A little over five years ago, IPPS profoundly altered the course of my horticultural journey. I didn’t even know what IPPS was back then, but it played an important role in helping me reach where I am now.As an undergraduate I majored in psychology and completed all the pre-requisites for medical ...
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Dr. David Creech 2020 Southern Region FellowDr. David Creech,Stephen F. Austin State University professor emeritus of agriculture and director of SFA Gardens, Nacogdoches, Texas, is recognized as the 2020 Southern Region Fellow.Dr. Creech is a longtime member of IPPS-SR and served as president in 20...
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Dr. Gary Knox 2020 Sidney B. Meadows Award RecipientDr. Gary Knox is a professor of environmental horticulture and nursery crops extension specialist at the University of Florida/IFAS at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Quincy, FL is recognized as the 2020 Sidney B. Meadows...
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Saunders Brothers, Inc. and NewGen® Boxwood, introduced by Saunders Genetics, LLC, were instrumental in the renovation of the White House Rose Garden, unveiled to the public by First Lady Melania Trump on Saturday, August 22, 2020. The iconic space had changed very little since 1962 and a major ove...
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Dennis Niemeyer and his wife Joani Lawarre will be receiving the Order of the Long Leaf Pine presented by NC Commissioner Steve Troxler. The presentation will be online via Zoom and Facebook Live.WHEN: 11:30 a.m. September 16, 2020 (presentation should be around 30 minutes).Zoom link:Please click th...
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THE 2020 Southern Region annual conference in Tulsa, OK rescheduled for 2023Dear IPPS Southern Region members,Thank you all for participating in the membership survey included in our last newsletter. Your insights helped guide the Executive Committee to make the exceedingly difficult and disapp...
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by Lis MeyerIPPS Southern Region is about to get a whole new kind of student member! Student membership has been extended to students enrolled in the Soldier to Agriculture (STAG) program, a program that represents a partnership between NC State University and Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. This pr...
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Kim ShearerTree and Shrub Breeder, The Morton ArboretumProgram Details: Chicagoland Grows® Plants for the FutureIn 1998, Brennan and Bachtell introduced the plant introduction program Chicagoland Grows® to IPPS at an Eastern Region meeting. Twenty-two years later, this program continues to persist...
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Dr. Michael DirrPresident, Chestnut Oak FarmPartner, Premier Introductions, Inc.Program Details: In Search of the Next Great Tree (For the Southeast)Fascinating sport...Searching for the next great cultivated tree. The time and expense to breed a new tree introduction is close to prohibitive. Keith ...
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Dr. Dennis WernerJC Raulston Distinguished Professor EmeritusJC Raulston ArboretumNCSU, Raleigh, NCProgram Details: Designer Genes, Designer Redbuds: Twenty Years of Cercis BreedingDr. Werner will summarize the accomplishments made in the redbud breeding program over the past 20 years, review the m...
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