Heads up for 2017 - chances to meet when I am in your area?

[nctomatoman]

Hey all - my 2017 speaking schedule is forming up...would love to meet and chat tomatoes with some of you if you are nearby.

Full schedule is here (and seems to change weekly) - http://www.craiglehoullier.com/upcoming-events/

But here are my locations - Williamston NC, Midland MI (Dow), Asheville NC, Cary NC, Hampton Roads VA, Raleigh NC (several), Huntsville AL, Pittsburgh PA, Lake City SC, Washington DC, Baltimore MD, Burlington VT (possibly - working on this one), Nashville TN (working on this one too), Shawsville VA. More details - dates, etc - in the link above.

[ginger2778]

What- no South Florida again?

[kurt]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

What- no South Florida again?

Ditto G

[Worth1]

No Austin Texas either.
Worth

[nctomatoman]

Hey So Florida and Austin - I am working on it! If you have good/appropriate hosting leads, pass them on to me. Right now I tend to target larger botanical gardens/arboretums...it is all about them having sufficient resources to cover expenses and provide an honorarium. This tends to limit master gardening type groups.

[Worth1]

Craig get in contact with the ladybird Johnson wildflower center.

Worth

[Raiquee]

Have you tried the Domes in Milwaukee, WI?

[Urbanheirlooms]

Originally Posted by nctomatoman

Hey all - my 2017 speaking schedule is forming up...would love to meet and chat tomatoes with some of you if you are nearby.

Full schedule is here (and seems to change weekly) - http://www.craiglehoullier.com/upcoming-events/

But here are my locations - Williamston NC, Midland MI (Dow), Asheville NC, Cary NC, Hampton Roads VA, Raleigh NC (several), Huntsville AL, Pittsburgh PA, Lake City SC, Washington DC, Baltimore MD, Burlington VT (possibly - working on this one), Nashville TN (working on this one too), Shawsville VA. More details - dates, etc - in the link above.

What is the venue in Shawsville VA? I looked at your upcoming events calendar, but did not see a venue that I recognized.

[nctomatoman]

Worth, thanks - I believe I've contacted them a few months ago. Sometimes these things dribble in, some don't work out, some I need to re-contact....I am figuring this all out over time.

Thanks for that one, Desire' - will add them to my list.

Urban, it is the Eastmont Tomato Festival - that one is iffy at the moment. Any that I am working on are in my list, and a few are still in negotiations.

[Urbanheirlooms]

Originally Posted by nctomatoman

Worth, thanks - I believe I've contacted them a few months ago. Sometimes these things dribble in, some don't work out, some I need to re-contact....I am figuring this all out over time.

Thanks for that one, Desire' - will add them to my list.

Urban, it is the Eastmont Tomato Festival - that one is iffy at the moment. Any that I am working on are in my list, and a few are still in negotiations.

Great, I hope it works out for you and hope to meet you there. I hope to be a vendor at that event and will be entering tomatoes in their contest.

[BigVanVader]

I might come to the 24th annual-spring-conference in Asheville. Will wait and see what topics will be covered since it is 65$.

[oakley]

Just visited WaveHill last Friday night...https://www.wavehill.org/events/cate...-and-lectures/

And last time i stopped by the BrooklynBotanicalGardens...

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by nctomatoman

Hey So Florida and Austin - I am working on it! If you have good/appropriate hosting leads, pass them on to me. Right now I tend to target larger botanical gardens/arboretums...it is all about them having sufficient resources to cover expenses and provide an honorarium. This tends to limit master gardening type groups.

Fairchild Tropical Gardens. In Coral Gables.

[nctomatoman]

Thanks all for the added suggestions!

[bjbebs]

Missouri Botanical Gardens, makes Chicago's look like backyard flower patch.
Sorry, my kids live in St. Louis and I'm a frequent visitor. Their endowment - slush fund is huge. Monsanto is a chief contributor. They can afford you and attendance would be spectacular.