2005 HortMemo Meetings
MANTS - Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show. January 5-7, 2005. Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. Contact: MANTS, P.O. Box 818, Brooklandville, MD 21022 Baltimore Metro Area: 410.296.6959 800.431.0066 Fax: 410.296.8288 e-mail, info@mants.com; url, http://www.mants.com
Western 2005: The Big Show. January 9-11, 2005. Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City, MO. Contact: Western Nursery & Landscape Association; Mary Piatt; 1210 Frederick Ave. St. Joseph, MO 64501; 816.233.1481; Fax, 816.233.4774; e-mail: info@wnla.org ; url,http://www.wnla.org/insidethewestern.htm
Kentucky Landscape Industries Winter Educational Conference and Trade Show. January 12-14, 2005. The Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, KY. Contact: Betsie Taylor, KNLA Exec. Dir., 350 Village Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601; 502.848.0055 or 800.735.9791; Fax 502.848.0032; e-mail, knla@mis.net ; url, http://www.knla.org
INLA P.L.A.N.T.S. 2005: Professional Landscape And Nursery Trade Show. January 12-14, 2005. Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome, Indianapolis, IN. Contact: Donna Sheets, Executive Director, INLA, 6533 Margaret Court, Indianapolis, IN 46237; 800.443.7336; 317.889.2382; Fax 317.889.3935; e-mail, dsheets@inla1.org; url, http://www.inla1.org
Mid-AM Trade Show. January 19-21, 2005. Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. Contact: Rand Baldwin, 847.526.2010, Fax 847.526.3993; e-mail, mail@midam.org ; url, http://www.midam.org
Garden Gurus VII w/P. Allen Smith. January 22, 2005. Executive Inn Expo Center, Paducah, KY. Contact: Phyllis Petcoff, e-mail, petcoff@earthlink.net or McCracken Co. Extension Office, 2705 Olivet Church Road, Paducah, KY 42001; 270.554.9520
"CENTS" - Central Environmental Nursery Trade Show. January 24-26, 2005. Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Bill Stalter, ONLA, 800.825.5062, Fax 800.860.1713; e-mail, onlagreen@aol.com ; url,http://www.onla.org
IPM 2005 Workshop Series Ia - "Liners: Selection, Pest Inspection, Handling, Pruning, and Storage" and "Pruning 2nd and 3rd Year Trees". February 2, 2005. Central Kentucky location TBA, 2/3/05 in Murray, KY . Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209,wdunwell@uky.edu
IPM 2005 Workshop Series Ib - "Liners: Selection, Pest Inspection, Handling, Pruning, and Storage" and "Pruning 2nd and 3rd Year Trees". February 3, 2005. Stockdale Farm, Murray, KY, 2/2/05 in Central KY Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209,wdunwell@uky.edu
ANLA Management Clinic. February 2-5, 2005. Galt House and Galt House East Hotel, Louisville, KY. Contact Melissa Strickland: 202.789.5980 ext.3026; Fax, 202.789.1893; e-mail, mstrickland@anla.org; url, http://www.anla.org/events/ManagementClinic2005/index.htm
CKOTA 2005 Winter Horticulture Conference. February 3, 2005. Fayette County Cooperative Extension Office, Lexington, KY. Contact: Ryan Martin 859.621.2727 or CKOTA, P.O. Box 25148, Lexington, KY 40524-5148, http://ces.ca.uky.edu/fayette/horticulture
Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science. February 5-9, 2005. Little Rock, Arkansas. Contact: Paul Smeal, 1107 Kentwood Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060-5656; 540.552.4085; Fax: 540.953.0805; e-mail, psmeal@vt.edu; url, http://www/ashs.org
Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Conference. February 8-9, 2005. Marriott East, Louisville. Contact Dino Kent, Kentucky Arborists' Association, 606.663.8180; e-mail, kyarborists@hotmail.com; url, http://www.arborday.org/programs/conferences/tpe-tpl
West Kentucky Chapter of The Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association, WKNLA, Annual Dinner and Winter Program. February 10, 2005. Oasis Southwest Grill, Kuttawa, KY. Contact: Dusty Kornbacher, 270.527.1884; e-mail, kyflrfmr@VCI.net or Dava Hayden, 270.365-7541x279; e-mail, Dava.Hayden@uky.edu
