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January 9, 2025
ProGreen EXPO is the only green industry conference in the Rocky Mountain Region of its kind. More than 5,000 green industry professionals gather every year at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver to gain vital knowledge and skills to improve business, educate employees and discover the latest information for the upcoming season.
Since 1996, ProGreen EXPO has grown into the place where the green industry meets. Through education, networking, and skill-building, we ensure that our industry remains an asset to communities and an engine of job creation.
Schedule of Events:
January 28, 2025
07:00 am - 04:00 pm: Registration Desk Open
08:00 am - 12:00 pm: Sustainable Landscape Management Training Class
08:30 am - 11:30 am: Woody Plant Identification
08:30 am - 10:15 am: Understanding Three Factors that are Essential for Growing Healthy Greenhouse Plants
09:00 am - 10:00 am: Advanced Backflow Prevention for Landscape Irrigation
09:00 am - 10:00 am: Houseplant Best Practices
09:00 am - 10:00 am: Landscaping for Insects: The Ecology of Insect Visitation
09:00 am - 10:00 am: The 7 Deadly Hazard Signs of Trees
10:15 am - 11:15 am: How to Develop and Maintain a Quality Safety Program
10:15 am - 11:15 am: Native Grass Case Studies and Solutions for Non-Functional Turf Areas
10:15 am - 11:15 am: Practical Pruning for Colorado Landscapes
10:15 am - 10:45 am: PPE and Heat Illness Considerations
10:30 am - 11:30 am: How to Provide the Best Environment for Greenhouse Growing
11:15 am - 11:45 am: Resources for Responding to Pesticide Incidents
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm: Five Things You Can Do Tomorrow to Attract Your PERFECT Client
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm: Plants that Pay the Rent
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm: The Speed of Blight
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm: Water Conservation Pressure Reduction for Irrigation Systems
01:00 pm - 02:45 pm: How Does a Plant Grow? An Introduction to Botany and Plant Physiology
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm: Climate Resilient Trees and Production
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm: Cold Hardy Bermudagrass for Colorado Lawns and Landscapes
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm: Pest Management Update with The Buglady
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm: Soil Science for Landscape Managers
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm: Top Ten Extension Office Calls
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: 10 Ways to Kill a Tree
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: Colorado Department of Agriculture Regulatory Update
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: Creating an Oasis in a Labor Desert: Creative and Low-Cost Ways to Attract, Train and Retain Top Talent for your Green-Industry Business
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: From Strategy to Success: Scaling Marketing and Ensuring End-to-End Excellence
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: Maximize Plant Health with Smart Irrigation
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: TreeForce: How We Have Been Branching Out
January 29, 2025
07:00 am - 04:00 pm: Registration Desk Open
07:30 am - 09:00 am: VIP Breakfast: Green Industry Thought Leadership Panel
07:30 am - 08:30 am: Insect Identification 101
07:30 am - 08:30 am: Rookies to Rockstars: Training as a Retention and Recruitment Tool
07:30 am - 08:30 am: The Best of Annual Performers for 2024
09:00 am - 10:00 am: Keynote Presentation: Change the Game
10:00 am - 04:00 pm: EXPO Hall Open
10:00 am - 02:00 pm: Certified Arborist Exam Prep
10:00 am - 11:45 am: Fundamentals of Propagating Plants
10:15 am - 11:00 am: What the Frass: When Insects Poop
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Cutting Through the Noise: Practical AI in Cultivation Operations
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Diagnosing Brown Spots in Lawns
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Firewise Xeriscaping: Green Solutions to Save Water and Protect Property
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Perennials that Perform
11:15 am - 12:00 pm: Battery-Powered Landscaping
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm: Potting Challenge - Qualifying Round 1 (additional registration)
12:30 pm - 01:15 pm: Family Feud! - All-star Cast
12:45 pm - 02:30 pm: How to Identify and Manage Common Greenhouse Pests
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Beauty and the Bees: Understanding Pollinators and Designing a Landscape to Support Them
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Field Wiring Diagnostics
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Plant Select: "And the 2025 Plant Winners Are…"
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Smart Irrigation and Data Analytics: Enhancing Labor and Water Efficiency in Modern Landscapes
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: The Importance of Growing a Plant Propagation Stock Garden
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: What About the Tree in Xeric Conversions
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm: ANSI Z133 Arboriculture Standards Update
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Potting Challenge - Qualifying Round 2 (additional registration)
02:15 pm - 04:15 pm: CSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department Update
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Charting New Territory: Delving into Professional Licensing for Landscape and Irrigation Experts in Colorado - Trazando nuevos territorios: profundizando en las licencias profesionales para expertos en paisajismo e irrigacion en Colorado
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Is Your Tree Protection Ordinance Constitutional?
