9:00AM

Registration opens for students & educators on the ground floor.
Students can drop their backpacks/jackets and complete their badge credentials here. Our team will give you a quick overview of the day and hand out the details on the competition & education portion of your special event.

9:30AM

Welcome & Introductions

10:00AM

Student Nursery & Landscape Competition Begins
The competitions are a scavenger hunt, plant identification, and tool identification. Top prizes will be given to the teams scoring the highest correct answers for these challenges. Students will find answers to their challenges in the VENDOR areas (Ballroom South) as well as the Plant I.D & Tool Challenge in Commons 2.

11:00AM

Interactive Challenge
Join MNLA’s team of Pros for an interactive challenge in Ballroom North.

11:30AM

Lunch with the Pros
Lunch with the Pros will be a round table mix of schools and students; so be sure to bring your questions about green industry opportunities. Anything from job openings, career paths, scholarships, internships, and more!

12:00PM

Adjourn
Please feel free to explore the public areas of our show which include the vendors, MCH Plant & Tool I.D and our History Hall as you wait for the bus.

Please note that we would have loved to invite students to participate in the concurrent programs being held at the Winter Forum. Unfortunately, these rooms have limited capacity and we needed to reserve them for the professionals only. We do ask students to please be respectful of the educational programs that are going on concurrently in the other rooms.