Best Management Practices Workshop VI: for Garden Center Operators, Landscape Contractors, and Ornamental Plant Growers. February 15, 2005, Louisville, KY will host similar programs at both locations, see above. Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Donna Michael, 502.425.4482,dmichael@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209,wdunwell@uky.edu
Best Management Practices Workshop VI: for Garden Center Operators, Landscape Contractors, and Ornamental Plant Growers. February 16, 2005. UKREC, Princeton, KY will host similar programs at two locations, see below. Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu, or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209,wdunwell@uky.edu
Nursery Production Workshop: "Getting Started,". March 1, 2005: 0900-1200. UK Research & Education Center; Princeton, KY. Contact: Dava Hayden, Extension Associate- Nursery Crops: 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu
SNA's State Officers' Conference. March 4-5, 2005. Atlanta, GA.Contact: SNA; 770.953.3311; Fax, 770.953.4411; e-mail, mail@mail.sna.org; url, http://www.sna..org
Plasticulture '05. March 5-8, 2005. Charleston, SC. Contact: American Society for Plasticulture, 814.238.7045; Fax, 814.238.7051; e-mail, info@plasticulture.org; url, http:///www.plasticulture.org
ALCA Student Career Days. March 19-22, 2005. Contact: ALCA,150 Elden Street, Suite 270, Herndon, Virginia 20170; 703.736.9666; 800.395.ALCA; Fax: 703.736.9668; url, http://www.alca.org
Tree Identification and Pruning Class: 2 ISA CEU's. April 12, 2005. Boone County Arboretum at Central Park: 9190 Camp Ernst Road, Union, KY. Contact: to register call 859.586.6101 or Kristopher A. Stone, Boone County Arboretum, P.O. Box 566, Burlington, KY 41005; 859.384.4999; cell, 859.801-3260; Fax: 859.384.6888; e-mail, kstone@boonecountyky.org; url, http://www.bcarboretum.org
Louisville Nursery Association Meeting. April 20, 2005. Brandeis Machinery, 1801 Watterson Trail, Louisville, KY. Contact: Bonnie Ried, 502.245.6097
2005 Spring Fling and Arboretum Walk. May 14, 2005. Boone County Arboretum, FLorence, KY. Contact: Friends of the Boone Co. Arboretum, 859.586.6106; url, http://www.bcarboretum.org
Yew Dell Gardens presents Author/Garden Creater/Nurseryman. May 11, 2005. Commonwealth Bank, 286 N. Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY. Contact: Yew Dell Gardens, 502.241.4788 or Mary Anne Thornton at e-mail ThorntonMA@aol.com
Louisville Nursery Association Meeting with Bobby Petrino presentation. May 18, 2005. Ridge Wholesale Nursery, 16200 Fralich Lane, Louisville, KY. Contact: Bonnie Ried, 502.245.6097 or Ridge Nursery 502.267.4717
2005 Hydrangea Conference. May 20-21, 2005. Center for Applied Nursery Research. Augusta Technical College, Dearing & Thomson, GA. Contact: CANR, 706.597.8309; url, http://www.canr.org
IPM 2005 Nursery Workshop Series II. "Scouting Field and Container Nurseries", "Invasive Pest Update", "Utilizing Biological Controls", and "Using Technology to Out-Smart Pests: pheromone traps, tissue and leachate analysis, and soil sampling" at Putting Integrated Pest Management to Work in the Nursery. May 25, 2005. Ammon Nursery, Burlington, KY. Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209, wdunwell@uky.edu
Louisville Nursery Association Meeting. June 15, 2005. Walnut Grove Farm Nursery, 16200 Eastwood Cutoff Road, Eastwood, KY. Contact: Bonnie Ried, 502.245.6097
UK Cut Stem Field Day. June 15, 2005; 1500-1800. UK Horticulture Farm, 4320 Emmert Farm Lane, Lexington, KY. Contact: Dr. Robert McNiel: 859.257.803; e-mail, rmcniel@uky.edu or Sharon Bale: 859.257.8605; e-mail, sbale@uky.edu
