Date: September 5-8, 2017
Location: Rochester, NY traveling to Canandaigua, NY
Hotel: Holiday Inn Rochester
All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau host a joint summer meeting for the home garden industry each year. Our usual attendance of about 70 AAS judges, AAS Display Gardens, NGB members, breeders, brokers, growers, retailers, media and garden writers attend to learn more about our organizations, our trials and local businesses of interest.
In 2017 we are traveling to Rochester, New York for our meeting then have the option to travel to the Finger Lakes region to join Home Garden Seed Association for their annual meeting. A great way to make just one trip but join two summer networking events!
Tuesday, September 5: Registration is open from 4-6 p.m. and the Welcome Reception is from 6-8 p.m. at Holiday Inn Rochester Downtown.
Wednesday, September 6: Todays tours include the Wegman’s Super Store, Harris Seeds’ trials and offices, Greentopia, Green Vision’s cut flower farm and the ecodistrict renaturalization around the falls (pictured above). The annual AAS Awards Banquet is this night!
Thursday, September 7: Today we’ll travel to Canandaigua (and will change hotels) to meet up with HGSA for tours of Wegman’s Organic Farm, Bejo’s vegetable trials and Sakata Seeds’ trials.
Friday, September 8: Further exploration in the Finger Lakes area includes tours of Seneca Vegetable Research, Cornell University, HGSA’s trials and the New York Wine and Culinary Center.
*Detailed intinerary times will be available closer to meeting date
Source: All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau