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

**nctomatoman** · December 7, 2016

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 · December 8, 2016

What- no South Florida again?

kurt · December 8, 2016

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What- no South Florida again?

Ditto G

Worth1 · December 8, 2016

No Austin Texas either.

Worth

**nctomatoman** · December 8, 2016

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 · December 8, 2016

Craig get in contact with the ladybird Johnson wildflower center.

Worth

Raiquee · December 8, 2016

Have you tried the Domes in Milwaukee, WI?

Urbanheirlooms · December 8, 2016

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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** · December 8, 2016

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 · December 8, 2016

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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 · December 8, 2016

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 · December 8, 2016

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

And last time i stopped by the BrooklynBotanicalGardens...

ginger2778 · December 8, 2016

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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** · December 8, 2016

Thanks all for the added suggestions!

bjbebs · December 10, 2016

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.

December 7, 2016	#1
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Heads up for 2017 - chances to meet when I am in your area? 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. __________________ Craig

December 8, 2016	#5
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	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. __________________ Craig

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Raiquee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 307	Have you tried the Domes in Milwaukee, WI? __________________ Desire' Mother of 3, homesteader, canner, gardener, dwarf tomato participant.

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nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	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. __________________ Craig

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nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Thanks all for the added suggestions! __________________ Craig

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ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	What- no South Florida again?

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	No Austin Texas either. Worth

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BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	I might come to the 24th annual-spring-conference in Asheville. Will wait and see what topics will be covered since it is 65$.

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bjbebs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: illinois Posts: 281	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.