Speakers

Horticulturalist, The Giving Grove

Owner, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Chief of Sustainability/Early Childhood Education

Ecosystems Steward/Artisanal Producer, Prairie Birthday Farm LLC

Associate Professor, UMD; Co-Founder and Co-Director of NatureRx@UMD

Private Land Conservationist, Missouri Department of Conservation

Landscape Specialist, Missouri Department of Conservation

Facility and Development Manager, GaleHart Communities

Assistant Director of Facilities & Support

Greenspace Property Manager at GaleHart Communities

Professor of Landscape Architecture, Penn State University

Program Manager, GreenWorks

Consultant, author, and photographer

Director of Operations, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum & Author

President and owner of Habitat Architects, LLC

Tour guide and Native Plant enthusiast

Director of Corporate Development, Ripple Glass, LLC

Associate Director, Monarch Joint Venture

Landscape Designer, Researcher, LEED Green Associate

Program Director, The Nature Conservancy & The Prairie Ecologist

Landscape Architect and Principal of Confluence Chicago

Landscape Specialist, Missouri Department of Conservation

Principal, GardeNerd Consultations

Professor & Graduate Director, School of Urban & Regional Planning, Ryerson University; Director, Ecological Design Lab, Ryerson University

Adjunct Professor of Soil Microbiology, School of Natural Resources, and the Division of Plant Science & Technology, University of Missouri

Co-founder, Izel Native Plants

Owner, Oak & Io

Growing Center Manager, Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries

Owner, Cacalia Garden Design and Wilding

Community Conservation Liaison, Missouri Department of Conservation

Native Plant Enthusiast & Field Trip Guide

Executive Director, Blue River Nature Sanctuary