Proven Winners Landscape Roadshow – Hosted By Home Nursery

Thursday, June 20, 2024

  • The June 20, 2024 Proven Winners Landscape Roadshow was held in Albers, Illinois.
  • The one-day educational event was hosted by Home Nursery and was open to all Landscape Professionals.
  • The event was attended by over 175 persons and included a wide range of Landscape Professionals, Landscape Architects, Landscape Designers, and Nursery Professionals.
  • Home Nursery's President, Ann Tosovsky, welcomed attendees and introduced the 22 Home Nurse team members in attendance
  • Proven Winners Tom Ewing welcomed attendees on behalf of Proven Winners and outlined the Professional CEU Credits approved for the day's program. The day's program was approved for Four LA CES Credits by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). And, the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) approved the program for Four CEU Credits.
  • Morning presentations included “New Problem-Solving Shrubs for The Midwest Region” by Jane Beggs-Joles, Spring Meadow Nursery's Landscape Program Manager; “Amazing New Proven Winners Perennial Selections That Will Make Your Job Easier” by Josh Roggenbuck, Regional Product Manager with Walter’s Gardens; and “Stunning New Annuals to Enhance Your Landscapes” by Josh Miller, Proven Winners Landscape Manager.
  • During the catered lunch break, Abbott Ipco's Chad Harrison presented an overview of Proven Winners Heart to Heart Caladiums and illustrated their many benefits for use in the landscape Power Planter's owner, Greg Niewold, shared the labor savings and efficiencies of Proven Winners Twist & Plant Augers.
  • Cincinnati Zoo's Scott Beuerlein concluded the day's program with an entertaining and informative Keynote Presentation entitled “Sifting the Best from the Rest at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, and Why it Matters”. Scott Beuerlein is the Manager of Botanical Garden Outreach at the highly regarded Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.
  • The day concluded with a tour of Home Nursery's impressive Albers Main Yard, home to over 300 acres of container production. Home Nursery also produces nursery stock on its McMinnville, Tennessee, Farm, and operated two Distribution Centers in O'Fallon, Missouri, and Albers, Illinois.

Event Schedule

7:30 am - 3:15 pm Lunch Included
2024 Home Nursery PW Roadshow Invitation [PDF] Home Nursery Landscape Roadshow Program 2024 [PDF] []