SHADE – Southwest Horticulture Annual Day of Education

2012 SHADE Conference

SHADE 2012 will be held Friday, August 10th at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel.

SHADE is designed for green industry professionals, landscape architects, designers, arborists, small business owners and managers, property managers, wholesaler and nursery employees. This educational event, will feature five tracks this year containing five sessions each. Tracks are Trending, Design, Tree & Plants, Pest Management & Plant Health, and Irrigation. An additional sixth session will be offered in the Pest Management and Plant Health track. All sessions are presented by industry experts.

More information coming soon!

Highlights from SHADE 2011

Click Here to view a full list of Speakers and Session descriptions from SHADE 2011

To view some of the great information presented at SHADE, click on the Speakers below for their Session Handout:

Michael and Ardie Apostolos – Design Principles Learned from the Japanese Friendship Garden

Steve Martino – What’s Winning: A review of Award Winning Projects and Products

Janet Rademacher – Up and Coming Trends in Plant Material

Scott Calhoun – Desert Appropriate Edibles, Handout 1

Scott Calhoun – Desert Appropriate Edibles, Handout 2

Mary Irish – Small Trees

Susan Chase - Visit http://azna.org/tree-specs/

Nina Simmons – The Three Things you Absolutely Must Do In Social Media, Handout 1

Nina Simmons – The Three Things you Absolutely Must Do In Social Media, Handout 2

Nina Simmons - The Three Things you Absolutely Must Do In Social Media, Handout 3

Cheryl Goar – Visit www.plant-something.org

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) were approved from ADA, GCSAA, IA, ASLA, OPM, and WCISA. A complete set of six CEU’s were offered through the Pest Management and Plant Health track for those who needed to update their certification.

The MARKETPLACE feature provided an opportunity to interact with companies and learn about their products, visit with industry professionals, and explore resources that support your business. As a vendor, it was a great opportunity to expand their network! The MARKETPLACE was open for all attendees during lunch and afternoon sessions. For more information on getting a booth space at the 2012 SHADE MARKETPLACE and/or sponsoring SHADE contact the ANA office at 480-966-1610.