Join Us for the 2025 Durham Landscape Seminar!
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Collapse ▲9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday, February 24, 2025
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Durham County Center
Carl D. Hodges Conference Room
721 Foster Street, Durham, NC 27701
Register Online via Eventbrite
Join us to learn about soil health, tree pruning, and pesticide safety updates while earning ISA and Pesticide Safety CEUs.
The Durham Landscape Seminar focuses on providing continuing education and recertification credits for public and private sector green industry professionals, including landscapers, grounds and turf managers, and greenhouse and nursery producers. Home gardeners, HOA grounds managers, and others are also welcome to attend.
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS
These sessions have been approved for 1 NCDA Pesticide CEU (H, L, N, D, X), and approval is pending for 2 ISA Certified Arborist CEUs. This page will be updated when credits are approved.
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. – Check-in Begins
9 to 9:55 a.m. – Got Fertility Issues?
Barbara Fair, Ph.D., Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
In this presentation you will learn some soil basics, easy to implement soil management techniques, and how to ensure your plants are getting the right nutrition.
9:55 to 10 a.m. – Break
10 to 10:55 a.m. – Small Tree Pruning
F. Justin Bennett, Urban Forestry Specialist, North Carolina Forest Service
This talk will cover the basics of pruning small and young trees with hand tools, proper way to make cuts, how to shape the tree, etc. It is geared towards educating owners of smaller trees how they can maintain their trees shape and health, and reduce the likelihood of future health issues or storms damaging the tree.
10:55 to 11 a.m. – Break
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Pesticide Updates and Applicator Responsibilities
Tyler Harran, Pesticide Inspector, NCDA&CS
Get ready to have your pesticide questions answered! This talk will include: updates on Oxydiazon/Ronstar RUP Status; what golf course superintendents need to know. Update on the new Certification and Training Rules; what to know for non-certified applicators and their supervisors. Followed by a talk on Licensed Applicator Responsibilities, which will include: how to identify and wear appropriate PPE, drift management, transport and storage of pesticides, labeling, maintaining the appropriate license/certification, supervision of uncertified applicators, spill response and container disposal, and case studies. Attendees will be given the opportunity to ask questions and check their credit hours.
12 p.m. – Wrap up and Evaluations
Please e-mail Ashley Troth at ashley_troth@ncsu.edu with any questions.
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment regardless of age, color, disability, family and marital status, genetic information, national origin, political beliefs, race, religion, sexual identity (including pregnancy), and veteran status. NC State, N.C. A&T, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating. Persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency may request accommodations to participate by contacting Ashley Troth at ashley_troth@ncsu.edu or in person at the County Extension Office at least 21 days before the event.
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