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Landscaping without Irrigation or Weed Fabric
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: The Power of the Influencer
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm: Don’t Funk the Trunk! Tree Injections Done Right
02:45 pm - 04:30 pm: How to Identify and Manage Common Greenhouse Diseases
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Competing Legal Interests in Street Trees
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Going Electric: Myth-busting, Real Advice and Financial Incentives for Going Green
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Liquid Gold: Unlocking Water Quality and Nutrition Secrets for Thriving Growers
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Solving Grower Case Studies: The Easy, The Challenging and The Unexpected
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: The Culture Blueprint: How to Design and Build a Great Place to Work
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm: Break It Down: A Chainsaw Maintenance Guide
January 30, 2025
07:00 am - 03:00 pm: Registration Desk Open
07:30 am - 11:30 am: ISA EXAM
08:00 am - 12:00 pm: CCNP EXAM
08:00 am - 09:00 am: ¡ELEVA al líder en TI! - ELEVATE the Leader in YOU!
08:00 am - 09:00 am: 7 Common Issues For 7 Common Crops
08:00 am - 09:00 am: Foodscapes: Easy Edible Landscapes
08:00 am - 09:00 am: Leveraging Brands to Increase Profits
08:00 am - 09:00 am: Recursos y servicios disponibles para trabajadores agricolas y sus familias-Resources and Services Available to Farmworkers and Their Families
08:00 am - 09:00 am: Troubleshooting Pumps 101
08:00 am - 09:00 am: Working with your Local Government to Save Water
09:00 am - 04:00 pm: EXPO Hall Open
09:00 am - 09:30 am: Proper Arborist Apparel and Gear Check
09:15 am - 10:15 am: Como seguir creciendo en la industria de jardineria - How to Continue Growing in the Landscape Industry
09:15 am - 10:15 am: Creating Design Style for Xeriscape
09:15 am - 10:15 am: Finding Effective Solutions to Replace Neonicotinoids for Landscape and Greenhouse Scenarios
09:15 am - 10:15 am: Sowing Resilient Green Roof Vegetation
09:15 am - 10:15 am: Using Sensor Technology for Water Savings In Landscape Irrigation
09:35 am - 10:20 am: Let 'er RIP!! Chainsaw Protection Trials
10:25 am - 11:10 am: Mitigating Exposure in Tree Climbing and Pruning: Techniques and Strategies
10:30 am - 11:30 am: "Creciendo Juntos": Como lidear entendiendo como las personas piensan y aprenden entre las generaciones- "Growing Together": How to Lead by Understanding How People Think and Learn Among Different Generations
10:30 am - 11:30 am: AI for the Independent Garden Center
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Basics of Vegetable Diagnostics for the Green Industry
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Cultivating Cultivars: The How and Why of Cultivar Development
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Irrigation Hydraulics: A Comprehensive Discussion for Peak Performance
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Potting Challenge - Qualifying Round 3 (additional registration)
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Risk Management for Wholesale Nurseries
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Well-behaved Prairie and Plains (Meadow) Plants for the Home Garden
11:15 am - 12:00 pm: Arboriculture Rigging Concepts
11:30 am - 01:00 pm: Women In Green Lunch - Resilience and Gratitude: Empowering Women to Thrive Through Change
12:05 pm - 12:50 pm: Anchors Aweigh! An SRS Anchor Tale
12:55 pm - 01:40 pm: Tip Reduction Strategies
01:00 pm - 04:30 pm: CGG EXAM
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Como crear relaciones significativas con tus clients - How to Create Meaningful Relationships with Your Clients
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Horticultural Therapy: A Look behind the Curtain
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Liderazgo effective en Mantenimiento - Effective Team Leadership in Landscape Maintenance
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Maximizing Efficiency: Advanced Greenhouse Task Management and Labor Forecasting to Slash Labor Costs
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Simplifying Herbicide Choices in R-O-W Sites
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: What's Next for Landscape Water Conservation
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm: Potting Challenge - Finals
01:45 pm - 02:30 pm: Understanding Rigging Forces in Tree Removal: Single Leg, Span and Double Whip Configurations
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: 2 Wire Takeover
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Como tener exito a traves de la relacion: Cuanta importancia tiene la conexion entre un gerente de cuentas y la operacion de campo? - Success through relationships: The Importance of Relationships between an Account Manager and Operations
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Getting Started in Plant Health Care
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: La Importancia de Hablar en Publico: Controla tu miedo y habla - The Importance of Public Speaking: Face Your Fear and Get Out and Speak
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Non-native Plant Heroes: An Ecological and Phenological Argument for Planting Cultivars and Non-native Plants
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Save Water With U.S. EPA’s WaterSense
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm: Think like a Bug! Solutions for Biocontrol Success
02:45 pm - 04:00 pm: Demo Tree Removal Finale
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Como preparer un presupuesto - How to Prepare an Enhancement Estimate
03:30 pm - 04:30 pm: Una discussion con tres professionals de la industria de jardineria - Panel: Three Leading Professionals of the Landscape Industry's Stories of Growth, Challenges and Tips for Growth
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm: Latino Happy Hour
Date: January 28 - 30, 2025
Location: Colorado Convention Center,
700 14th Street,
Denver, CO 80202
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