National Green Centre University
National Green Centre University brings together the top professors, researchers, and other guest lecturers in the horticulture industry. This year, enjoy a series of discussions with industry experts from botanic gardens, arboretums and university gardens discussing a range of horticultural topics. Thanks to Kansas State University's Horticulture Department, the official horticulture department of National Green Centre University.
Dr. Andrew Bell
As the curator of woody plants, Andrew serves as the Chicago Botanic Garden's expert on the cultivation of woody plant species and is responsible for the development, display, use, and interpretation of the woody plant collection. Andrew's research interests and professional expertise include evaluating and promoting plants for sustainable landscapes. Andrew has participated in plant-collecting expeditions in Asia and throughout the United States. Andrew holds a Ph.D. in horticultural science and plant pathology from North Carolina State University, an M.S. in plant taxonomy from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), and a B.S. in ornamental horticulture and botany from the University of Tennessee.
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Dr. Richard Olsen
Dr. Richard Olsen is a research geneticist with the United States National Arboretum. He is the "lead scientist for the urban tree breeding program, responsible for developing cultivars of urban landscape trees with improved stress-, disease-, and pest-tolerances as well as non-invasive selections to minimize naturalization and gene-introgression into native populations. The urban tree breeding program enhances both common and underutilized tree genera, including Acer, Catalpa, Celtis, Chionanthus, Nyssa, Tsuga, and Ulmus."
Dr. Michael Dosmann
Dr. Michael Dosmann is the curator with the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
Dr. Dave Creech
Dr. Dave Creech is the director of the Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum. Dr. Creech as a BS in Horticulture from Texas A and M University, an MS in Horticulture from Colorado State University, and a PhD from Texas A and M University. His research effort has focused on blueberry germplasm evaluation and horticultural studies, alternative crop/alternative technology work, crop nutrition studies, new plant introductions for the ornamental horticulture industry, endangered plant rescue, research and reintroduction, and finding sustainable solutions to environmental concerns. Dr. Creech has authored numerous scholarly and trade articles and lectures widely.
