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2022 Green Gardener Qualification Classes
Practical Landscape Professional Education Since 2013 I have been offering an 8-week, 10-class course in best management practices (BMPs) for landscape professionals. The classes are targeted at the most practical knowledge needed to help gardeners...
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Bee Smart with Pesticide Applications
The bees are out. I don't know if you've noticed, but they have actually been buzzing around since the first fruit trees blossomed in February. There has been a lot of press coverage about bees, especially about Colony Collapse Disorder and the critical...
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Virtual Learning for Tree and Landscape Pros
Fall 2020 Tree and Turf Continuing Education I just want to share some great virtual learning opportunities this fall, some beginning next week. Most of these events will be less expensive than their pre-COVID counterparts, but most have...
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Learning to Love Natural Enemies
One of the beautiful things about conducting "NO SPRAY" plant trials is seeing just how resilient landscapes can be if you give them a chance. We are all familiar with "helicopter parents", those fussy fearful folks who hover over their children to...
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The Landscape Below Ground Part II
To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize One of the most interesting talks at the Landscape Below Ground Conference in Chicago in October was given by Daniel Herms of Davey Tree Company. His lab looked at the effects of fertilizers, growth...