Catawba Valley Professional Landscaper Day
Sponsored by Killians Hardware
February 21, 2024
February 21, 2024
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED
LOCATION: Catawba County Cooperative Extension
1175 S Brady Ave Newton, NC 28658
SCHEDULE:
7:45-8:15am Sign-in
8:15-8:30am Welcome
8:30-9:30am TOM DYSON, MS, Catawba County Cooperative Extension Director
“Fire Ants: History, Biology, and Management”
9:30-10:30am PATRICK ANDERSON, BS, Director of Research and Arborologists, Rainbow Ecoscience “The Whats, Whys, and Hows of Landscape Plant Growth Regulators”
10:30-11:00am Break and Sponsor/ Industry Show
11:00-12:00pm COURTNEY JOHNSON, MS, Graduate Research and Extension Assistant, NCSU “What’s bugging your trees? – A look at tree pests threatening North Carolina”
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
12:15-1:00pm Killians Hardware Presentation
1:00-2:00pm ADAM SMITH, PhD, Catawba County Cooperative Extension Horticulture Extension Agent “Hands-On Sprayer Calibration for Backpack Sprayers”
2:00pm License Scan and Continuing Sponsor/ Industry Show
NCDA Pesticide Credits- L:4, N:4, D:4, X:4 NC
Landscape Contractor Credits- 4 Landscape
