WEDNESDAY
Breakfast & Learning Sessions Wednesday will be a full day of learning and networking! Te day will kick off with breakfast and an opportunity to hear from TPI’s own Dr. Casey Reynolds as he talks about how TPI is working to promote natural grass. His presentation, Communicating the Value of Natural Grass, will provide an update on TPI’s Public Relations initiative, recent market research on public opinions of turfgrass, and what TPI is doing to promote the industry. Learn how to put the power of #KeepItREALTM to work for you!
Choose Your Own Learning Adventure! After breakfast, attendees will take part in one of two exciting options for industry tours. Both tours include transportation and lunch and will return to the hotel prior to the Exhibit Hall opening.
TOUR #1 Te Toro Company
Tour #1 will start at Te Toro Company where attendees will hear about Toro's research priorities, learn about their history, and watch as they demonstrate some of their equipment in their outdoor testing area.
Bailey’s Nursery
Next, attendees will visit Bailey's Nursery, a fifth-generation, family- owned company, and learn about their production of shrubs, roses, and perennials, including their Endless Summer, First Editions, and Easy Elegance lines. Te visit
will also include a trip to their display garden where we will see many of the plants in a garden setting to learn about their habitat and performance.
TOUR #2 Target Field
Tour #2 will start with a visit to Target Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins. Te stadium, opened in 2010, features a natural grass playing surface. Te tour will be hosted by Head Groundskeeper Larry DeVito and
will include the unique experience of learning about gameday preparations as the field crew prepares for the evening’s Twins vs. Yankees contest. Tour participants will also learn about the stadium’s unique water drainage system that has allowed the Twins to reduce their municipal water use by 50 percent. And they will hear how the natural grass playing field is maintained in the challenging Minneapolis climate (the area had snow flurries into May this year!).
Como Park Gardens Conservatory Ten Tour #2 participants will travel through the many gardens of the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory to explore the Jewel of Como and learn about its rich history. Go behind- the-scenes and uncover how the garden staff keep the conservatory
looking lush and green all year long and produce the many spectacular and beloved Sunken Garden flower shows. Tis tour is a unique opportunity to "peek behind the curtains" and get your daily dose of green!
Exhibit Hall Following the Tours, participants will head back to the host hotel, the Hyatt Regency Bloomington/ Minneapolis, to the Exhibit Hall where vendors will showcase their products at table-top displays. Meet and mingle, learn about the newest products and developments in the turfgrass industry, and enjoy the dinner that will be served in the exhibit hall.
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