Indiana Green Expo: January 9-11, 2013

Indiana Green Expo – January 9 - 11, 2013

On-line Registration now available!
Register by December 21 and save
(Rates after December 21 will increase: members: $130 | nonmembers: $170)

View full PDF brochure and other Expo details at www.IndianaGreenExpo.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2013
9:00 – 12:00 Workshop A: Hardscapes 101
9:00 – 12:00 Workshop B: Improving Diagnostic Skills: Identifying Diseases, Insects, and Environmental Stress of Landscape Plants (IAH credits)
9:00 – 12:00 Workshop C: Understanding and Enhancing Herbicide Activity
9:00 – 12:00 Workshop D: Selecting Species and Planting Improved Cultivars for Enhanced Turf Performance
1:00 - 5:00 Workshop E: Certified Landscape Technician-Exterior Review & Written Exam
1:00 - 5:00 Workshop F: Indiana Accredited Horticulturalist (IAH) Review and IAH Test
1:00 - 4:00 Workshop G: Pond Maintenance and Aquatic Weed Control
1:00 - 4:00 Workshop H: Getting Your Hands Dirty: Basic Soil Fundamentals
Thursday, Janaury 10, 2013
8:00 – 10:15 am Opening Session Keynote Speaker: Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University,
Managing Inputs Effectively in Uncertain Times
10:00 - 5:00 pm TRADE SHOW OPEN
10:30 - 5:00 pm Business Track
11:00 - 5:00 pm Installation/Maintenance Track
11:00 - 5:00 pm Plant Materials Track
1:00 pm - 5:00 Combined Golf Track
1:00 pm - 5:00 Lawn Care Track
1:00 pm - 5:00 Sports Turf Track
1:30 pm - 5:00 Production Track
5:00 pm - 7:00 MRTF Awards Ceremony
2013 MRTF Distinguished Service Award: Mr. Bob Avenius, Tru Green
5:00 pm - 7:00 INLA Annual Meeting and Awards Reception
Friday, January 11, 2013
9:00 - 1:00 pm TRADE SHOW OPEN
8:00 - 3:30 pm Southern Golf Track
8:00 - 3:30 pm Northern Golf Track
8:00 - 3:30 pm Sports Turf Track
8:00 - 4:00 pm Lawn Care Track
8:00 - 4:00 pm Plant Materials Track
8:00 - 5:00 pm Installation/Maintenance Track
9:00 - 5:00 pm Hardscape Track
10:00 - 4:00 pm Vegetation Management Track
10:00 - 4:30 pm Landscape Design Track

Questions contact Jennifer Biehl
765-494-8039 phone | 765-496-6335 fax | biehlj@purdue.edu




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Turf Herbicide Workshops - Space Still Avaiable

Join us at one of our three great workshops that are being held in December!

Turf Herbicide Workshop  - registration deadline: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
(CCH’s requested: 7 - category 3a, 7 - category 3b, 7 - category 6, 4 - RT license)

December 4, 2012: Caribbean Cove Conference Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
3850 DePauw Boulevard  |  Indianapolis, IN 46268
Registration: 8.00 am (Eastern); Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (lunch on your own)
Register on-line at: http://www.mrtf.org/php/Registration.php?pid=5541 or
PDF registration form at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/PDF/2012_herbicidebrochure.pdf

December 6, 2012: Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Wayne, Indiana
8615 US 24 West  |  Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Registration: 8.00 am (Eastern); Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (lunch on your own)
Register on-line at: http://www.mrtf.org/php/Registration.php?pid=6141 or
PDF registration form at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/PDF/2012_herbicidebrochure.pdf

December 10, 2012: Daniel Turf Center, West Lafayette, Indiana
1340 Cherry Lane  | West Lafayette, IN 47907
Registration: 8.00 am (Eastern); Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (lunch on your own)          
Register on-line at http://www.mrtf.org/php/Registration.php?pid=6201 or
PDF registration form at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/PDF/2012_herbicidebrochure.pdf

Agenda:
8:00 – 8:30 am Registration
8:30 – 9:30 am Overview of Turf Herbicides
9:30 – 10:15 am Herbicide Mode of Action: Why Should I care?
10:15 – 11:15 am Principles of Weed Control: Maximizing Control
11:15 – 11:45 am Hands-on Weed ID (see over 50 live weed samples)
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch (on your own)
12:45 – 2:00 pm Identifying and Controlling Annual Grassy Weeds More Effectively
2:00 – 3:15 pm Identifying and Controlling Broadleaf Weeds
3:15 – 3:45 pm Identifying and Controlling Sedges
3:45 – 4:00 pm Concluding remarks

Questions contact Jennifer Biehl
765-494-8039 phone | 765-496-6335 fax | biehlj@purdue.edu

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