AAS-NGB Summer Summit Registration Now Open
Registration for the 2017 Summer Summit is now open. All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau are partnering with the Home Garden Seed Association (HGSA) to host a back-to-back event, Sept. 5-8, in upstate New York.
A welcome reception will take place Sept. 5, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Rochester Downtown. The following three days will include tours to various stops in the Finger Lakes area. A daily schedule overview is listed below.
Wednesday, Sept. 6: Tour stops include the Wegman’s Super Store, Harris Seeds’ trials and offices, Greentopia, Green Vision’s cut flower farm and the ecodistrict renaturalization around the falls . The annual AAS Awards Banquet will be held in the evening.
Thursday, Sept. 7: The group will travel to Canandaigua (and change hotels) to meet up with HGSA for tours of Wegman’s Organic Farm, Bejo’s vegetable trials and Sakata Seeds’ trials.
Friday, Sept. 8: Further exploration in the Finger Lakes area includes tours of Seneca Vegetable Research, Cornell University, HGSA’s trials and the New York Wine and Culinary Center.
Detailed itinerary times will be available closer to the meeting date.
Participants may register for just two days or for the entire event. Registration options include:
- To register for Tuesday reception and all day Wednesday: $195 before Aug. 5
- To register for Tuesday Reception, all day Wednesday and all day Thursday:
$345 before Aug. 5 - To register for all day Thursday and all day Friday: $395 before Aug. 5
- To register for the entire event: $475 before Aug. 5
To register for just one individual day, contact the AAS office. For hotel information or schedule information, visit www.all-americaselections.org.