October 16, 2024 Cut Flower Program

If you want to register by check, make check payable to University of Maryland and send to 2024 Cut Flower Program, 4240 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042.

Cost: $40 per person. Includes lunch if registered by October 11, 2024.
No refunds after October 9, 2024.
Lunch not guaranteed after October 11, 2024.

8:00 – 8:15 Check-in/Registration

8:15 – 9:30 Growing Flower Bulbs, Gladiolus, Lilies, Peonies, and Perennials
Speakers: Ko and Rudy Klaver, Botanical Trading Company

9:30 – 10:30 High Tunnel Cut Flower Production: Covering options, management techniques, and scheduling
Speaker: John Erwin, Department Chair, Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland

10:30 – 10:45 BREAK

10:45 – 11:30 Cut Flower and Herb Trial Blocks at CMREC
Speakers: Sheena O’Donnell and David Clement. University of Maryland Extension

11:30 – 12:15 Successes and Failures in High Tunnels
Speakers: Lee and Jenna Carrier and Leon and Carol Carrier, Plantmasters

12:15 – 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00 Thrips, Mites, Caterpillars, and Plant Bugs on Cut Flowers
Speakers: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware Extension, and Stanton Gill, University of Maryland Extension

2:00 – 2:30 Young Farmer Interview: Starting out as a new grower and obstacles in the first year
Speaker: Rudy Klaver, Botanical Trading Company

2:30 – 3:30 High tunnels – what works in fall/ Winter and Spring in High tunnel Production?
Speaker: Dave Dowling, Horticulture Cut Flower Specialist, Ball ColorLink

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Event Venue

4240 Folly Quarter Rd, 4240 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, United States