8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. |
Registration |
8:15 a.m.-8:20 a.m. |
Welcome |
8:20 a.m.-9:00 a.m. |
Dr. A.J. Powell, Jr.
Turf Grass Renovation After Drought: An outline of turf renovation concepts, including over-seeding, applying new sod, proper selection of turf cultivars for best results and selection of effective chemicals for weed management. |
9:00 a.m.-10:00a.m.
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University of Kentucky Updates
Dr. John R. Hartman
Tree Pathology Research: A description of research on sudden oak deaths surveys, pine tip blight, new hosts of bacterial leaf scorch and management of bacterial scorch with chemical bactericides.
Dr. Dewayne L. Ingram
Landscape Horticulture Research Update: A review of research on woody plants, including nursery production practices, seed and tissue culture propagation, and cultivar evaluations. Herbaceous annual and perennial research involving greenhouse practices, seed germination, species and cultivar evaluations, and winter hardiness will also be covered.
Julie Beale
Landscape Plant Disease Update: A talk about plant disease sample trends for 2007, highlighting unusual finds. Implications for diagnosis and control of landscape plant diseases in 2008 will be discussed. |
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. |
Break for Trade Show |
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. |
Kit Shaughnessy
Schmidt Nursery: You can meet the challenge of creating sustainable landscapes without sacrificing beauty and style in this new era of increasing costs and dwindling resources. These new and underutilized tree species and cultivars will perform beautifully with a minimum of irrigation and ongoing maintenance costs. |
11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
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Roscoe Klausing
Klausing Group: An Update on the Certified Landscape Technician Program. |
11:10 a.m.-12:00 a.m. |
H. David Gabbard
LFUCG: Rain gardens offer an innovative landscape design alternative that uses the principles of Mother Nature to clean urban stormwater, protect water resources, and enhance urban habitats for birds, bees, and butterflies. They look great — and are cost effective, too! |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch and Trade Show |
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
Andrew Bender
JFNew: An exploration of ecological solutions for site designs, including rooftop gardens, environmentally sensitive design and natural treatment systems for storm drainage. |
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2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Break for Trade Show |
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Landscape Design Using Native Plants
Margaret Shea
Dropseed Nursery: Native plants for drought conditions.
Natalie George
Shooting Star Nursery: Why we should use native plants? Preservation of our wild plants, ceation of wildlife habitats, lessening human impact on the environment, improving our remaining green area, and more!
Kristine McNiel
Highland Moor Nursery: Explore wetland natives, and their uses in urban stream/creek bed restorations and rain gardens.
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3:30-4:30p.m. |
Dan Potter
Ten Notorious Landscape Insect Pests: Their Biology, Diagnosis, and Control. An in depth look at landscape insect pest identification with suggestions for effective cultural and chemical pest management. |
For more info visit www.ckota.org OR Contact SusanLCapley@aol.com. Susan L. Capley, President, CKOTA 859-293-5370 |
