Northwest Flower & Garden Show
Green Industry Conference
It All Starts with the Soil
From Principles to Practice: The Soil Food Web in Today’s Landscapes
Thursday, February 9 at 4:00 pm in the Adams Room
Friday, February 10 at 12:00 pm in the Adams Room
What happens when two of the world's leading pioneers in soil science and soil practice get together to share their work? Participants leave with new directions, insight and tangible methods that benefit their business and landscape practices, and prepare them for today's ever-increasing environmental and economic demands. Get all the best dirt on the big changes in the way that you use soil. New site soil regulations, improved soil mixes, new application methods and pricing will be discussed. Moderator: Bill Peregrine Panelists: Hendrikus Schraven & Dr. Elaine Ingham
Bill Peregrine
Bill Peregrine is an advocate for Nature in the urban environment. Driven by his belief that people’s health is directly related to the Earth’s health, Bill has chosen a career in the landscape industry because as the designer, shaper and tender of our land he directly affects the health of our urban lands. Bill leads the 7-person design/sales team for Malone’s Landscape & Nursery, a $5 million design/build and maintenance company. Through his efforts the Malone’s Design Team has consistently won top awards as judged by industry peers. Bill is co-founder of Green Meridian, a non-profit educational association for landscape professionals. He believes that landscape professionals who learn about natural systems will replicate them in the urban landscape and improve the health of the Earth. Website: www.maloneslandscape.com.
Hendrikus Schraven
Hendrikus Schraven is a dynamic speaker with personal experience and authority from over 35 years of work as a pioneer in organic and sustainable methods of design, construction, and project planning. As a visionary, philosopher and pointed pragmatist, Hendrikus demonstrates concisely and powerfully that the value of a "soil food web" based approach is not just environmental, but aesthetic, easy and economical as well. Carrying this approach on to a higher standard of maintenance practices, Hendrikus presents sound, practical, effective and economic methods of sustaining the landscape using the "soil food web" best management practices. Website: www.hendrikus.com.
Dr. Elaine Ingham
Dr Elaine Ingham is an energetic speaker who explains what life in the soil is all about. Behind this 'user-friendly' approach lies a wealth of knowledge gained from years of intensive research into the organisms which make up the soil food web. Elaine not only understands the soil food web, she has knowledge on how to ensure a healthy food web to promote plant growth and reduce reliance on inorganic chemicals. Elaine offers a way of improving the soils we work with now and a way to keep soils in this healthier state without damaging any eco-systems. Website: www.soilfoodweb.ca.
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show Green Industry Conference was organized by Green Meridian, a non-profit organization founded in 1999 with the mission of educating Green Industry Professionals in natural systems horticulture. Website: www.greenmeridian.org.