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| Participants were able to spend breaktime learning about new plants and equipment. |
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Greater Birmingham Association of Landscape
Professionals
Winter Expo - Birmingham Botanical Gardens
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2010
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration (Must register at beginning and at end for pesticide
points) | |
| 8:30 - 8:40 | Welcome & Introductions | Mr. Jon Jobes – GBALP -- President |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | Pesticide
Licensing Update | Faye Golden – ADAI – Program Director -- Pesticide Management Section |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Wonderful World of Plant Color | Carol Reese – University of Tennessee – Regional Specialist |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Break
& Vendor Visits | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Chili Thrip Concerns, New
Insecticide Update | Chazz Hesselein – ACES – Extension Specialist – Ornamental
Horticulture Research Center |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Pest Management in Turfgrass | David Held – Auburn University -- Assistant Professor -- Entomology & Plant Pathology |
| 11:30 - 12:45 | Lunch
– Vendor Visits | |
| 12:45 - 1:30 | Pest Resistant Plant Ideas | Carol Reese – University of Tennessee
– Regional Specialist |
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1:30 - 2:15 | Connecting Designers, Architects & Landscapers | Fred Spicer – Birmingham Botanical Gardens
– Executive Director |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | Break & Vendor Visits |
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2:30 - 3:15 | Sedge Identification & Control inTurfgrass | Jack Rose – Auburn
University – Research Associate -- Agronomy & Soils |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Turf
& Ornamental Diseases and Their Control | Jim Jacobi – ACES – Extension Specialist
-- Plant Pathologist |
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| GBALP President Jon Jobes did a great job leading the Expo. |
The Greater Birmingham Association of Landscape Professionals
was created to promote the Landscape Contractor profession in the Birmingham Metro
area.
Our objective is to work together to market and
promote the industry, inform and educate our members and the general public,
and through our membership offer professional products and services.
The AGITC serves as a venue for many GBALP activities, including quarterly association meetings and networking opportunites,
and as a site for many GBALP sponsored classes.
The major membership activity each
year is the Winter Expo held at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
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| Dr. Jim Jacobi presented new information on landscape pests and diseases. |
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| GBALP vendors are key to the Expo's success! |
