Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program
Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Plant Health Care (PHC) are strategies for managing ornamental plants in landscapes and nurseries in ways that reduce the potential for pest and disease problems. When problems do occur, the practitioner implementing an IPM/PHC approach follows a sequence of steps in the management of the pest or disease that is designed to minimize impacts on the environment. UMass Extension’s Landscape, Nursery, and Urban Forestry Team focuses on equipping professionals in the horticultural industries with tools for implementing IPM/PHC strategies in maintaining our collective landscape.
Visit the Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program Website
Landscape, Nursery, and Urban Forestry Program IPM Resources:
- UMass Extension's Professional Management Guide for Diseases of Trees and Shrubs
- Insect guide coming soon!
Have a landscape question? Reach out to individual team members below:
- Jason Lanier (jdl@umass.edu) - Extension Educator, Team Leader
- Nicholas Brazee (nbrazee@umass.edu) - Extension Plant Pathologist
- Rick Harper (rharper@eco.umass.edu) – Extension Associate Professor
- Geoffrey Njue (gnjue@umext.umass.edu) - Extension Green Industries Sustainability Specialist
- Randy Prostak (rprostak@umass.edu) - Extension Weed Specialist
- Tawny Simisky (tsimisky@umass.edu) – Extension Entomologist
