Foothills Winter Landscapers Meeting

Join N.C. Cooperative Extension for the Foothills Winter Landscapers Meeting. This meeting is designed for commercial landscapers and landscape contractors. It is offering landscape contractor credits, pesticide credits, & more! The cost is $25 and lunch is provided.

The agenda is as follows:

7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Check-in


8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Dr. Joe Neal- Avoiding Herbicide Injury in Landscape Plantings


9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Sam Marshall- Emerging Insect Pests for WNC


10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Dr. Barb Fair- Pruning Demo


11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sarah Christas and Cari Mitchell- On the Job Resources


12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. LUNCH


12:45 p.m. -1:15 p.m. Dr. Terri Billeisen– Controlling Fire Ants in the Landscape


1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eric Ball, NCDA- What to Expect When Inspected


2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Laurie with Small Business Center of Wilkes Community College- Managing and Maintaining Employees and How to Secure Professional Services (i.e Accountants, Lawyers, HR Manager, etc.)


This meeting offers 5 technical credits, 2 business credits, and 3 pesticide credits in the L, N, D, X, and 1 credit in the H category.


Attendance will be taken at the end of the course. No partial credit is given if attendees leave early.


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