4th Annual Grow Gardens Conference, 2021

Plant City Hillsborough Community College, 1206 N Park Rd., Plant City, Oct. 22, 2021

We salute our presenters

• 10:00  Welcome: Dr. Martyn Clay, Ph.D., President of HCC , Plant City 
  Keynote: Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, Nikki Fried
• 10:30  Community Gardens Panel: Apollo Beach Community Garden & Food Forest;
  VISTA Gardens, Tampa; St. Pete Youth Farm
• 11:30 Health – Gardening Impact: Mental Health: Kyaien Conner, Ph.D.; Chronic Disease Prevention: Hillsborough Dept. of Health
• 12:30 – 1:00 lunch
• 1:00 Policy Impacts on Community Gardens: Dell deChant, USF Urban Food Sovereignty, Pasco Florida Food Policy Council; Toni Young, Ph.D., Personal & Community Garden Policy
• 2:00 Developing  Communities of Gardeners :  Karen Elizabeth, Garden Steps, Tampa; Lisa Hickey, Plant-a-Pail, Manatee County IFAS/Extension
• 3:00 Tour of Urban Agriculture in Eastern & Mid-Atlantic States: Chris Kenrick, Joni Spencer, Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, Tampa
• ​4:00 – Reception & Garden Tour at Plant City Commons Community Garden

Thanks to the Honorable Nikki Fried, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, for her address to the conference. Thanks to all who supported or attended the  4th Annual Grow Gardens Conference. October 22, 2021.  at the  Trinkle Center, Hillsborough Community College.  

​Huge thank to out sponsors

Hillsborough Community College 
Shell’s Feed and Garden Supply, Inc.
Whitwam Organics