News
25 August 2025
Summer Reflections & Growing Connections
Greetings IPPS Eastern Region: August is for baseball games, soaking up end of summer and looking towards our IPPS conference! In our last newsletter I proposed a QUIZ question: what
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01 May 2025
Spring Snapshots from the IPPS Eastern Region President
Hello Eastern Region IPPS friends! Spring has us all running in a dozen directions—so I’ll keep this short and sweet (and yes, I know it's already May 1... spring doesn’t
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27 March 2025
Spring Propagation, Society Planning, and a Conference Invitation from President French
Spring greetings International Plant Production Society Eastern Region: What do Callicarpa americana, Pontederia cordata, Sciadopitys, Juniperus, Platanus and Quercus phellos all have in common? They are all propagation that is
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27 March 2025
IPPS Foundation Academic Scholarships Available
The IPPS Eastern Region Foundation will be awarding several academic scholarships worth up to $2,000 each for students working towards a degree in a 2-year, 4-year, or graduate program in
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20 January 2025
New Year, New Growth: A Message from the President
Happy New Year IPPS Eastern Region: The North East is getting blasted with cold! Finally we are getting some winter in the Mid-Atlantic to help overwintering pests and make us
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20 January 2025
Celebrating Bob Geneve’s Retirement from UK
Dr. Robert Geneve has been a cornerstone of the IPPS community, serving on the International Board of Directors, receiving the Award of Merit in 2014, becoming an IPPS Fellow in
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20 January 2025
We’re always eager to highlight significant conversations impacting our industry. Brie Gluvna, a former Southern Region President of IPPS, recently participated in the Federal Sustainable Chemistry Strategic Planning event hosted
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23 December 2024
Season’s Greetings IPPS Eastern Region
Seasons Greetings IPPS Eastern Region: Happy Holidays! This is my favorite time of year. But not just for the Christmas season, themusic, movies, cookies, fudge and reindeer...but as one of
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23 December 2024
Grow Locally: An Inside Look at IPPS Area Meetings
ringing IPPS to Your Own BackyardArea Meetings are like mini-conferences packed into a single day. They blend tours, presentations, product demos, and hands-on workshops at local nurseries or horticultural facilities. These
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23 December 2024
Give the Gift of IPPS: A Membership That Keeps Growing
Share the Gift of IPPS Membership Discover a Membership That Keeps on GrowingRenewing your IPPS membership—or gifting it to someone else—is much more than just a subscription. By joining IPPS,
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23 December 2024
Remembering Don Odom Shadow (1940–2024)
Remembering Don Odom Shadow (1940–2024) We are saddened to share the news of the passing of Don Odom Shadow, a distinguished fourth-generation nurseryman, horticulturist, and conservationist from Winchester, Tennessee. Born on
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27 November 2024
Building the Future: How IPPS Members Support the Next Generation
This past September, seventeen students from nine colleges, including Ohio State University and two from Puerto Rico, had the opportunity to attend the IPPS-ER annual conference, thanks to scholarships funded
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