1:30 PM -2:30 PM - Production tours
2:45 PM - Buses depart
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM - Private Garden
5:30 PM - 7:25 PM - Spring Meadow Trial & Display Gardens, including group photo, tapas stations and cocktails
7:30 PM - Buses depart, back to Amway Grand Plaza by 8:15 PM
Friday | August 30, 2024
Check Out / Depart (or Optional Garden Tour)
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Optional Garden Tour $75 Fee is not included in the All Access Pass. Spaces are limited for first 50 attendees - Register Now!
8:00 AM - Bus departs
8:15 AM - Michigan State Grand Ideas Garden (GIG) –bagels and coffee
9:30 AM - Bus departs
10:00 AM - Private Garden
10:45 AM - Bus departs
11:00 AM - Private Garden
11:45 AM - Bus departs
12:00 – 3:30 PM - Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, lunch
3:45 PM - Bus departs
4:00-6:00 PM - Heritage Hill garden walk
6:15 PM - Arrive at hotel, dinner on your own