Plan to attend the 13th annual Nursery Day, a St. Louis horticulture industry tradition presented by the staff of Missouri Botanical Garden/Kemper Center for Home Horticulture and Plants of Merit with volunteer host assistance from St. Louis Master Gardeners and sponsor support from the Landscape and Nurserymen's Association of Greater St. Louis. This FREE admission event is open to all professional members of the horticulture green industry. 8:30 am: Registration & Refreshments at the MBG Ridgway Center 9:00 am: Program: Where Green & Sustainable Meet by featured presenter: Jennifer Duffield White, Ball Publishing (Ridgway Center Shoenberg Auditorium) 10:00 am: Horticultural Plastic Container Recycling Update (Ridgway Center Shoenberg Auditorium) 10:30 am: Presentation: Plants of Merit 2009 (Ridgway Center Shoenberg Auditorium) 12:00 noon: Lunch (Kemper Center/Cohen Amphitheater) 1:00 pm: Tour Monsanto Recycling Center or Tour the Gardens on your own Who should attend?: ALL green industry professionals interested in ornamental landscape plants including retail garden center managers and staff, landscape and land care professionals, professional gardeners, landscape managers, horticulture consultants, horticulture educators, garden writers, wholesale nursery and greenhouse growers, and horticultural sales/marketing reps. Again, there is NO admission charge to attend this event! Please RSVP by Monday, August 11th for lunch meal ticket reservations by calling (314) 577-9441. This event is generously supported and sponsored by Forrest Keeling Nursery; Elsbury, MO and Home Nursery; Albers, IL, both members of the Landscape and Nurserymen's Association of Greater St. Louis. Lunch is sponsored by Ball Horticultural Company.