Dec 11, 2024

2025 Farwest Show booth applications open

 The Oregon Association of Nurseries is now accepting booth applications for the 2025 Farwest Show.

The show will take place Aug. 20–22, 2025, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Each year, it brings together growers, suppliers, service providers, retail garden centers, landscape designers and buyers under one roof, providing an opportunity for making new connections and renewing existing ones.

To sign up for a booth, visit FarwestShow.com/Exhibitor-Sign-Up for information, or reach out directly to Niemi at ANiemi@OAN.org or 503-582-2005.

Farwest Show calls for 2025 speakers

The Oregon Association of Nurseries is now accepting speaker proposals for the 2025 Farwest Show, a trade show and conference serving the national nursery and greenhouse industry.

Farwest will take place Aug. 20-22, 2025, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The show was founded in 1973 and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

“Education is a key component of Farwest,” said show director Allan Niemi. “We are looking for presenters who can offer meaningful insights, useful knowledge and practical strategies for the thousands of nursery professionals who attend our show each year.”

Topics may include horticulture and plants; pesticide application; integrated pest management; wholesale grower-focused information; marketing, merchandising, retail and business tactics; consumer trends; landscape design and architecture; and mechanization, technology and innovation, as well as other topics.

Additionally, the 2025 Farwest Show is looking for speakers for its new Climate Summit, a vital new initiative aimed at addressing the growing importance of sustainability in the green industry. The summit will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and environmental experts to discuss solutions for reducing environmental impact and navigating climate-related challenges. The topics of the summit may include government policies and climate regulations; climate change; climate resilient plants; and practices that mitigate climate change, as well as other topics.

The speaker proposal form is located at farwestshow.com/speaker_signup.

Speaker requirements are listed there. The site also outlines the speaker selection process. All proposals must be submitted by Feb. 10, 2025. A committee will then review the proposed presenters and topics and make selections based on timeliness, ingenuity and industry relevance.