** Timing Subject To Change **
5:00 - 7:30 PM
Hotel Atrium
Convention Registration
6:00 - 7:00 PM
FFA Design Contest Entries Accepted
6:00 - 7:15 PM
Designing with Your Planner - How Florist and Planners collaborate to Make an Event a great Weekend!!
Michael Gaddie AIFD, CFD, KMF
Sharon Rumsey
Monica Richard, MWP
7:30 - 8:00 PM
Local Wedding Planner Q&A
Monica Richard
Sharon Rumsey
Jamie Lott
Lakshmi Addala
8:15 PM
Kentucky Cup Competition
featuring Past Designers of the Year Winners
Sponsor - Stems Lexington
9:00 PM
Reception with Goodies and Cash Bar
Cake with the Best Cakes
Sponsor - Heitzman’s Traditional Bakery
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Hotel Atrium
Convention Registration
8:00 - 9:30 AM
Hot Breakfast with the vendors
Sponsor - JF Links Wholesale
Design Contest Room opens for all entries
(Novice, Designer of the Year, FFA)
8:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Trade Fair
9:00 - 10:00 AM
FFA Hands On Class
Tom Bowling AIFD, CFD, PFCI
Sponsor - Cincinnati Flower Wholesale
10:00 AM
Welcome to the 67th Annual KFA Convention
Dave Campbell - KFA President
10:00 AM
Design Contest Room closes for entries (no exceptions)
(Novice and Designer of the Year)
10:15 - 11:00 AM
Hands On #1 - Fantasy Flowers 101:
Creating your favorite blooms from Latex Balloons
Zachary Clevenger
Sponsors - Kerrs Wholesale and Tuftex Balloons
11:00 AM
Design Contest Room closes for FFA entries (no exceptions)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Hands On #2 - Terrarium Creations : Build & Host with Style
Derek Woodruff AIFD
Sponsors - Syndicate Sales and Tropical Foliage
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Ballroom Prefunction
Lunch and KFA Annual Members Meeting
Designs by Sandy Kleinhenz KCPF
Sponsor - A&B Floral
1:15 - 2:00 PM
Design Program
Small Town Shop Struggles
Cindy Hall - 2024 KFA Designer of the Year
Sponsors - Kentucky Florist Association and Bill Doran Louisville
2:15 - 3:00 PM
Show Up On Google: Local Visibility + AI Tips for Florists
Kristina Stubblefield - So In Media Group
Sponsor - Bill Doran Louisville
3:15 - 4:15 PM
Design Program - Engage and Attract Customers with DIY Terrariums
Derek Woodruff AIFD
Sponsor - Syndicate Sales
4:15 - 6:00 PM
Convention Break
5:15 - 5:45 PM
FEPK Reception (by invitation only)
6:00-6:15 PM
Load Bus Transportation to the Grand
BUS LEAVES FROM FRONT OF HOTEL PROMPTLY AT 6:15 PM
Sponsor - KY Arts and Crafts
7:00-11:00 PM
Gala Dinner And Awards Program
"A Floral Symphony”
Gala Location
The Grand
138 E Market St, New Albany, IN 47150
Dressed in Your Best Formal Wear
Designed by
Randall Powell AIFD. CFD, KMF and his Team
Sponsors - EC Flowers, Stems, LLC., and Cincinnati Wholesale Flowers
Designer of the year Finalist Showdown
Sponsors - KD & Company, Floriology, & Kroger Floral
10:45 PM
Bus transportation back to hotel
Sponsor - Kroger
8:00 - 11:00 AM
Hotel Atrium
Convention Registration
8:30 - 9:30 AM
FFA Hands on Class
Tom Bowling AIFD, CFD, PFCI
Sponsor - Cincinnati Flower Wholesale
9:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Trade Fair
9:00 AM
Welcome to Day Two
Dave Campbell KMF
KFA President
9:15 - 10:15 AM
Hands On #3 - Body Flower Artistry
Kelsey Tompson AIFD CFD
Sponsors - Flower Shop Network & Fitz Design
10:15 - 11:00 AM
Design Program - Petal and Profit
Angelyn Tipton AIFD, CFD, GMF, PFCI
Sponsors - Floriology & Fitz Design
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Hands On #4 - Repeat, Reinvent, Reimagine
Angelyn Tipton AIFD, CFD, GMF, PFCI
Sponsors - Floriology, Smithers Oasis and Fitz Design
12:00 - 12:45 PM
Ballroom Prefunction
Lunch
Floral Designs - Tammy Morgan AIFD, KMF
Sponsor - Dreisbach Wholesale
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Design Program #4 - Love's Eternal Symphony
Tom Bowling AIFD, CFD, KMF, PFCI
Sponsors - Teleflora, Fitzs Design Syndicate, Cincinnati Wholesale Flowers
2:30 - 3:15 PM
Design Program #5 - Funeral Crescendo of Creativity:Sympathy in Bloom
Kelsey Tompson AIFD CFD
Sponsor - Flower Shop Network, Dreisbach Wholesale, Smithers Oasis
3:30 PM
Announcement of location and theme for
the 2026 KFA Convention
3:45 - 4:00 PM
Silent Auction Closes
Live Auction
4:00 PM
Designer of the year Announcement
4:30 PM
Conclusion of the convention
All hands on Deck for Tear Down
** See You Next Year **
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