Indiana Green Expo: January 9-11, 2013

Indiana Green Expo – January 9 - 11, 2013

On-line Registration now available!
Register by December 21 and save
(Rates after December 21 will increase: members: $130 | nonmembers: $170)

View full PDF brochure and other Expo details at www.IndianaGreenExpo.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

9:00 – 12:00	Workshop A: Hardscapes 101
9:00 – 12:00	Workshop B: Improving Diagnostic Skills: Identifying Diseases, Insects, and Environmental Stress of Landscape Plants (IAH credits)
9:00 – 12:00	Workshop C: Understanding and Enhancing Herbicide Activity
9:00 – 12:00	Workshop D: Selecting Species and Planting Improved Cultivars for Enhanced Turf Performance

1:00 - 5:00	Workshop E: Certified Landscape Technician-Exterior Review & Written Exam
1:00 - 5:00	Workshop F: Indiana Accredited Horticulturalist (IAH) Review and IAH Test
1:00 - 4:00	Workshop G: Pond Maintenance and Aquatic Weed Control
1:00 - 4:00	Workshop H: Getting Your Hands Dirty: Basic Soil Fundamentals

Thursday, Janaury 10, 2013

8:00 – 10:15 am	Opening Session Keynote Speaker: Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University, Managing Inputs Effectively in Uncertain Times
10:00 - 5:00 pm	TRADE SHOW OPEN
10:30 - 5:00 pm	Business Track
11:00 - 5:00 pm	Installation/Maintenance Track
11:00 - 5:00 pm	Plant Materials Track
1:00 pm - 5:00	Combined Golf Track
1:00 pm - 5:00	Lawn Care Track
1:00 pm - 5:00	Sports Turf Track
1:30 pm - 5:00	Production Track

5:00 pm - 7:00	MRTF Awards Ceremony 2013 MRTF Distinguished Service Award: Mr. Bob Avenius, Tru Green
5:00 pm - 7:00	INLA Annual Meeting and Awards Reception

Friday, January 11, 2013

9:00 - 1:00 pm	TRADE SHOW OPEN
8:00 - 3:30 pm	Southern Golf Track
8:00 - 3:30 pm	Northern Golf Track
8:00 - 3:30 pm	Sports Turf Track
8:00 - 4:00 pm	Lawn Care Track
8:00 - 4:00 pm	Plant Materials Track
8:00 - 5:00 pm	Installation/Maintenance Track
9:00 - 5:00 pm	Hardscape Track
10:00 - 4:00 pm	Vegetation Management Track
10:00 - 4:30 pm	Landscape Design Track

Questions contact Jennifer Biehl
765-494-8039 phone | 765-496-6335 fax | biehlj@purdue.edu

Join us at one of our three great workshops that are being held in December!

Turf Herbicide Workshop - registration deadline: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
(CCH’s requested: 7 - category 3a, 7 - category 3b, 7 - category 6, 4 - RT license)

December 4, 2012: Caribbean Cove Conference Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
3850 DePauw Boulevard | Indianapolis, IN 46268
Registration: 8.00 am (Eastern); Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (lunch on your own)
Register on-line at: http://www.mrtf.org/php/Registration.php?pid=5541 or
PDF registration form at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/PDF/2012_herbicidebrochure.pdf

December 6, 2012: Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Wayne, Indiana
8615 US 24 West | Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Registration: 8.00 am (Eastern); Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (lunch on your own)
Register on-line at: http://www.mrtf.org/php/Registration.php?pid=6141 or
PDF registration form at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/PDF/2012_herbicidebrochure.pdf

December 10, 2012: Daniel Turf Center, West Lafayette, Indiana
1340 Cherry Lane | West Lafayette, IN 47907
Registration: 8.00 am (Eastern); Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (lunch on your own)
Register on-line at http://www.mrtf.org/php/Registration.php?pid=6201 or
PDF registration form at http://www.agry.purdue.edu/turf/PDF/2012_herbicidebrochure.pdf

Agenda:
8:00 – 8:30 am Registration
8:30 – 9:30 am Overview of Turf Herbicides
9:30 – 10:15 am Herbicide Mode of Action: Why Should I care?
10:15 – 11:15 am Principles of Weed Control: Maximizing Control
11:15 – 11:45 am Hands-on Weed ID (see over 50 live weed samples)
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch (on your own)
12:45 – 2:00 pm Identifying and Controlling Annual Grassy Weeds More Effectively
2:00 – 3:15 pm Identifying and Controlling Broadleaf Weeds
3:15 – 3:45 pm Identifying and Controlling Sedges
3:45 – 4:00 pm Concluding remarks

Questions contact Jennifer Biehl
765-494-8039 phone | 765-496-6335 fax | biehlj@purdue.edu