The University of Connecticut is will sponsoring a Display Garden Field Day to be held at the Storrs campus on August 15, 2003 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.
The program schedule is as follows:
| 1:30 pm | Registration and self-guided greenhouse tour. | |
| 2:00 to 3:00 pm | Landscape IPM Walking Tour Leanne Pundt and Donna Ellis, Extension Educators, University of Connecticut (session limited to 30 people) (1 pesticide recertification credit for ornamentals and turf and private applicators) |
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| 3:00 to 4:00 pm |
Display Garden Tour Highlights of the 2003 Season Rich McAvoy and Carrie Cromptom |
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| 4:00 to 5:00 pm | Update on Soft Pesticides for the Landscape, Tim Abbey, CT Agricultural Experiment Station. (1 pesticide recertification credit for ornamentals and turf and private applicators) |
All activities are held outdoors. For the walking tours, dress for walking. Please bring a clipboard and a pen or pencil.
Directions to the Program:
Check in at the Floriculture Greenhouse for Registration: The display garden is adjacent to the floriculture greenhouse and all tours will originate from the garden.
From: I-84. Exit 68 to Route 195.Travel south on Route 195 about 6 miles to the University. You will come to the intersection of Rt. 195 and Rt. 32 after approximately 4 miles; then the intersection of Rt. 195 and Rt. 44 –known as Mansfield Four Corners- after another 2 miles). The Floriculture Greenhouse is on your right (opposite the yellow barn) as you enter the UConn campus.
For more: Contact Rich McAvoy at 860-486-0627 or email at richard.mcavoy@uconn.edu
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