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Schedule of Events
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- 12:00pm – 7:00pm --- Registration Desk Open, (Sheraton Lobby level)
- 6:00pm -- 8:30pm --- Welcome Reception, (Sheraton, Soleil)
- 8:00am – 2:30pm --- NALS Directors Meeting, (Sheraton Conference Room A)
- 8:00am - 8:00pm --- Workroom & Showroom open at Arnold Arboretum, (Weld Hill Lecture Hall)
- 10:00am - 5:00pm --- Registration Desk Open Sheraton Hotel, (Lobby Level)
- 10:00am --- Show Room Open “Exhibitor’s Only”, (Weld Hill Atrium)
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm --- NALS Directors Lunch, (Sheraton Needham)
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm --- Members Lunch, (Weld Hill Patio)
- 2:00pm --- Arnold Arboretum Library and Archives Tour, Lisa Pearson, (Weld Hill Lobby)
- 4:00pm --- Judges Symposium, Kathy Andersen and Warren Summers, (Patio Weld Hill)
- 5:00pm --- NALS General Membership Meeting #One, (Patio Weld Hill)
- 8:00pm --- Workroom closes at Weld Hill Center
- 8:00am - 9:30am --- Workroom & Showroom Open, (Weld Hill Atrium)
- 9:00am --- Late Registration/NALS Information Desk Open, (Weld Hill Lobby)
- 9:00am - 9:30am --- Horticulture Clerks Meeting, (Weld Hill Lecture Hall)
- 9:30am --- Show Room CLOSED for Judging, (Weld Hill Atrium)
- 9:30am - 10:00am --- Judges Meeting, (Weld Hill Lecture Room)
- 10:00am --- Design, Judges, and Clerks meet Weld Hill Lecture Hall
- 10:00am - 12:00pm --- Show Judging at Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Center
- 12:00pm - 1:30pm --- Judges & Clerks Luncheon, (Weld Hill Patio)
- 2:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to Convention Attendees, (Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Center)
- 2:00pm --- “E H Wilson and the Lilium Regale”, Michael Dosmann, (Weld Hill Lecture Hall)
- 3:00pm --- Species Lily Preservation Meeting “Open to all NALS members who are interested”
- 3:30pm --- "Six months of Blooms using Lilium Species", Pontus Wallstén, (Weld Hill Lecture Hall)
- 4:30pm --- NALS General Membership Mtg #Two, (Weld Hill Lecture Hall)
- 6:30pm – 7:30pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner, (Sheraton, Cabot Ballroom)
- 7:00pm - 9:30pm --- NALS Research Trust Fund Auction, (Sheraton, Cabot Ballroom)
- 9:00am - 5:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Weld Hill Atrium, Arnold Arboretum)
- 9:30am --- Board Buses at Sheraton Hotel for Gardens Tour
- 5:30pm --- Buses return to Needham Hotel from Gardens Tour
- 6:30pm – 7:30pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner, (Sheraton, Cabot Ballroom)
- 7:00pm - 9:30pm --- Awards Banquet with keynote speaker Dr. Richard Casagrande
- 10:00pm --- NALS Directors Meeting
- 9:00am - 3:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Arnold Arboretum Weld Hill Atrium)
- 1:00pm --- Presentation from Jim Daniel – “‘How to Grow Lilies without Chemicals” (Weld Research Center)
- 2:00pm --- Pollen Swap (Weld Hill Atrium, Arnold Arboretum)
- 3:00pm --- Show Closes (Weld Hill Atrium, Arnold Arboretum)
- 3:00pm - 3:30pm --- Exhibitors remove their entries from the Showroom
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm --- Dismantle Show at (Weld Hill Atrium, Arnold Arboretum)
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please click on this Schedule of Events (PDF) link.
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