2024 Eastern Plant Board

Welcome to the 98th Eastern Plant Board Meeting!

You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Eastern Plant Board meeting being held April 1 —4 in Burlington, VT. The Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey and the Eastern Chapter of the Horticultural Inspection Society will once again be joining us in hosting concurrent meetings with their members. The meeting will provide program and pest updates from state and federal partners and a focus on inter-agency partnerships and expanding the regulatory toolkit.

The meeting is hosted at the Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain. Early registration is $450 per person if received by March 18th. Full registration after March 18th is $500. Please note that the group hotel room rates end on March 11th. Request the Group Code “EPBM24”

1. Guests can call the Reservations Office (802)-658-6500

2. Guests can go to the website

There will be three choices of field trip during the meeting. You will be asked during the registration process to select which field trip experience you prefer. Two are self-guided tours and one is guided. Field trip cost is included in registration cost. The options are:

1) ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain: self guided science museum (https://www.echovermont.org/ )

2) Shelburne Farms: guided diversified/ historic Vermont farm experience- eg. maple sugaring, lambing, cheese making (https://shelburnefarms.org/) limited to 25 people

3) Natural history tour of the Burlington area: self guided tour focusing on river history, geology and ecology (guide info sheet provided)