Schedule at a Glance

4:00 PM –8:00 PM — Conference Check‑In - Norton Lobby

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM — Breakfast - Norton Lobby

7:45 AM – 8:15 AM — Field Trip Check‑In - Norton Lot

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM - Field Trips

8:30 AM - 4:45PM - Full Day Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Half Day Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk, Picnic Shelter

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM — Lunch - Various Locations

1:15 PM - 4:45 PM - Afternoon Workshops - Ramsey, Apodaca, Belk, Picnic Shelter

4:00 PM –8:00 PM — Conference Check‑In - Norton Lobby

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM — Dinner - Ramsey Concourse

7:15 PM – 7:30 PM — Welcome - Ramsey Main Stage

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM — Plenary: Call to Action from a Conservation Botanist, Jennifer Ceska - Ramsey Main Stage

8:30 PM – 9:00 PM — Plant Camp Q&A - Ramsey Main Stage

9:00 PM – 10:00 PM — Networking - Norton Hall

 

8:00 AM –9:30 AM — Vendor Floor Open / Vendor Walk - Ramsey Arena Floor

9:45 AM –10:00 AM — Welcome - Ramsey Main Stage

10:00 AM –11:00 AM — Plenary: How Flowers Made Our World, David George Haskell - Ramsey Main Stage

11:00 AM–12:00 PM — Plenary: Native Plants as Infrastructure and as Essential Human Connection to the Living World, Joey Santore - Ramsey Main Stage

12:15 PM –1:45 PM — Lunch - Ramsey Concourse

1:30 PM –4:30 PM — Vendor Floor Open - Ramsey Arena Floor

2:00 PM –4:30 PM — Roundtable: Future of the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference - Ramsey Hospitality Suite

2:00 PM –3:00 PM — Concurrent Sessions 1A–1F - Belk Classrooms

3:00 PM –3:30 PM — Break

3:30 PM –4:30 PM — Concurrent Sessions 2A–2F - Belk Classrooms

5:30 PM –7:00 PM — Dinner - Ramsey Concourse

7:15 PM –7:30 PM — Announcements - Ramsey Main Stage

7:30 PM –8:30 PM — Plenary: Indigenous Carolinians, David Rahahę́·tih Webb - Ramsey Main Stage

9:00 PM –11:00 PM — Music - Norton

9:00 PM –11:00 PM — Moth Watch - TBD

7:00 AM – 8:30 AM — Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse

8:30 AM - 2:00 PM — Vendor Floor Open - Ramsey Arena Floor

8:30 AM – 11:45 AM — Friday Morning Walks - Various Locations

8:30 AM –11:45 AM — Friday Morning Workshops - Various Locations

8:00 AM –11:45 AM — Friday Morning Field Trips - Offsite

12:00 PM –1:30 PM — Lunch - Ramsey Concourse

12:30 PM –1:30 PM — Lunch ’n’ Learn - Ramsey Concourse DEF

1:00 PM –2:00 PM — Poster and Display Session - Ramsey Concourse H

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM — Sponsorship Introductions - Ramsey Main Stage

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM — Tom Dodd Jr. Award - Ramsey Main Stage

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM — Break

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM — Plenary: Herps in the Garden, Jimmy Stiles - Ramsey Main Stage

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM — Plenary: A Wildening: Bringing Ecology Home, Preston Montague - Ramsey Main Stage

5:00 PM — Silent Auction Closes - Ramsey Arena Floor

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM — Picnic - Ramsey Concourse

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM — Talent Show - Ramsey NE Patio

9:00 PM – 11:00 PM — Music - Norton

9:00 PM – 11:00 PM — Moth Watch - TBD

7:00 AM – 8:30 AM — Breakfast - Ramsey Concourse

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM — Plenary: "This Pea-Vine Country": Re-Discovering North Carolina's Lost Wild Peavine Landscapes, Bryan England - Ramsey Main Stage

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM — Native Plant Societies and Wild Ones Chapters Roundtable - Hospitality Suite

9:40 AM – 10:20 AM — Plenary: Projects of Promise - Ramsey Main Stage

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM — Plenary: Plants of Promise - Ramsey Main Stage

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Vendor Floor Open - Ramsey Arena Floor

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM — Closing Comments - Ramsey Main Stage

1:00 PM — Conference Ends