About our Seminar

Industry education and networking with a focus on landscape use of native plants.

For design professionals, busy landscapers and plant nursery staff. CEUs available.

Enjoy an exclusive, intimate and very friendly continuing education event for landscape architects, designers, installers, maintenance firms, municipalities, growers, garden centers and retailers focused on using more native plants.

 

Classes and activities designed by and for industry practioners.

 

Sourcing, selecting and using Florida native plants for landscape use.

 

CEUs for landscape architects, ISA arborists and FNGLA professionals. Plus, you can earn a FANN native plant pro credential.

 

Meet Florida native plant industry leaders who can get you what you need to succeed with native plants.

 

PHOTO: Sculpture of John B. Stetson, inventor of the iconic cowboy hat, in front of the university’s “Palm Court,” filled with century-old Cabbage Palms. Watch for the Resurrection Fern growing up the base of the palms. FANN does not approve of the harsh pruning of the palms shown here.

CLASSES FOR PROFESSIONALS

Classes introduce hot topics such as newly popular native plant stars for modern landscapes, how to upgrade and enhance landscapes with native plants, understanding and overcoming challenges in native plant sourcing, Florida meadows and more.

Take advantage of the experience and know-how of professionals that work with these plants every day. 

Native Plant Show

EXPAND YOUR NETWORK

Learn what is possible and find the native plant expertise and supply you need. Whether it’s for commercial or residential landscapes, nurseries or garden centers, FANN growers are producing hundreds of ornamental native species in a variety of sizes. Learn how you can use them now.

Nobody knows “right plant, right place” like a native plant professional. Come and benefit from FANN members’ many years of experience with commercial, residential, institutional and natural restoration projects.

Build relationships in the native plant industry and tap into the growing market for native plants and ecological landscaping.  

Exhibits at the Native Plant Show

Quick Facts at a Glance

Come to learn about the variety and quality of native plants you can use now. Leave with the confidence and connections you need to succeed with native plants.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Wednesday November 5
8:30-11:30 – Sponsors set up
8:30-11:30 – Outdoor Activities
Noon – Lunch
1-5:30pm – Classes
3-3:30 – Break
5:30- 6:30 Social
7:00- Dinner out
Thursday, November 6
8:00-4:30 – Classes
Noon – Lunch
5:00 – Event ends


SPONSORS

Native plant growers, suppliers of eco-friendly landscape products and services, and forward-thinking landscape firms aligned with the future of the green industry. Sponsors enjoy networking directly with industry professionals in the classroom and at breaks, exhibit space and online promotion.  

PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION (CEUs)

FANN is a licensed continuing education provider #0005309 for landscape architects regulated by the Florida DBPR Board of Landscape Architecture and community association managers (CAMs) regulated by the Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers. We routinely provide courses useful to FNGLA certified horticulture & landscape professionals. FANN seminars are highly regarded by landscape architects, designers, installers, inspectors, arborists, horticulture professionals and community association managers certified with FL DBPR, APLD, FNGLA, ISA and more. 

 

VENUE

Stetson University, 421 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32723

KEY DATES

  • Late Aug – registration opens
  • Sept 2 – Submittal Deadline Landscapes
  • Oct 5 – Cutoff for Holiday Inn Express
  • Oct 14 – Cutoff for Courtyard
  • Oct 17 – Earlybird Registration Deadline
  • Oct 19 – Cutoff for Comfort Inn
  • Oct 30 – Online registration ends
  • Oct 30 – No refunds after this date
  • Nov 5 – Seminar opening day
  • Nov 6 – Seminar final day

COMMITTEE

  • Ebonie Gorniak, EarthBalance
  • Janine Griffiths, Green Thumb
  • Katelyn Hixon, Green Isle Gardens
  • Leslie Landert, Landert Landscape Design
  • Jenni Pell, Lindley’s Garden Center
  • Troy Springer, Springer Environmental
  • Michelle Stafford, Juniper Landscaping
  • Call FANN 321-271-4885

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FANN's Florida Native Plant Seminar

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