Midwest Native Plant Society

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Native Plants for Landscapes

Gardening for Life

Midwest Native Plant Conference
Bergamo Center
Dayton, Ohio
July 27, 28 & 29, 2012

Conference Registration Form
Mail in your registration form today for a special weekend rate before June 25!
Friday & Saturday
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Bergamo Lodging
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Field Trip Information

Speaker Bios &
Program Descriptions

2012 Conference Agenda

Vendors Open to the Public! Saturday July 28, 2012
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Native Plants, Books, Artwork, Jewelry and more, designed to connect you with nature.

We offer CEU's for APLD Professionals & credits for Master Gardeners / Ohio Certified Naturalists.

Conference Registration is now open! Mail in your Registration Form Today for a special rate before June 25.

Save the dates July 27, 28 & 29, 2012 and join us for the 4th Annual Midwest Native Plant Conference at Bergamo Center in Dayton, Ohio. A variety of recognized experts will present informational sessions and field trips to explore native landscaping, forests, wetlands, and prairies—together with the diverse wildlife that depends on these native habitats. Visit with vendors who offer native plants, books, artwork and other items to stimulate your enthusiasm and spirit.

Conference highlights include keynote speakers: Ian Adams, environmental photographer, presenting "Gossamer Wings - The World of Dragonflies and Damselflies"; Marielle Anzelone, Urban Plant Ecologist in New York City, will talk on greening the urban environment through ecosystem stewardship – showing how even the densest city can help protect endangered species through a combination of habitat preservation and landscaping centered on native plants in public and private landscapes. On Saturday evening, David Wagner, an entomologist and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will give an informative and lively talk on Caterpillars. He is the author of Caterpillars of Eastern North America, widely regarded as one of the most authoritative field guides on caterpillars. Afterwards, we will venture outside with vapor lights and flashlights to find some of these beautiful and often strange looking creatures that are often only seen at night.

Breakout sessions by recognized and informative speakers: Michelle Banker, David Brandenburg, Wes Duran, Don Geiger, Cheryl Harner, Jan Hunter, Jim McCormac, Carol Mundy, Tara Poling and Stan Stine.

If you are interested in being a conference vendor or a sponsor, send an email to:mwnpsconference@gmail.com.

"Connecting People with Nature"

The Midwest Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization of amateur and professional naturalists, botanists, teachers, researchers, gardeners, birders, and the list goes on of those who have a deep appreciation for our native flora and fauna. Our mission is to promote awareness of the importance of native plants and the wildlife that depend on them, within biologically diverse ecosystems and in our own home landscapes.

Our goals include:

Connecting people with nature
Conserving native habitats and assisting organizations that promote and protect them.
Developing educational programs that help to understand the beauty, diversity and
versatility of our native plants, and encouraging the use of native plants in public and
private landscaping.

Promoting native plants, plant communities and healthy ecosystems as essential to the
well-being of all living things.
Promoting the commercial availability of local native plant materials.

Experiencing native plants throughout the Midwest, in natural environments and
created landscapes.
Offering CEU's for APLD, Master Gardener's and Ohio Certified Naturalists.

In support of our mission, we host an annual conference, "The Midwest Native Plant Conference"
and donate funds to conservation projects and organizations that are working to preserve native plant communities. In 2011, conference proceeds were donated to the The Nature Conservancy in Ohio's Sunshine Corridor Project, Marianist Environmental Education Center and Cedar Bog Association and Dawes Arboreteum.

Please join our mailing list to be kept informed about details of our Midwest Native Plant
Conference and about other upcoming events. And check back here to our web site often for updates.
Thank you for visiting!

2009 Conference Plant/Logo
Ohio Goldenrod
Oligoneuron Ohioense

2010 Conference Plant
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium

Prints Available from the
Artist, Ann Geise.

2011 Conference Plant
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
QueenofthePrairie

QueenofthePrairie

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Ann Geise

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Kathy McDonald