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Keynote Speaker for Annual Meeting Announced
The Maine Landscape & Nursery Association is pleased to announce Dr. Allan M. Armitage will be the keynote speaker at MELNA’s Annual Meeting & Trade Show on January 23, 2013 at the Augusta Civic Center.
Dr. Allan M. Armitage
Te Maine Landscape & Nursery Association is pleased to announce Dr. Allan M. Armitage will be the keynote speaker at MELNA’s Annual Meeting & Trade Show on
January 23, 2013 at the Augusta Civic Center. Dr. Armitage is professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia, where he teaches, conducts research, and runs the University of Georgia Horticulture Gardens—producing annual guidelines for annuals and perennials suitable for heat and humidity. Dr. Armitage travels widely as a lecturer and consultant and has received numerous awards from nursery trade groups and horticultural organizations, including the Medal of Honor from the Garden Club of America. He was recognized as one of the best teachers in the nation when he received the distinguished National Educator Award from the American Horticultural Society. He is well known as a writer, speaker and researcher
throughout the world. He holds his
B.Sc from MacDonald College, Quebec,
M.Sc. from University of Guelph, Ontario and his Ph.D. from Michigan State. His publications include nine books and more than 350 articles and papers. Allan has lectured in Canada, the United States, China, Colombia, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. He has visited research centers and production centers throughout the world and is constantly studying annuals, perennials, cut flowers, and greenhouse crops in various climates. He teaches courses in Greenhouse Production, Greenhouse Crop Management, and Herbaceous plant Identification and Use.
6 He writes a monthly column for Greenhouse Grower
Magazine, a national trade journal, in which he discusses new crops and new trends in floriculture. His awards include Te Kiplinger Chair at Te Ohio State
University, the Alex Laurie Award for outstanding research in horticulture, Outstanding Teacher Award from the Professional Greenhouse Growers of Georgia, the Futura Award for outstanding teaching and research from the Professional Plant Growers Association, the Golden Trowel Award for his book Allan Armitage on Perennials from the Garden Writers of America, the Education Media Award for his book Specialty Cut Flowers from the Professional Plant Growers Association, Teacher of the Year from the Georgia Green Industry Association and the Gold Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for Exceptional Service in American Horticulture. Dr. Armitage was recognized as one of the best teachers in the nation when he received the distinguished National Educator Award from the American Horticultural Society and Te Medal of Honor, the highest award possible from the Garden Club of America. He also was recognized as one of the top educators at Te University of Georgia when he received the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science’s prestigious Brooks Award for Teaching in 2006. In 2010, he was presented with the Josiah Meigs Award, the highest possible teaching honor from from the University of Georgia. He was presented with the Horticulture Initiative Award,
presented by the Southeast Greenhouse Growers Association, due to his direct enhancement of the economic well-being of the horticultural industry and was presented with the Award of Excellence, the highest honor given by the National Council of State Garden Clubs. In 2000, he received the highest award possible from the Perennial Plant Association, the Award of Merit, in recognition of outstanding
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