Registration is open for GardenComm’s 2021 virtual conference

The GardenComm Virtual Conference, an event for garden communicators is now open for registration. This special event on Aug. 11-14 will offer attendees exclusive looks at new plant varieties and garden products, networking opportunities with editors seeking fresh talent and education for enhancing communication skills.

‎“The GardenComm Virtual Conference is the leading event for professional and aspiring writers, authors, ‎bloggers, social media influencers, photographers, marketers, public relations specialists,  podcasters, and others  to gain insight from industry ‎experts to advance attendees’ careers in garden communications,” said Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, ‎GardenComm president. “We will be offering twelve educational sessions, five virtual private ‎tours of gardens from around the world, and countless networking opportunities. I hope you can join us.”‎

If you talk about plants in any medium — speaking, writing, posting, tweeting, taking photos, etc. — you are a garden communicator. These sessions may benefit nursery growers, greenhouse operators, garden center owners, and others, whether that be through talking to customers, helping with social media, website, newsletters, catalog/availability list, and so on.

Over four days, attendees will learn how to take awe-inspiring plant photos with a smartphone, build a speaking business, create an engaging email marketing strategy, talk about gardens in a post-COVID world and much more.

Session topics include:

• Moving From Non-Fiction to Fiction with Amy Stewart
• Working the Plant Geek Way: An Insight into a Hortpreneur with Michael Perry
• Anatomy of a Garden Book Proposal with Mary-Kate Mackey
• Building a Speaking Business ~ In Person and Virtually with C.L. Fornari
• Maximizing Your Reach on Instagram: Reels, Stories, Guides, and IGTV with Callie Works-Leary
• How to Create an Effective and Engaging E-mail Marketing Strategy with Rebekah Miel
• Mind the Gap: Talking About Gardens in a Post-COVID World with Becky Paxton, Katie DuBow and      Corrina Murray
• GE versus GMO: Do You Know? with Louise Clarke
• Press Releases for Garden Communicators with Kathy Jentz
• Plant and Shoot - Smartphone Photography for Plant People with Grace Hensley