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Virtual Sustainability Summit | 4/25-4/27

The Sustainability Summit is a free, 3-day virtual summit, presenting sustainability leaders in the green industry. It looks at issues that affect everyone, regardless if you’re an industry professional or individual consumer. It’s a collective of industry and business professionals who do amazing work, yet much of it goes unnoticed or overlooked, as much of the industry operates in silos. What affects our gardens, affects our trees, affects our landscape and effects our farms. It’s all connected. Consumers alike are concerned about climate change which can affect the choices they make; from the plants they buy for their gardens, to having more sustainable landscapes, and seeking to work at companies who align with their ideals.

There is a wealth of experts and information available to all, however it’s not easy to find, easy to read or to understand. It generally covers one aspect of sustainability and doesn’t paint the complete picture. The Sustainability Summit presented by GardenComm, unites them in one virtual event, presented by those who are professionals in their fields, with live Q&A, and bringing them together, in the GardenCommunity.

Speakers & Sessions
  • Richard Restuccia, SVP of Water Management Solutions at Jain Irrigation – Agricultural Irrigation
  • Danny Mishek, President of SelfEco/ Proven Winner – Compostable Plant Containers
  • Denise Coogan, Environmental Partnership Manager |Subaru USA – Zero Waste Facilities
  • Ben Wilinsky, Director, Partnerships and Innovation | Arbor Day Foundation – Trees & Carbon
  • Warren Gorowitz, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility | Hunter Industries – Sustainability and CSR
  • Tania Marien, Contributor to The Carbon Almanac – Inside the Global Network of the Carbon Almanac
Panel Discussions
  • GardenComm Sustainability Committee – The Past, Present and Future: Embracing Sustainable Initiatives and Practices in Our Diverse Industry. Panelist include:
    • Lois de Vries, Executive Director of the Sustainable Gardening Institute and founder of SGI's Sustainable Gardening Library
    • Casey Sclar, Ph.D., H. O. Smith Endowed Director of The Arboretum at Penn State and Adjunct Professor of Entomology
    • Eliot Wadsworth, owner of White Flower Farm, a family nursery business in Litchfield, CT 
    • Moderator: Debra Knapke, The Garden Sage and Co-Chair of the GardenComm Sustainability Committee.

  • Supporting Sustainability in the Garden Marketplace - Discussion lead by LaManda Joy, Co-Founder of the Great Grow Along and Simple Spring Research, with garden product suppliers.
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