Friday, January 18, 2013

Nursery Management Workshop

Nursery Management Workshop

Plan on joining us at an exciting workshop for nursery producers on February 19th.  We will start the workshop with a short tour at Highland Creek Nursery, in Hooper's Creek/Fletcher to look at some cover crop research and then proceed to the Mountain Horticulture Crops Research Station, in Mills River for a sponsored dinner and two  presentations.    Below is a link to a video giving a little insight into the cover crop  research.  



The presentation will include a presentation co-delivered by Meghan Baker, Buncombe County Small Farms Agent and Dr. Jill Sidebottom,  Conifer IPM Extension Specialist, on Protecting Native Pollinators in Nurseries; and a presentation from our dinner sponsor,  Willie Pennington, from BASF about some of the new crop protectant  products from BASF.   Pesticide Credits have been applied for, for this workshop!

To pre-register call me at  828-255-5522.  Pre-registration is requested to get a head count for the sponsored meal.


For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Green Team Quarterly

The first newsletter of 2013 can now be read at Green Team Quarterly .  We will have updates and registration materials on all of the events as we get closer to the day of the event.


For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.