Robert Wacker On European Seed Trends

Robert Wacker has been working in the green industry since 1980. For 25 years, he has been developing marketing and sales concepts for breeders, producers and retailers in a lot of countries round the globe. A special focus has been on seed packaging and promotion concepts around seeds. He was our guest in our La Connor meeting in 2014 already.

 2022 Garden Trends Report From Katie Dubow, Garden Meadow Group

Katie Dubow, Garden Media Group. Katie will be speaking about Garden Media Group's 2021 Garden Trends Report. This year's report offers a peek into what will be trending in horticulture in 2021 and beyond. These six industry trends are going to shape the future post-COVID-19, push business strategy pivots, and create a shift in home and work design.

Jim Waltrip Presentation

Jim Waltrip will speak and share about his 42 years in the seed business and the vital importance of good descriptive, stimulating variety names that are marketed to home gardeners. And he will share a bit of a speech I gave in Scotland in 1998, when he was President of All-America Selections, to the Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants Third Symposium.

ADA Compliance + Seed Supply Chain Update

We hear from Peter Jewett of Accessible Web on the recent lawsuits hitting the seed industry, as well as hear from Patty Buskirk of Seeds By Design about the state of the seed supply chain.