Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery Supplies coming to WNC!

Griffin will be holding a day long seminar in Asheville June 11th. They will offer 5.5 hours of seminars that should all earn pesticide recertification credits. They will cover insect and disease control, greenhouse sanitation, plant growth regulators, pesticide resistance and more. There will be a lunch served as well. Normally there is a charge of $125 per person but because it is their first time in this area it will be FREE of charge. Registration information coming soon! If you are not familiar with Griffin check out their website, http://www.griffins.com/. They offer supplies for the nursery and greenhouse industry. Griffin has an office in Knoxville, TN and will ship to the Asheville area. The Knoxville office phone number is (865)546-9608.

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

NC Urban Forest Council hosts "Conservation Arboriculture."

Philip van Wassenaer and Neville Fay are the guest speakers. The seminar will be held at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville on June 16, 2008. More information coming soon. Contact the NC Urban Forest Council for more information, (336) 774-0215, NCUFC@aol.com In this first seminar we intend to explore the principles of Conservation Arboriculture. We will review heritage trees in North America, veteran tree habitat, biodiversity, co-evolution, conservation management techniques etc. Additionally, in the context of operating within a risk-averse society, we intend to explore the principles of non-defensive arboriculture, the role of device-based tree assessment in modern arboriculture (e.g. Picus tomography and wind-load simulation, tree pulling tests) and how reasonable risk decision-analysis can take account non-safety values of trees.

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