The website for the 2010 Independent Plant Breeder's Conference (IPBC), to be held at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA on 3 November thru 5 November 2010, is going live! http://longwoodgardens.org/plantbreedersconference.html
This is the 4th IPBC, and the first to be held outside of the Southeastern US. The intent is to move the IPBC on a biennial basis around the US, so that independent plant breeders can more easily have access to the industry.
The two main days of the conference are planned to be full of interesting and pertinent topics regarding the development of new ornamental plants, including educational opportunities about marketing, intellectual property protection, and modern plant breeding techniques.
Longwood Gardens and GardenGenetics are co-hosting the 2010 IPBC. Festivities begin Wednesday evening 3 November 2010 with a private reception in the Conservatory at Longwood. The 2010 IPBC occurs in the middle of Longwood's chrysanthemum festival which includes examples of the Japanese floral art form known as Thousand Bloom. This process produces a single chrysanthemum plant that is trained to bear more than 1,000 full-sized flowers at one time. One of Longwood's growers has been trained in Japan in the production of Thousand Bloom plants.
We look forward to seeing you at Longwood in November !
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