2025 Chatham Landscape and Green Industry Conference
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Collapse ▲Reschedueld from original Feb 20 date (cancelled due to weather)
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center
1192 US 64 W Business, Pittsboro, NC 27312
AUDIENCE
The Chatham Green Industry and Landscape Conference provides continuing education and re-certification credits for green industry professionals, including landscapers, grounds and turf managers, and greenhouse and nursery producers. Home gardeners, HOA grounds managers, and anyone interested in these topics are also welcome to attend.
REGISTRATION
Register online by March 12, 2025.
The registration fee is $25, which includes lunch catered by 39 West
CEUs
Attendence for the entire event is required to receive any credits
NC LCLB Landscape Contractor: 3 Technical
NC LCLB Landscape Contractor: 1 Business
NCDA&CS Pesticide: 2 L, N, D, X; 1 A, B, G, H, I, L, M, O, T, P, K(SA), K (PU)
AGENDA
7:00 – 7:20 a.m.- Check-in
7:20 – 7:30 a.m. – Welcome and Extension Resources Matt Jones, N.C. Cooperative Extension – Chatham County Center
7:30 – 8:25 a.m. – Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale Travis Black, Bartlett Tree Experts
8:30 – 9:25 a.m – Pesticide Updates and Applicator Responsibilities Tyler Harran NCDA Division of Structural Pest Control and Pesticides
Update on Oxydiazon/Ronstar RUP Status; what golf course superintendents need to know. Update on the new Certification and Training Rules; what to know for non-certified applicators and their supervisors. Followed by a talk on Licensed Applicator Responsibilities, which will include: how to identify and wear appropriate PPE, drift management, transport and storage of pesticides, labeling, maintaining the appropriate license/certification, supervision of uncertified applicators, spill response and container disposal, and case studies.
9:30 – 10:40 a.m. – Firescaping: Managing Your Landscape to Reduce Vulnerability to Wildfire. Betsy Kraus, Kim Outing, Frances Smith
NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Chatham County
Join the EMG Volunteers of Chatham County for a workshop on how to reduce the risk of fires in your landscape. These EMG volunteers were part of a six-week training from the University of Georgia and NC State Extension on firewise landscaping, and now they are here to share this information with you! They’ll cover fire history and behaviour, plant flammability, plant selection, and home wildfire risk assessment.
10:40 – 11:35 a.m. – Planning for Your Landscape Business to Succeed Paige Moody, Arbor Enterprises
Employee retention, cash flow, weather, unexpected delays, or tragedy – these are all possibilities when you own your own business. Learn to plan, plan ahead, and have a Plan B and Plan C for the future.
11:35 – 12:30 – Lunch – 39 West; CEU Credit Confirmation
12:30 -12:45 – CEU credit confirmation, continued (as needed)
This is the second of a series of events with CEU opportunities offered in the region.
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment regardless of age, color, disability, family and marital status, genetic information, national origin, political beliefs, race, religion, sexual identity (including pregnancy), and veteran status. NC State, N.C. A&T, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating. Persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency may request accommodations to participate by contacting Ginger Cunningham, County Extension Director, at 919.542.8202, ginger_cunningham@ncsu.edu, or in person at the County Extension Office at least 30 days prior to the event.