Schedule of Events
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- 12:00pm – 7:00pm --- Registration Desk Open (Hallway of Lobby Level)
- 1:00pm – 5:00pm --- NALS Executive Committee Meeting (Alpine 2)
- 5:00pm - 7:30pm --- Welcome Reception at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles Foyer)
- 8:00am – 1:30pm --- NALS Directors Meeting (Alpine 2)
- 8:00am - 10:00pm --- Workroom open at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles 2)
- 9:00am - 5:00pm --- Registration Desk Open (Hallway of Lobby Level)
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm --- NALS Directors Lunch (Alpine 1)
- 12:00pm - 10:00pm --- Show Room Open “Exhibitor’s Only” (Versailles 1)
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm --- Dr. Wilbert Ronald, "A Passion for Lilies-My Goals in Wide Species Crosses" (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 2:45pm - 3:45pm --- Judges Symposium, Kathryn Andersen & Warren Summers (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 4:00pm – 5:00pm --- Species Lily Preservation Meeting “Open to all NALS members who are interested” (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 5:15pm -6:00pm --- NALS General Membership Mtg #1 (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 8:00am - 9:30am --- Workroom & Showroom open at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles 1 & 2)
- 9:00am - 12:00pm --- Late Registration/NALS Information Desk Open (Versailles Foyer)
- 9:00am --- Board Buses for Tour of Bellefontaine Cemetery
- 9:30am --- Buses leave for Bellefontaine Cemetery (Tour from 10:00am to 12:00pm)
- 9:30am --- Show Room CLOSED for Judging (Versailles 1)
- 9:30am - 10:00am --- Horticulture Judges Meeting before judging begins (St. Mortiz/Bern)
- 9:30am - 10:00am --- Clerks Meeting before judging begins (Lugano)
- 10:00am - 12:30pm --- Show Judging at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles 1)
- 10:30am - 11:00am --- Design Judges Meeting before judging begins (Versailles Foyer)
- 12:30pm - 1:30pm --- Judges & Clerks Luncheon after Judging is complete (Alpine 1 & 2)
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm --- Show OPEN to the Public(Versailles 1)
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm --- Jan Riggenbach, "Landscaping with Lilies: Complementary Companions" (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 3:15pm - 4:15pm --- Judith Freeman, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed....Something Blue?" (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm --- NALS General Membership Mtg #2 (St. Moritz/Bern)
- 6:30pm – 7:30pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner (Versailles Foyer)
- 7:30pm - 11:00pm --- NALS Research Trust Fund Auction (Versailles 2)
- 9:00am - 5:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Versailles 1)
- 8:15am --- Board Buses for Missouri Botanical Garden (Hotel Lobby Entrance)
- 8:30am --- Leave for Tour of Missouri Botanical Garden & Optional Tour of MBG Production Greenhouse Complex (Thirty-minute drive)
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm --- Keynote Address Dr. Peter Zale, "Lily Species Around the World and in Cultivation" (MBG Shoenberg Auditorium)
- 3:00pm --- Board Buses for Return to Hotel (Missouri Botanical Garden)
- 3:30pm --- Depart for Return to Hotel (Missouri Botanical Garden)
- 5:30pm – 7:00pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner (Versailles Foyer)
- 7:00pm - 10:00pm --- Evening Awards Banquet (Versailles 2)
- 10:00pm - 10:30pm --- NALS Directors Meeting after Dinner (Versailles Foyer)
- 9:00am - 3:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Versailles 1)
- 9:30am – 11:30am --- Judith Freeman, Tissue Culture Demonstration (St. Moritz/Bern))
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm --- Pollen Swap at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles 1)
- 3:00pm --- Show Closes at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles 1)
- 3:00pm - 3:20pm --- Exhibitors remove their entries from the Showroom (Versailles 1)
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm --- Dismantle Show at Sheraton Westport Chalet (Versailles 1)
For a complete list of Scheduled Events,
please click on this Schedule of Events (PDF) link.
