The Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration is excited to announce that our 18th Annual Meeting will take place on April 16–18, 2027, at the state-of-the-art Davey SEED Campus in Kent, OH. More information – including our annual meeting theme, Calls for Proposals & Abstracts, and more – will be shared over the next few months. 

About the SEED Campus: 

The Davey Tree SEED (Science, Employee Education, and Development) Campus, the almost 200-acre property that formerly housed the Oak Knolls golf course and Franklin Elementary School on State Route 43 in Kent, Ohio, is the new home to specialized training and research facilities for The Davey Tree Expert Company. The new science and learning campus positions Davey to continue to attract and retain the most qualified, well-trained, and engaged employees possible.

Facilities include a 70,000-square-foot training center with new classrooms, laboratories, offices, event center, and a 10,700-square-foot indoor at-height climbing training center. Some of the other additions to the property include a non-energized utility right-of-way, greenhouses, a container nursery, an arboretum and multiple research plots and fields.