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Landscape Pests and Problems Walkabout

Event date/time: 
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Get some hands-on experience scouting and identifying landscape pests and abiotic problems. Join Randy Prostak, Extension Weed Specialist, Nick Brazee, Extension Plant Pathologist, and Rick Harper, Extension Assistant Professor in Urban & Community Forestry, for a walk through the landscape as they discuss and demonstrate how to put IPM practices to work efficiently and examine some of the most common pest and cultural problems of woody ornamentals. Dress for walking; workshop held rain or shine. Bring a clipboard, pencil and hand lens if possible.

Registration

Pre-registration required as space is limited; the cost is $50.

This event has reached capacity and registration is now closed.

Pesticide & Professional Certification Credits

Two pesticide contact hours for categories 29, 36, 37 and the Applicator's License have been requested. Pesticide contact hours are valid for equivalent categories in all New England states.

Association credits: 2 ISA, 2 CFE's, 1/2 MCA, 1 MCLP, 1 MCH, and 1 AOLCP credits available.

Contact's name: 
Ellen Weeks - UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry program
Contact's email: 
Contact's phone on day of event: 
413-545-0895
11 French Drive Boylston MA