FRIDAY(continued)
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Room 205
CEU NOFA
Clues to Creating a Strong Team: Perspectives from an Undercover Boss If you were to spend time working in every position in your company, what do you think you might discover that could be changed or improved? How could you use your discoveries to create a happier team and a better culture? Learn to think like an Undercover Boss. Discover how to improve your hiring practices. Consider risks you should take and small things you can do to create a strong, invested team that will go above and beyond every day.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Ballroom East
ISA LA LD NOFA CEU
Finding Solutions to Customer Demands Our clients have great expectations. They want it all: plants that are deer resist- ant, drought-tolerant, with extended bloom time, and low to no maintenance! Believe it or not, there are plants that fit your demanding customers’ bill. Whether they are beautiful new introductions or time-honored species, Bruce will discuss varieties that you can recommend with confidence. Examples of these versatile plants will be illustrated in the built landscape to get you inspired to wow your customers with outstanding results.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Ballroom West
LA LD NOFA CEU
Self-Seeding in the Garden We can all learn from nature how visually powerful it is when a sweep of one plant has seeded in the landscape: poppies, bergamot, or Joe-pye weed in a field, Trillium grandiflorum on a northern wooded slope, or winter aconites beneath a beech tree. In our own gardens (if we don’t mulch too heavily or weed too ruth- lessly) we can have drifts and ribbons of flowers cropping up in unexpected places, which gives a garden charm and soul. Learn how to meet the challenge of editing to achieve the best results in a successful self-seeding garden.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Ballroom East
ISA NE NJ PA NOFA CEU
Tree Pests and Pathogens: What's New...What's Next? New insect pests and fungal pathogens continue to appear in our forests and landscapes, yet some are more important than others. Their contribution to the decline of trees and shrubs, in combination with established insects, pathogens and environmental stresses, can be difficult to predict. Harsh winter weather has also complicated plant health care management, through injury and facilitating invasion by opportunistic insects and pathogens. Learn the latest on the diagno- sis, biology and management of new Phytophthora species, conifer needle cast fungi, decline of eastern red cedar and Leyland cypress, and the exotic Norway spruce gall midge.
2:30 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Ballroom West
ISA LA LD NOFA CEU
Water Conservation: Landscape Design Strategies Clients are increasingly interested in how to manage stormwater in a more sustainable manner…but what does that look like? Compare design challenges and solutions for an urban green alley and a suburban garden, and survey inspirational examples of stormwater features from around the world. Review wonderful, artistic places that can result from designs that attend to your clients’ wishes while addressing environmental needs by absorbing/recycling water onsite. Explore low-tech solutions for large-scale problems.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Room 205
CEU NOFA
Snow & Ice Management: Contracts, Litigation & Liability The winter of 2015 was a perfect example of how brutal and fast-paced the business of snow & ice management can be. Mother Nature is a force to be reckoned with and staying on top of legal and contractual issues is essential. Learn practical steps you can take to limit exposure to lawsuits through contractual language and clauses, discover why documentation of services is crucial to your organization, and discuss current insurance issues facing snow & ice companies.
Anne Obarski Executive Director Merchandise Concepts Dublin, OH
Bruce Crawford Director Rutgers Gardens New Brunswick, NJ
Page Dickey Author, Designer Falls Village, CT
Nick Brazee, Ph.D. Extension Plant Pathologist University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Heather Heimarck, MLA, RLA Director of Sustainable Design, Gregory Lombardi Design Inc. Landscape Architecture Faculty, The Boston Architectural College Cambridge and Boston, MA
Darryl Beckman Managing Partner Beckman Ogozalek Paglione Londar Gibbsboro, NJ and Philadelphia, PA
PLEASE NOTE: AnALL ACCESS pass is required for admittance to GROWS seminars with the opportunity to earn CEU credit. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Every reasonable effort is made to provide the speakers, topics, and sessions listed. Some changes or substitutions may occur due to unforeseen circumstances. Changes or cancellations are made at the discretion of New England GROWS and may occur without notice.
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