APGA Professional Development Programs and Symposia

2012 Sentinel Plant Network Workshops
South Central Region

Hosted by The Dallas Arboretum
Dallas, TX
May 31 - June 1, 2012
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2012 APGA Annual Conference

Hosted by The Dawes Arboretum and Franklin Park Conservatory
Columbus, OH
June 19-22, 2012
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Plant Identification Workshops at RBG
Burlington, ON, Canada

Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, is offering botanical identification workshops for conservation and environmental professionals, ecologists, and horticulturists. Courses are also suitable for graduate students, amateur botanists, and master gardeners.

Grass Identification Workshop, July 12-13, 2012
Fern and Allies Identification Workshop, July 26-27, 2012

Green Buildings and Landscapes Symposium

Hosted by Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 13-14, 2012

Located at the “Green Heart of Pittsburgh," Phipps’ outstanding facilities, including their new Center for Sustainable Landscapes, built to achieve International Living Building Institute (ILB)I Living Building Certification, are waiting to be experienced. Sustainable sites, techniques, and a public gardens operational sustainability index will be just some of the program highlights. More exciting program details to follow.

National Issues Forum 2012
Co-Organizers: APGA and US National Arboretum

Face2Face Summit
October 24-26, 2012
US National Arboretum, Washington, DC

This year's National Issues Forum focuses on the implications of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Access to Genetic Resources and Sharing of Benefits, and a new plant importation regulatory category, "Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis." Building upon an electronic community-wide deliberation, this Face2Face Summit will convene in the Nation's capital, bringing together issues experts, policy-makers, and public garden professionals. Participants will develop guidelines for gardens determining their course of action in light of emerging issues, and will inform APGA in serving as the voice of the public garden community.

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