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Monday
, July 28
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
4:00pm •
Meet Me in the Garden Tour
Tuesday
, July 29
Big Grove Brewery
7:00pm •
PPF Trivia Night
Des Moines Marriott Downtown
8:00am •
Welcome
8:15am •
The Prairie – Past, Present and Future
9:15am •
Ecological Responses to Climate Change: Lessons from the Past
10:00am •
Landscape Design Awards Part I
10:15am •
Trade Show & Break
11:00am •
Specialist Bees
12:00pm •
Scholarship Winners and Outgoing Board
2:00pm •
Landscapes That Connect Gardening Communities with Perennial Plants
3:00pm •
Landscape Design Awards Part II and Perennial Plant of the Year®
3:20pm •
Trade Show & Break
3:50pm •
Designing Landscapes of Place
4:50pm •
Trade Show Social
TBA
12:30pm •
Young Professionals Lunch
Wednesday
, July 30
Des Moines Marriott Downtown
7:00am •
Grab and Go Breakfast
Thursday
, July 31
Des Moines Marriott Downtown
8:00am •
PPA Business Meeting
8:45am •
Grower Track | Welcome
8:45am •
Design Track | Welcome
8:50am •
Grower Track | Accessing Plant Genetic Resources
8:50am •
Design Track | Sowing Resilience: Research on Directly Sown Vegetation for Urban Green Infrastructure
9:50am •
Grower Track | Propagating Native Prairie Plants
9:50am •
Design Track | Innovative Alternatives to Traditional Lawns
10:50am •
Trade Show & Break
11:30am •
Grower Track | Panel: Strategies for a Thriving Fall Perennial Program
11:30am •
Design Track | Panel: Effective Maintenance Strategies for Meadows and Prairies
12:30pm •
Trade Show & Lunch Break
2:15pm •
New to Market Forum
3:30pm •
Break
3:50pm •
2026 National Symposium Announcement
4:00pm •
Special Recognition Awards
4:15pm •
Session 4
4:45pm •
Closing
TBA
6:30pm •
PPA Dine Around
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