Saturday, October 23 from 9am-1pm 

Our 3rd Women in Horticulture program will take place on Saturday, October 23 from 9am-1pm.  Due to COVID-19 regulations, we have moved this year's program online (Zoom format.) 

We are co-hosting this FREE program with Chemeketa Community College’s Horticulture Department. Our speakers include five talented women currently employed in the horticulture industry. They will share their daily activities, career pathways, and tips on getting a job or internship in their respective fields.

Each speaker will have 40 minutes for her presentation and Q&A.  There will be a 5-minute break between speakers.  Participants may listen to the full program or to select speakers.  Men and non-students were welcome too! 

​Registration is required. To register or for more information, contact Pam Wasson at pam@lordschryver.org. 

This program is named in honor of Ruth Roberts, longtime LSC supporter and friend, who passed away in September 2020. 
 
Funding is provided by the Marion Cultural Development Corporation and private donors.  ​ ​​

Session #1: Dr Patty Skinkis
9:00am - 9:40am 
Dr Patty Skinkis, Professor and Viticulture Extension Specialist at Oregon State University, conducts research and provides outreach and education programs for the Oregon wine grape industry.  After earning her BA at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and several internships in community horticulture, crop scouting, and vineyard research, Patty decided to focus on viticulture for her PhD. She has been serving the Oregon wine grape industry since 2007.

Session #2: Bonique Hollinrake 
9:45am - 10:25am
Bonique Hollinrake is a Project Manager at Green Acres Landscape and has worked in horticulture by way of the commercial landscape construction industry for 15 years. In 2019, she became the first woman board president of the Salem Contractors Exchange. Honored as a Daily Journal of Commerce Phenom in 2020, Bonique continually strives to grow and strengthen the roles of women and youth within the construction industry. Her commitment to community and her city is apparent through continued service to schools, nonprofit agencies, and wherever else she can lend a helping hand.

Session #3:  Allison Pennell
10:30am - 11:10pm 
Allison Pennell is a horticultural sales representative at McHutchison, a national wholesale plant distributor. Her territory includes Oregon, SW Washington, and Idaho so she is often on the road meeting with her independent garden center and greenhouse customers. Prior to joining McHutchison, Allison was the Development Director at the Oregon Garden and the Event and Education Manager at the Oregon Association of Nurseries.



Session #4:  Alexis Griffin  
11:15pm - 11:55pm
Alexis Griffin currently works as a landscape designer at Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture and Planning where she pursues projects with social and environmental justice leanings. Alexis also works as a landscape researcher for the Cultural Landscape Research Group (CLRG) based at the University of Oregon. With CLRG she works with a team on historic landscape preservation planning and the evaluation of cultural landscapes, primarily for the National Park Service.


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​Session #5: Ann Amato 
12:00pm - 12:40pm
Ann Amato wears many horticultural hats including seedstress (seed propagator) at Cistus Nursery, propagator at Secret Garden Growers, garden blogger, and garden photographer.  To this Oregon native and outdoorswoman, plants are the center of her universe.  She is a member of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon and the Mt. Hood Gesnariad Society.