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Are you registered for one of the upcoming "IPM Workshops for Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers"? If not, time is running out!
Oakland Workshop, Jan. 24, 2017
Registration is now open to all for the January 24, IPM Training for Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers in Oakland, CA. A few spaces are still available!
Register now to secure your spot to learn about invasive pests, Asian citrus psyllid and huanglongbing disease, household pests, and IPM and pesticides.
- Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Retailers-- are you registered yet for the January 24, IPM Training for Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers? If not, you only have a few more days to claim your spot.
When: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Where: Oakland Center, CSU East Bay -- Oakland, CA
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Cost: $30 per person
This hands-on, train-the-trainer workshop is designed especially for retail nursery and garden center employees, managers, owners, and affiliates. Training topics include invasive pests, Asian citrus psyllid and huanglongbing disease, household pests, and IPM and pesticides. Participants will receive relevant materials and helpful...

Due to low enrollment, the workshop originally scheduled for November 8, 2016 has been rescheduled to January 24, 2017.
This UC IPM hands-on, train-the-trainer workshop is designed especially for retail nursery and garden center employees, managers, owners, and affiliates. The workshop will help retail employees better serve customers and keep them coming back!
New Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Where: Oakland Center, CSU East Bay
Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Cost: $30 per person
- Author: Cheryl Reynolds
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[From the December 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin]
School is already back in session for many children in districts throughout California, and several others will be starting back to school in the next couple of weeks. While students and teachers were enjoying summer break, an amendment to the Healthy Schools Act (HSA) went into effect on July 1st. It requires teachers, custodians, administrators, other staff or volunteers, and licensed pest management professionals applying any pesticide (this includes disinfectants and...
/span>- Author: Anne Schellman
- Author: Karey Windbiel Rojas
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Gardeners and other consumers frequently look to retail nursery and garden center employees to answer questions about pests and pesticides. To help retailers stay abreast of current pest topics facing California, UC IPM held a workshop for retail employees on January 28, 2016 in Ontario, CA focusing on integrated pest management (IPM) concepts and current issues. Partnering with local UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Advisors and Specialists, the day was filled with information participants could bring back to customers to address their pest and plant problems.
Topics addressed in these workshops include:
- Invasive Pests
- Asian citrus psyllid and...