March Landscape Conferences Slated at Amarillo, Lubbock
Writer: Tim W. McAlavy, (806) 746-6101, email: t-mcalavy@tamu.edu
Contact: Dr. Harold Kaufman, (806) 746-6101, email: h-kaufman@tamu.edu
LUBBOCK – West Texans can learn how to keep their landscape plantings
healthy and long-lived at a
landscape plant health conference slated in March at two locations,
said a Texas Agricultural Extension
Service plant pathologist.
“Our first landscape conference is March 29 at the Texas A&M University
Research and Extension Center
in Amarillo. The Amarillo center is at 6500 Amarillo Blvd. West,” said
Dr. Harold Kaufman, Extension
plant pathologist based in Lubbock. “The second conference is March
30 at the Texas A&M University
Research and Extension Center in Lubbock.
“The Lubbock center is 3 miles north of Lubbock International Airport
and ½ mile east of Interstate 27 on
FM 1294 -- take Exit 11 on I-27.”
Both conferences will begin with registration over coffee and doughnuts
from 8 to 8:25 a.m., and will
adjourn at 4:30 p.m. Registration costs $20 per person.
Participants can earn six continuing education units (CEU’s) from the
Texas Nursery and Landscape
Association at either conference. Five Texas Department of Agriculture-approved
CEU’s will be offered at
Amarillo, and 5.5 CEU’s will be offered at Lubbock, Kaufman noted.
Texas Agricultural Extension Service plant pathologists, entomologists,
weed control specialists, turfgrass
specialists and integrated pest management agents will discuss: disease
problems on ornamental plants; turf
diseases and turf management; identifying and controlling problem weeds;
common insect problems; and
choosing trees for landscape and home plantings.
To register for either conference, send your name and address, and a
$20 check payable to Texas
Agricultural Extension Service (account 240101) to: Harold Kaufman
or Viki Bartlett, Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, Route 3, Box 213AA, Lubbock, TX 79403.
For more information, contact your county Extension office or call Kaufman at 806-746-6101.