Scott Woodbury

Owner, Cacalia Garden Design and Wilding

Mervin Wallace

Founder, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery

Guy Sternberg

Co-Founder, Starhill Forest Arboretum, author

Dan Shaw

Senior Ecologist and Vegetation Specialist, BWSR; Professor, University of Minnesota

Shannon Currey

Education & Outreach, Izel Native Plants

Desiree Narango , PhD.

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Roy Diblik

American perennial garden designer, plant nurseryman

Neil Diboll

Consulting Ecologist, author

Will Metcalf

Associate ASLA, SITES AP

Natasha Thomas-North

Growing Center Manager, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries

Heather Holm

Pollinator conservationist and award-winning author

Carl Stafford

Founder/Visionary MY REGION WINS!

Julie Farstad

Artist, Professor and Co-chair of the Painting Dept. at the Kansas City Art Institute

Kenn Boyle

Native Plant enthusiast

Sarah Beier

Owner, Oak & Io

Cheryl Salatino

Dancing Shadows Garden Design