Tuesday, July 21
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Registration (Norton Hall)
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Plant Vendor Set Up (Ramsey Center)
 
Wednesday Morning and Afternoon, July 22
7:00 a.m-8:00 a.m. Breakfast 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Field Trips 1-13 and Hybrid Trips 1-3
8:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Plant Vendor Set Up
5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Registration (Norton Hall)
5:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Bus Shuttle
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Field Trip Dinner (3rd floor Ramsey Center)
 
Wednesday Evening
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. The Great Debate, Doug Tallamy, Sam Rogers, Gregg Tepper, Amy Lawton-Rauh, Steve Sanchez and Johnny Randall
9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Book and Plant Sales
 
Thursday Morning, July 23
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Conference Check-in, Ramsey Center
8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Conference Welcome, Ed McDowell
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Landscope, Milo Pyne
11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Announcements and Break
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Native Hollies, Gil Nelson
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch at Ramsey Center
 
Thursday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Field/workshops Continuation
FW1  Continuation on campus
FW2  Photo editing and compilation on campus
FW3  Field trip off campus   1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Walks:        
Walk 1.  Campus Tree ID Walk, Robert Wyatt
Walk 2.  Cullowhee Creek Restoration, George Morris
Walk 3.  Vendor Plant Walk:  ID, Habitat, and Growing Available Plants, Meredith Clebsch and John Strawn
Workshop: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Waystation, Ina Warren
              
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Dinner at Ramsey (for participants staying on campus)
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Scholarship Recipients/Committee Dinner
 
Thursday Evening
6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Book and Plant Sales, Arena Floor
7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Scholarship Awards, Miegan Gordon
7:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m. Native Plant Sourcing Panel, Cathy Davis, Mike Berkley, and Dick Bir
8:45 p.m. Announcements: Picnic/Talent Show Invitation 
9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Student/Young Professionals Forum
9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Book Signing, Book Sales, Plant Sales, Meet the Speakers, Networking, Arena Floor
 
Friday Morning, July 24
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.  Breakfast
7:45 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Bus Shuttle
8:30 a.m.  Announcements and Poster Session Introductions
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Poster Session
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Concurrent Session 1
A. Mosses are Native Plants Too with Ken McFarland
B. Permaculture with Will Hooker
C. Student/Young Professionals Sessions
C1.10:00-10:30, Relationships of North American Dryopteris with Emily Butler
C2.10:00-10:30, Meadow Makers in the City Park, New Orleans with Marc Pastorek
C3.10:30-11:00,  Integrating Sustainability into the Residential Landscape presented with Erik J. Healy

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 2 D. Monarch Butterflies with Ina Warren
E. Ramsey Creek Preserve with Billy Campbell
F. Make a Digital Mega-Poster with Stribling Stuber
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch at Ramsey Center (for participants staying on campus)
 
Friday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Dynamic Connections in Soils: Rocks, Weathering, Microorganisms, Organic Matter and Nutrients with Yuji Arai
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 3
G. Miracle Grow for Young Minds: Nature as a Teacher with Ann Kungle
H. Ground Covers for Slopes with Terry Dalton
I-1. 3-3:30 p.m., Student/Young Professionals Sessions: Conversion of a Fescue Field to Native Warm Season Grasses and Forbs in Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Chapel Hill, NC with JC Poythress
I-2. 3:30-4:00, Horticultural Goals of the Knoxville Zoological Gardens with Dana M. Rice
   
4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 4
J. Bugs, Bees, Butterflies, and Blossoms: Teaching Teachers to Teach in an Outdoor Classroom with Elyce Rodewalds
K. Easements with Milo Pyne
L. Ecoscapes with Arnold Rutkis

5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Plant and Book Sales
  
Friday Evening
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Picnic at WCU Picnic Area (no cafeteria dining)
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Talent Show (open invitation for entries)
8:30 p.m.-12:00 p.m. Music, Dancing, and Networking, WCU Picnic Area
8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Native Plant Chat Session, Norton Hall Classroom, Margie Hunter
8:30 p.m.-10:15 p.m. Bus Shuttle
 
Saturday Morning, July 25 
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Steering Committee Report, Ed McDowell
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Plantsman Award, Ed Clebsch 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Unintelligent Design in Plant Reproduction with Robert Wyatt 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Plants of Promise, Main Stage, Peter Loos and Jamie Oxley
11:30 a.m. Final Announcements                                               
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Final Plant Sales, Pick up plants from holding area
12:30 p.m.  Conference officially closes