UCONN IPM: Integrated Pest Management:Perennial Plant Conference

The University of Connecticut is sponsoring a "Perennial Plant Conference" to be held at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday, March 9, 2005. This year's conference will be held at the Lewis B. Rome Commons on the Storrs campus.Campus maps

This all-day educational conference will address a wide range of topics focusing on herbaceous perennial production, landscape design and gardening. Topics were selected to appeal to nursery and greenhouse producers, retail garden centers, and professional landscapers and designers. Two concurrent educational sessions will feature nationally recognized speakers from both industry and academia.

Among the speakers at the conference are:

Dan Heims, from Terra Nova Nurseries in Tigard, OR who will be speaking on Catalog Creation and Four Fabulous Genera
Matt Horn from Matterhorn Nursery in Spring Valley, NY will be discussing Innovations in Retail Marketing
Bobbie Schwartz, from Bobbie's Green Thumb in Shaker Heights, OH will be speaking on Perennials for Commercial Sites
Richard Hawke from the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, IL will be discussing Best of the Best: Perennial Trials at Chicago Botanic Garden
Leslie van Berkum from Van Berkum Nursery in Deerfield, NH will be speaking on Fifteen Native Woodland Gems: Profiles, Care and Companions
Maria von Brincken, from Maria von Brincken Landscape Design will be discussing Vertical Gardening: Plants that Flower Up and Around
David Burdick, from Daffodils & More in Dalton, MA will be speaking on Bulbs and Humans: Rising Above the Squirrel Mentality
Dawn Pettinelli from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT will be discussing Building Better Perennial Beds
Brad Roeller from the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY will be speaking on Strategies for Protecting Your Plants from Deer

A pre-registration fee of $60 per person is due by March 1st. If post marked after March 1st the fee is $70.00 per person.

Included in the cost of admission:

an information packet
lunch
an opportunity to purchase autographed books plus additional books on herbaceous perennials of interest to professional horticulturists
Two pesticide recertification credits will be offered for attendees from CT, RI, MA, ME, NH, and VT (pending state approval).

Please make checks payable to the University of Connecticut. Please send to Mark Brand, Extension Specialist, Nursery Crops, Department of Plant Science, Unit-4067, University of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4067.

For more information contact Dr. Mark Brand, Phone: 860-486-2930 Fax: 860-486-0534. Or visit the perrenial plant conference web site at http://www.hort.uconn.edu/2005ppc/

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