Green Horizons

Feb. 5-6, 2010: Missouri Nut Growers Annual Meeting and Nut Show, Nevada, Mo. The Missouri Nut Growers will meet at the Home Economics Building, Vernon County Fairgrounds, Nevada, Mo. The fairgrounds are located adjacent to Rt. 71, about a half mile south of its intersection with Rt. 54.

March 16-18, 2010: Missouri Community Forestry Council, 17th Annual Conference, Doubletree Hotel, Chesterfield, Mo. The theme of the conference will be “Integrating Trees into Municipal Infrastructure.” Experts from Missouri and around the country will provide the latest information on community forestry topics. Keynote speaker is globally recognized John Ball, Ph.D., Professor, South Dakota State University. Thursday’s tour will include a stop at the new Citygarden site in downtown St. Louis, an innovative 2.9-acre urban oasis of plantings and sculptures on the Gateway Mall that represents a $30 million investment in urban greening. This year’s conference focus is on trees and municipal infrastructure, making it of interest to municipal, commercial and consulting arborists as well as professionals in the field of public works, engineering, landscape architecture and planning. For more information, go to http://www.mocommunitytrees.com/conference.html

April 10, 2010: 2010 Tree Farm Showcase, Nussbaum Tree Farm/MU Extension Center, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. The 2010 Tree Farm Showcase (formerly the State Tree Farm Conference) will be held Saturday, April 10, on the Nussbaum Tree Farm in Cape Girardeau County. The day’s activities will start with indoor sessions at the MU Extension Center in Jackson. For the latest information, visit the Forestry Extension Web site at www.snr.missouri.edu/forestry/extension