Irrigation Workshop

Looking for irrigation credits. Good news! NC Cooperative Extension and Carolina's Irrigation Association has teamed up for a 6 hour session on December 1st to offer 5-6 hours (pending final credit approval) to offer a whole day of irrigation credits. This class will be at the Mountain Horticulture Crops Research and Extension Center from 8:30 to 4:30 with lunch. The cost is only $25.00. Registration form and agenda will be sent out very soon!

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

Landscape Workshop on December 1

On Wednesday Dec, 1 2010, Madison County Cooperative Extension in conjunction with Zink Outdoor Power and Equipment will hold the annual Landscape Pesticide Workshop and Small Engine Maintenance Training. Pesticide Classes (with 3 hours of credit for Subcategories L, N, O, D, and X) run from 9am - noon with no RSVP and no charge. For those participating in lunch and the afternoon small engine maintenance training please call Bill Zink at 689.3237 to register. This event will be held at the Madison County Cooperative Extension Center.

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

Grafting Workshop at NC Arboretum

Link to online NC Arboretum education calendar

Grafting Woody Ornamental Plants: a 2-day workshop

Instructor: Brian Upchurch of Highland Creek Nursery

Saturday and Sunday, November 6 and 7

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day

$195 Member/$225 Public

Limit: 18 students


This comprehensive course is appropriate for advanced gardeners and horticultural professionals, and will cover all aspects of grafting ornamental plants. Award-winning instructor and nurseryman Brian Upchurch hosts this hands-on workshop that gives students a complete understanding of grafting woody plants. He will include detailed discussion of grafting theory, choosing and growing rootstocks, compatibility issues, maintaining stock plants, collecting and storing scion material, grafting techniques and materials, and aftercare of completed grafts. Each student will graft 20 plants of 5 different species to take home. Students should bring a grafting knife and pruners.


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

Van Wingerden's Open House

Van Wingerden International will once again hold their open house event on November 13th 2010.
This is a quality event that attracts home gardeners and plant lovers for many miles around. The folk there have graciously extended an open invitation to all green industry businesses to have marketing booths (no selling on site) for distribution of literature and displays of plants or other products. Please call the Van Wingerden office at (828) 891-4116 to reserve a space.

The link to this event is at: Van Wingerden's Open House



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

Greenhouse Management Workshop

If you have a greenhouse and are looking for information on increasing the sustainability of that greenhouse then this program is for you. We will have a general session in the morning dealing with releasing biological controls and using organic substrates and wrap the day up after lunch with concurrent sessions divided between ornamental growers and vegetable growers. The link here takes you to the registration flyer and more information:

Greenhouse Management Workshop

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

Fall 2010 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design Workshop

Fall 2010 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design Workshop
We will be holding a workshop this fall dealing with issues related to erosion and sedimentation control. If you are actively involved in issues related to these issues please consider attending.
The information, agenda, and registration information is attached at: Erosion and Sedimentation Control

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