Landscape - Landscape Contractors Association Workshops

The following is information on the upcoming Landscape Contractors Association of MD, DC, and VA winter workshop.

Landscape Contractors Association of MD-DC-VA 2009 Winter Workshop

Dates:

January 21, 2009 Pesticide Recertification Track
January 22, 2009 Design and Management Tracks
January 28, 2009 Installation and Maintenance Tracks
January 29, 2009 Spanish Track

Location: Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center, Ellicott City, Maryland
Registration: Program information and registration can be downloaded at http://www.lcamddcva.org/_pdf/ww09_jan21_22.pdf and at http://www.lcamddcva.org/_pdf/ww09_jan28_29.pdf

Addressing the top Green Industry issues confronted by landscape professionals, attendees will come away with information and skills they can put to use everyday. So plan to enhance your knowledge and grow your company this January. Attend the LCA 2009 Winter Workshop!

Wednesday, January 21 - Pesticide Recertification Track

8:00 am – 8:45 am Get Ahead of the Major Scales on Landscapes and Unfriendly Caterpillars. Stanton Gill—University of Maryland Cooperative Extension
8:45 am – 9:30 am Top 10 Insects—Turf & How to Deal With Them. Daniel A. Potter, Ph.D.—University of Kentucky
9:45 am – 10:30 am Your Trees on Crack. Hannah M. Mathers, Ph.D.—Ohio State University
10:45 am – 11:30 am Top 10 Insects—Ornamentals & How to Deal With Them. Daniel A. Potter, Ph.D.—University of Kentucky
11:30 am – 12 noon New Research Results—What Are We Learning About How to Protect the Health of Pesticide Applicators? Amy Brown, Ph.D.—University of Maryland Department of
Entomology
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm More Bite to Bark: Herbicide + Mulch Combination. Hannah M. Mathers, Ph.D.—Ohio State University
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Monitoring, Detection & Decision Making with an IPM Program. Tina MacIntyre—Farmington Country Club
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Aquatic Weed Control. Lloyd Hipkins—Virginia Tech
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Pesticide Regulations Update for 2008.

Thursday, January 22

Management Track

8:30 am – 10:00 am Removing Barriers to Communication, Bernard L. Erven, Ph.D.—Ohio State University
10:15 am – 12 noon Principles of Ecological Landscaping: Sustainable Design, Installation and
Management for the 21st Century Landscape Company. Michael Talbot—Michael Talbot &
Associates, Inc.
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Becoming a Better Boss Bernard L. Erven, Ph.D.—Ohio State University
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Thriving, Not Surviving, in Business. George Koziarz—George Koziarz &
Associates, Inc.

Landscape Design Track

8:30 am – 12 noon 50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants. Tracy DiSabato-Aust
12 noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Construction Details. Guy Williams, ASLA—DCA Landscape Architects, Inc.
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Ecological and Sustainable Design. Michael Talbot—Michael Talbot &

Wednesday, January 28

Installation Track

8:30 am – 9:30 am The Importance of Provenance to the Landscape Industry. Larry Kuhns, Ph.D.—Penn State University
9:45 am – 10:30 am How Nursery Production Practices Affect Survival and Performance in the Landscape. Larry Kuhns, Ph.D.—Penn State University
10:45 am – 11:45 am Get Your Ash & Maple Out of Here—Staying Out of the Way of
the Emerald Ash Borer & Asian Longhorned Borer. Stanton Gill—University of Maryland
Cooperative Extension
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Design and Construction of Permeable Concrete Paver Systems—A Contractor’s View. Chuck Taylor—Advanced Pavement Technology

Maintenance Track

8:30 am – 9:30 am Exotic Threats to the Urban Forest. Michael Raupp, Ph.D.—University of
Maryland, Department of Entomology
9:45 am – 10:30 am Pruning. Peter Deahl—Peter Deahl Fine Pruning, LLC
10:45 am – 11:45 am Spots & Rots: Diseases of Annuals and Perennials in the Landscape.
Karen K. Rane, Ph.D.—University of Maryland, Department of Entomology
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Annuals & Perennials: Insects & How to Treat Them. Stanton Gill—University of Maryland Cooperative Extension
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm The 20 Questions of Plant Diagnostics. Erik Draper—Ohio State University

Thursday, January 29

Spanish Track

8:00 am – 10:00 am Seguridad (Safety). Robert Ruiz—Chesapeake Region Safety Council
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Mathmaticas para Paisajismo (Landscape Math). Pedro Perdomo—Cleary Chemical
1:15 pm– 2:00 pm Pestes del Paisajismo: Identificacion y Control (Landscape Pests: Identification and Control). Jose A. Jarvio, CLT—McHale Landscape Design, Inc.
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm Administracion de Césped. (Turf Management). Pedro Perdomo—Cleary Chemical