celebrations

Celebrations

  • 2023 Annual Convention
    Wednesday, July 12, 2023 9:00 AM
    Hancock Hotel, 631 South Main Street, Findlay, OH 45840


2023 Convention Information

DATE TIME EVENT
Tuesday 7/11/2023 6-9pm Convention set up
Wednesday 7/12/2023 8:30 AM Registration open
9-2pm/4-9pm Vendors open
9-noon/8:30-10pm make and take groups
9am-1pm Flower show exhibitor entries
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-4pm artistic judging/in lobby/closed
1:30 PM WELCOME/Recognitions/Life members
2-3:30pm Oral judging Hort
4:00 PM Faye Collins/Judge awards/Flower show open
4:30 PM "Direct Sowing Annual Seeds" - Findlay jr garden club presentation
6:00 PM dinner
7:00 PM "I Come from the Water" - Josh Dyer and Chelsea Gottfried
8:00 PM flower show awards/ certificates
Thursday 7/13/2023 8:00 AM registration open/honor breakfast open
8-9:30AM/11AM-8PM vendors open
11:30AM-NOON/4-6PM Make and take group/vendors/flower show time
9:30 AM "Slow the Flow with H2Ohio" - Kevin Nemer and Eric Saas
10:30 AM "Watershed Networks" - Hope Taft
12:00 PM lunch
12:30 PM Recognize scholarship recipients- Life Patrons
1:00 PM "Let's Get Growing - Yard-To-Table Made Easy" - Katie Carey
2:00 PM "Water Quality of Ohio's Rivers - Threats and Solutions" - Dr. Laura Johnson
3:30 PM OAGC Region Directors installation
6:00 PM DINNER
6:30 AM Daisy Sticksel /Beautification/Citation/Service/People's Choice Awards
7:00 PM "Going Native: My Journey from Chemicals and Cultivars to Landscaping with Native Plants" - Hal Mann
8:00 PM Adjourn/ announce 2024 convention
8-10 PM tear down all displays
Friday, 7/14/2023 BY 11 AM Breakfast on own, check out of hotel
7:30 - 9:30AM registration open for Garden Tours
9:45-NOON Garden Tours including a scavenger hunt
NOON-1:30PM Lunch on your own
1:30-4:00PM Garden Tours including a scavenger hunt



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