It’s that time of year, the annual Nursery Growers Short Course is right around the corner. This year, short course is back in-person and will be held on Friday February 10, 2023. We also have a new location; Landscape Ontario offices at 7856 Fifth Line, Milton.
There are a number of awesome speakers lined up for the day including some familiar faces, new faces, local experts, as well as a couple extension professionals from our neighbours to the south! You can see the full agenda below. Please go to the LO website to register, or click the link below. Early bird pricing in effect until Jan 31st (use code EARLYBIRD).
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A big thank you to everyone at Landscape Ontario, all the speakers, and our generous sponsors for helping to make this event happen year after year!
| Start Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 8:00 am | Registration and Coffee | |
| 8:30 am | Cassie Russell, OMAFRA | Welcoming Remarks |
| 8:40 am | Jeanine West, Landscape Ontario | LO Grower Technical Analyst Update |
| 8:55 am | Stefan Larrass, Labour Issues Coordinating Committee | Labour Update |
| 9:05 am | Jennifer Llewellyn, Green Bird Horticultural | Nurturing Communities |
| 9:25 am | Rhoda deJonge, Vineland Research & Innovation | Making sense of microbial soil amendments |
| 9:40 am | Coffee Break & Networking | |
| 10:05am | Jeanine West, PhytoServ | Protecting your source water |
| 10:25 am | Brian Walsh, Penn State Extension | Lessons in Spotted Lanternfly control tactics learned in Pennsylvania Nurseries |
| 11:25 am | Jason Henry, Vineland Research & Innovation | Substrate analysis: comprehensive testing to inform your management |
| 11:45 am | Ann Huber, Soil Resource Group | Water treatment & thinking ahead |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch and Networking | |
| 1:00 pm | Brian Jackson, NC State University | Strategies to reduce or extend the use of peat in container plant production |
| 1:30 pm | Asha Hingorani, CSPMA Erin Agro, Gro-Bark (Walker Industries) Pierre-Marc de Champlain, Berger | Peat Panel |
| 2:30 pm | Cassie Russell, OMAFRA | Table Activity |
| 2:50 pm | Door Prizes & Short break | |
| 3:10 pm | Box tree Moth Symposium | |
| 3:10 pm | Erin Appleton, CFIA | BTM Surveillance |
| 3:20 pm | Abigail Wiesner, UofG Alexander Rimmer, UofT | BTM Research Updates |
| 3:45 pm | Jeanine West, Landscape Ontario Bart Brusse, Sheridan Nurseries | The BTM Pest Module and Implementation at the Nursery |
| 4:10 pm | Patricia McAllister, CFIA | Regulatory Updates from CFIA |
| 4:20 pm | Questions and Discussion | |
| 4:30 pm | Joe Salemi & Karri Bylsma, Landscape Ontario | Closing Remarks & Adjourn |
and Supporting Sponsors, Plant Products and Gro-Bark
If you are having trouble viewing the agenda, please go to the Landscape Ontario Website, https://horttrades.com/nursery-growers-short-course-2023
Look forward to seeing you all at Short Course!
Cassie Russell
Nursery and Landscape Specialist
cassie.russell@ontario.ca
