Dr. Alan Branhagen, Native Plants of the Midwest

JCCC 6th Annual Horticultural Sciences Day
Integrated Landscapes for 21st Century Horticulture.
Friday, Feb. 12, 2016

1. Welcome speech
Dr. Joseph Sopcich, president, JCCC

Horticultural Sciences Advisory Board Recognition
Dr. Csilla Duneczky, dean of science, JCCC, dean of science, JCCC

2. Overview of the Horticultural Sciences Department at JCCC and Introduction of the theme for the 6th annual Horticultural Sciences Day
Dr. Lekha Sreedhar, associate professor/chair

3. Keynote - Jeff Gibson, Ball Horticulture Corporation
Introduction of Theme for the 6th annual Horticultural Sciences Day
Shift Happens! Challenges and change for garden retailers, nursery and greenhouse growers and landscape professionals.
What hasn’t changed in horticulture in the last 20 years? Changing demographics and choices in housing, aging baby boomers, and new insights into Gen Y preferences are all contributing to shifts in garden retailing. Federal and municipal agencies shift towards the greater use of Green Infrastructure are having real impact on the horticulture supply channel, and landscape professionals are finding themselves with greater supply channel shifts than ever before. It’s an exciting time to be in horticulture! Jeff will
cover the ins and outs, the ups and downs, with a healthy dose of why "shift happens!"

4. Future opportunities and direction of the green industry in Kansas and Missouri
Dalton Hermes, CEO, Hermes Landscaping

5. Native Plants of the Midwest
Alan Branhagen, director, Powell Gardens
Capture the spirit of America’s heartland and create gardens and landscapes that sustain us and all of nature around us.

6. Pest Updates
Collin Wamsley, state entomologist, Missouri Department of Agriculture
Information will be provided about exotic/invasive pests in the urban landscape that may impact you and your clients.”

7. Green Collar Jobs
Tim Oberhelman, Olathe Northwest High School, adjunct assistant professor, College-Now, JCCC

8. Sustainable Turfgrass Systems
Dr. Brian Hogan, professor, University of Minnesota
This presentation is informed by research that describes the value of turf grass to the surrounding environment, how the turf grass system can enhance the quality of life and management practices that can mitigate off-site surface and subsurface pollution issues. Participants will be introduced to the Science of the Greens which is a research and renovation initiative addressing the golf industry’s need for long-term agronomic, economic and environmental sustainability.

9. Native Medicinal Plants of the Prairie
Dr. Kelly Kindsher, University of Kansas
Kansas is blessed with a great diversity of native plants - more than 2,000 species, of which more than 200 species have been used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes; some of these offer opportunity as herbal products and have interesting chemistry. Many of the more promising species will be discussed, including Echinacea species and wild tomatillos, Physalis species.

10. Horticulture in the New Millennium and Ecologically Sound Landscaping
Patti Banks, PLA LEED, Patti Banks Associates, founder of Patti Banks Associates (now Vireo) and Healthy Community Creator, Kansas City, Missouri. Brett Spangler, PLA, LEED is a landscape architect committed to designing, supporting and sustaining healthy and vibrant places with a particular emphasis on researching appropriate plant selection and installation in all his designs. He is also dedicated to advancing urban agriculture in communities around the region.

Patti and Brett will discuss Landscape designs that integrate the natural and built environments thereby creating spaces that enrich the community, promote wellness and are attractive, livable, vibrant and ecologically sustainable.

For more information on this and other happenings at the college, visit
http://www.jccc.edu.