2025 CAR-SGC Annual Conference
& Tri-Refresher

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2025

    2:00 pm – 6:00 pm       Registration Open, Hotel Lobby

    3:00 pm – 6:00 pm       Hospitality Suite Open

    Evening VIP Dinner      Time and Location TBD

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025

    8:00 am – 12:00 pm      Registration Open, Choptank Desk

      8:00 am – 6:00 pm      Vendors Open, Galleon Rooms A-B-C

    9:45 am – 10:30 am      Finance Committee Meeting, Clipper A-B-C

  10:45 am – 11:30 am      Executive Committee Meeting, Clipper A-B-C

    12:00 pm – 1:45 pm      Lunch, Choptank Ballroom

                                          Program: “Creating A Water-Smart Landscape"

                                          Presenter:  Kathy Jentz”, Choptank Ballroom  

      2:00 pm – 3:00 pm      Board Meeting, Clipper A-B-C

      3:15 pm – 4:15 pm      Seminar “Gardening Is Murder”, Clipper A-B-C

                                          Presenter: Neal Sanders

      4:30 pm – 5:30 pm      Seminar “High Tide in Dorchester”, Clipper A-B-C

      6:00 pm – 7:00 pm      Cocktails, Choptank Ballroom

      7:00 pm – 9:00 pm      Dinner, Choptank Ballroom

                                          Program: “Fabulous Floral Designs”

                                          Presenter: Mike Burch 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025

    7:00 am – 10:00 am      Registration open, Choptank Desk

      8:00 am – 6:00 pm      Vendors Open, Galleon Rooms A-B-C

      8:00 am – 8:30 am      Conference Buffet Breakfast, Choptank Ballroom

      8:30 am – 9:30 am      Conference Round Table Discussion

                                          Open to all Conference attendees

                                          Choptank Ballroom

  10:00 am – 12:00 pm      General Session Meeting and Awards

                                          Open to all Conference Attendees

                                          Clipper A-B-C

    12:30 pm – 2:00 pm      Lunch, Choptank Ballroom

                                          Program:“The Hows and Wows of Longwood                                                  Gardens”

                                          Presenter:  Jim Sutton 

      2:30 pm – 3:30 pm      Seminar: “Layers of the Forest”, Clipper A-B-C

                                          Presenter:  Sylvan Kaufman 

      3:45 pm – 4:45 pm      Seminar: “What is Plant Hardiness?"

                                          Clipper A-B-C 

                                          Presenter: David Scheid                               

      6:00 pm – 7:00 pm      Cocktails, Choptank Ballroom

      7:00 pm – 9:00 pm      Dinner, Choptank Ballroom

                                          Program:  “New Growing Trends for Future                                                      Landscapes”

                                          Presenter: Kirk Brown

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2025

      8:30 am – 5:00 pm      Tri-Refresher Bus Trip, Hotel Entrance

                                          Trip is required for Tri-Refresher credit.

                                          - Layton’s Chance Winery

                                          - Horn Point Laboratory and Oyster Hatchery

                                          - Blackwater Preserve

                                          Open to all Conference Attendees

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