People interested in landscaping, ornamentals, turf and orchids
will be able to learn a great deal in educational programs
offered during March.
Two trainings near Atlanta and a short course on the University
of Florida campus will offer the latest updates. And the first
two will include pesticide recertification credits.
Pesticide License Review,
Exam
The Georgia
Center for Urban Agriculture will have a commercial
pesticide license training and exam in category 24 (ornamentals
and turf) at the State Farmers Market in Forest
Park, Ga. March
15.
A commercial license is required when any pesticide, including
herbicides, is applied for pay. This training will review the
general standards and category 24 portions of the pesticide
license exam.
Participants can take the exam itself at the end of the review
sessions. Review study manuals (available through the University
of Georgia and some landscape supply dealers) before attending
the workshop.
The day will begin with 7:30 a.m. registration. The exam will
begin at 3 p.m. With the class limited to the first 50 people,
reregistration is required.
The review fee is $15 and the exam fee $25. For more information,
call the Clayton County
Extension Service at (770) 473-5434. Or email
hortpa@uga.edu.
Landscape, Turf Clinic
The GCUA will have a hands-on landscape and turf clinic March 22
at the State University of West
Georgia in Carrollton, Ga.
Planned for commercial landscape employees, the clinic will
provide landscape and turf training and will provide six hours of
pesticide recertification credit in category 24. Topics will
include ornamental and tree insects, new turf herbicides,
equipment maintenance, urban tree care and pesticide storage and
disposal.
The one-day clinic will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. To
learn more about it, call the Extension Service
office in your county. Or call the Haralson County Extension
Office at (770) 646-2026.
Short Course on Orchids
An “Orchid
Production and Culture Short Course” is
planned for March 23-24 at Fifield
Hall on the University of
Florida campus in Gainesville, Fla.
Short course topics will include orchid classification,
pollination, biology, ecology, diversity, production, marketing,
tissue culture, diseases and insect pests.
The short course will begin with 8 a.m. registration on Saturday,
March 23. It will end the next day at 4:30 p.m. The registration
fee is $85. For more information, contact Bodie Pennisi at (229)
386-3410.
