2026 New York State Flower Industries (NYSFI) Winter Greenhouse and Growers School

January 21, 2026

CNY Tri-County (Cortland, Madison, Onondaga)

Address: Delphi Falls County Park 2006 Cardner Rd. Cazenovia, NY 13035. It will be in Cascades Hall.

Morning Tri-County Zoom Watch Party at Delphi Falls County Park 2006 Cardner Rd. Cazenovia, NY 13035. It will be in Cascades Hall.

January 21, 2026

Morning sessions are available online, so if you can't attend the afternoon in person, you can still attend via zoom and receive pesticide credits. Please email jto32@cornell.edu by Janurary 16th to set-up the paperwork for pesticide credits.

Registration deadline: January 16, 2026

Cost: $60.00 or $50.00 for NYSFI members for first member of company.

Additional members of the same company: $30.00 or $25.00 for NYSFI members

Registration includes morning coffee & snacks and lunch

8:00 8:25 am Check in/registration and paperwork for Pesticide credits

8:30 am 8:35 am Welcome

8:35 am 9:35 am Building Better Pest Programs – Targeted Timing and Life Cycles*** GGS Pro Dr. Karen Stever

9:35 am 10:35 am Common, Uncommon & Complex*** GGS Dr. George Grant

10:35 am 10:50 am Break

10:50 am 11:05 am New York State Flower Industries update Sue Adams, President NYSFI

11:05 am 11:35 am Ag & Markets Update Michael Dorgan

11:35 am 12:35 pm Avoid Diseases to Have Fabulous Foliage and Flowers*** Dr. Margery Daughtrey

CNY Tri-County Afternoon Program

Afternoon live in-person sessions focused on Cut Flower Growers:

12:35 pm 1:20 pm Lunch

Production

1:20 – 1:40 pm Sorbello’s https://sorbellos.net - Maryellen Sheenan will interview Sorbello’s on their use of only biological controls

1:40 – 2:30 pm Troubleshooting potential areas of need around pests and disease in cut flowers- discussion session facilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Lamb, Cornell Integrated Pest Management Program

2:30 – 2:40 pm Break

2:40 – 3:00 pm Succession planning for cut flower production - Hannah Volpi from Foxiflora

Business Planning Roundtable Discussion with CNY Flower Farmers

3:00 – 4:00 pm Discussion topics include:

How do you price your cut flowers? Cut Flower Price Calculator & other Cornell Cut Flower PWT resources.

What are options for cut flower markets? Retail and Wholesale - Flower Collectives

How do you successfully market your cut flowers. Marketing success stories from local flowers farmers.

Florists – Who is buying local flowers? How do we reduce barriers to markets?

4:00 – 4:30 pm Cut Flower Farmer Survey, Florist Survey & Wrap-up