Landscape Industry Classes
Registration Fee:$55 members/$75 Non-Members
Registration: 8:00am
Classes Begin: 9:00am
Lunch and Trade Show: 12:00pm
Classes resume: 1:00pm
Awarding of Pesticide Credits: 2:30pm
**Tour includes transportation, lunch, demonstrations back at RU Gardens, Rutgers Gardens walking tours, barbecue dinner, keynote speaker, and rare plant auction**
Green Industry Education Session
8:00-9:00am: Registration and Trade Show
9:00-9:15am: Welcome and Meeting Agenda (Wayne Dubin - President NJGIC / Vice President Bartlett Tree)
9:15-9:45am: Insect Pressures in 2012 (Jeff Weld - Bayer Territory Manager)
9:45-10:30am: New Jersey's Invasive Plant Species (Dr. Neil Hendrickson - Bartlett Tree Experts Research)
10:30-10:45am: Break
10:45-11:15am: Certified and Trained Fertilizer Applicators Program (Nancy Sadlon - Executive Director NJGIC.)
11:15-11:45am: Water Issues in the State of New Jersey (John Farner - Irrigation Association)
11:45-1:00pm: Lunch and Trade Show
1:00-1:30pm: Pricing Trends of Fertilizers and Pesticides (Charles Bergamo- John Deere Landscapes Vice President)
1:30-2:00pm: New Jersey Broadleaf and Grassy Weed Identification and Controls (John Patten - PBI Gordon Territory Sales Manager)
2:00-2:30pm: Round Table Q&A (With Industry, Manufacturers, NJGIC, and NJNLA) * Awarding of Recertification Points.
Evening Only Events
Registration: anytime after 3pm
Registration Fee: $15 Members/ $35 Non-Members
Can't get away from work? Come join us for the second half of the day. Starting at 3pm, there will be demonstrations and tours of Rutgers Gardens, a BBQ Dinner, and Keynote speaker Rick Lewendowski.