BPOA Spring Conference 2021
- Date:
- 20 Jan 2021
- Organiser:
- British Protected Ornamentals Association
- URL:
- https://www.homegrownplants.org.uk/spring-conference-2021/
Overview
AGENDA
| Welcome & Opening address- James Alcaraz- Chairman BPOA | |
| Theme One- New Gardeners- New Markets | |
| 10:00 Hope Plants- a Covid Start-up | Matt Skinner, Hope Plants |
| 10:20 ‘New gardeners, new gardens- the drive thru’ experience’ | Natalie Porter, Happy Plants |
| 10:40 A grower’s experience of direct sales | Graeme Edwards, Woodlark Nurseries |
| 11:00 Coffee Break & Breakout conversation- new markets | |
| Theme Two- Old threats from New thrips | |
| 11:20 Not all thrips are WFT | Gerben Messelink, Wageningen University |
| 11:40 Optimising thrips monitoring in ornamental crops. | Jude Bennison & Clare Sampson, Russell IPM |
| 12:00 Conversation | |
| Theme Three- Growing your workforce | |
| 12:20 “YPHA- Uniting, Inspiring and Empowering Young People in Horticulture” | Natalie Porter, Happy Plants |
| 12:40 Recruiting and retaining talent | Martin Brown, Henderson Brown |
| 13:00 Conversation | |
| 13:20- 14:00 Lunch & Networking time (breakout sessions, view sponsors booths, P&D Quiz, new product showcase, distributor showcase) | |
| Theme Four- “Carbon- problem or opportunity?” | |
| 14:00 New audit systems for measuring carbon footprint | Martin de la Harpe, delaharpe.co |
| 14:20 Taking the first steps to Net Zero | Jon Swain, NFU Energy |
| 14:40 Conversation | |
| Theme Five- Top tips for Spring crops | |
| 15:00 Crops for spring production | Eric Forschelen, Green4ce |
| 15:20 Effective nursery trials | Chloe Whiteside, ADAS |
| 15:40 Developments with primrose | Wouter de Meester, Rudy Raes |
| 16:00 Tea and chat (conference closes) |
