Events

Congressional Action Days

When: March 14 to 15, 2016

Where: Arlington, Virginia

For more:safnow.org/events-education/congressional-action-days

At the Society of American Florists’ annual event, retailers, wholesalers, suppliers and growers tell Capitol Hill about their businesses and the floral industry’s legislative priorities.

Florida Flower Trials

When: May 12 to 13, 2016

Where: Orlando, Florida

For more:www.fngla.org/events/florida-flower-trials

Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association, Disney’s Horticulture team, Harry P. Leu Gardens and the University of Florida Institute of food and Agricultural Sciences have teamed up to showcase the newest annual, perennial and vegetative flowering varieties, and provide an educational conference on innovations in floriculture.

8th International Symposium on Light in Horticulture

When: May 22 to 26, 2016

Where: East Lansing, Michigan

For more:www.lightsym16.com

Led by some of the industry’s top horticultural lighting experts, the four-day conference will cover topics from new lighting technologies, to plants’ interaction with supplemental lighting, to the economics and feasibility of lighting now and in the future.

California Spring Trials

When: April 9 to 14, 2016

Where: California (various locations)

For more: americanhort.org/events

Industry professionals from around the globe head to Northern and Central California to see the newest varieties, innovative merchandising and cutting-edge trends. The event is self-guided and reservations are required at most stops.

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