Schedule Of Events

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

9:00 – 11:30                   Registration & Photography Exhibition & Conservation Exhibition

9:30 – 11:30                    Plant Exchange Registration

11:30 – 12:45                   Welcome Lunch & Greetings from Anne Copenhaver, GCA President

1:00  – 4:00                    Business Meeting (Zone Rep Reports,  15 min. Break, Presidents Reports)

4:15 – 5:15                       Floral Demo Option #1(Claire Won Kang)

                                          Horticultural Workshop Option #2 (Celeste Tapazio, The Peony Lady)

5:15 – 6:30                       Free Time

6:30 – 7:15                       Seedling Soiree…………..Wine & Plant Exchange Pick Up on the Hotel Patio

7:15 – 9:00                       Casual BBQ on Hotel Patio

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 (Walking Shoes Highly Recommended)

7:00 – 8:30                         Breakfast

9:00                                     Buses depart for Fire Island Lighthouse, South Shore

9:30 – 11:00                        John Turner 45 min. Lecture & Beach Walk (Optional), South Shore

11:00                                    Buses depart for Tour of Bayard Arboretum, South Shore

1:00 p.m.                             Buses Depart for Long Island Museum (Boxed Lunch Aboard), North Shore

1:30 – 3:00                           Tour of Carriage Museum & Herb Garden, Dessert & Coffee, North Shore

3:00 – 4:00                          Buses Depart for Ed Zero 45 min. Lecture, Old Field Lighthouse, North Shore

4:00                                      Buses return to Hyatt Regency at Wind Watch

5:00                                       Free Time

6:30 – 10:00                         Awards Dinner

Thursday, May 25, 2017

8:30 – 10:30                             GCA Resources & Round Table led by Cindy Willis

10:30                                         Cooperstown Announcement of 2018 Zone Meeting

10:45                                         Gift Plant Pick Up

11:00                                          Meeting Ends