IPM 2005 Nursery Workshop Series III. "Summer Pruning". June 16, 2005. Wearren and Son, Washington, KY, Taylor Co. Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209, wdunwell@uky.edu
Pot-in-pot Management Workshop W/UGA Nursery Crops Faculty Dr. John Ruter and UK Entomologist Dr. Dan Potter. June 21, 2005. UKREC, Hwy 91S, Princeton, KY. Contact: Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541 x 279, Dava.Hayden@uky.edu
Southeast Greenhouse Conference. June 22-25, 2005. Greenville, SC. Contact: SGC, P.O. Box 2945, LaGrange, Ga 30241; 1.877.927.2775; url, http://www.sgcts.org
The Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association Trade Show and Conference. July 6-8, 2005. Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee Contact: TNLA, 931.473.3951, Fax 931.473.5883; e-mail: tnurseryassn@blomand.net ; url, http://www.tnla.com
IPM 2005 Nursery Workshop Series "Nursery Pesticide Use and Summer Safety" (in Spanish and English). July 13, 2005. Nelson Co Extension Office and Valley Hill Nursery, Springfield, KY. Contact: Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu, Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209, wdunwell@uky.edu
23rd Perennial Plant Symposium. July 17-24, 2005. Knoxville & Nashville, TN. Contact: Perennial Plant Association, 614.771.8431; url, http://www.perennialplant.org
Louisville Nursery Association Meeting. July 20, 2005. Yew Dell Gardens, 5800 North Camden Lane, Crestwood, KY. Contact: Bonnie Ried, 502.245.6097
UKREC All-Commodity Field Day. July 28, 2005. UKREC, Princeton, KY. Contact: Richard Coffey, P.O. Box 469, Princeton, KY 42445; 270.365.7541 x 244, Fax 270.365.2667; e-mail, rcoffey@uky.edu; url, http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/FIELDDAYFlyer2005.pdf
Nursery Management “Business Management”, “Marketing”, and “Industry Trends” with Dr. Charlie Hall & Dr. Steve Isaacs. August 2, 2005. UKREC, Princeton, KY. Contact: Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541x279, dava.hayden@uky.edu or Win Dunwell 270.365.7541 x 209, wdunwell@uky.edu
International Society for Arboriculture (ISA) Annual Conference. August 6-10, 2005. Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee. Contact: Jessica Marx, 888.472.8733; e-mail, jmarx@isa-arbor.com; url, http://www.isa-arbor.com/conference.asp
SNA 2005 - Southern Nursery Association: Researcher’s Conference and Trade Show. August 10-13, 2005. Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. Contact: SNA; 770.953.3311; Fax, 770.953.4411; e-mail, mail@mail.sna.org; url, http://www.sna.org
Louisville Nursery Association. August 17, 2005. Wolford and Associates, 815 Gilliland Road, Louisville, KY 40245. Contact: Bonnie Reid, 502.245.6097
The Farwest Show. August 25-27, 2005. Portland, Oregon, Oregon Convention Center. Contact: Aimee Schendel, Oregon Association of Nurserymen, 29751 SW Town Center Loop West, Wilsonville, OR 97070; 800.342-6401; 503.682.5089 x 2006; Fax, 503.682.5099; e-mail, info@farwestshow.com; url, http://www.farwestshow.com
Risk Management and Financial Analysis Workshop for Nursery/Greenhouse Growers (A USDA-RMA Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education Commodity Partnership Program). August 31, 2005 UKREC in Princeton, KY. Limited to 15 participants. Contact Dr. Bob McNiel, 859.257.8903; Fax, 859.257.2859; e-mail, rmcniel@uky.edu
Risk Management and Financial Analysis Workshop for Nursery/Greenhouse Growers (A USDA-RMA Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education Commodity Partnership Program). September 1, 2005 at Bardstown, KY. Limited to 15 participants. Contact Dr. Bob McNiel, 859.257.8903; Fax, 859.257.2859; e-mail, rmcniel@uky.edu
The Southern Plant Conference. September 8-10, 2005. Louisville, Kentucky. Contact: Matt Gardiner, KY Coordinator, 502.245.0238: e-mail, matthew624@aol.com; or Betsie Taylor, KNLA Exec. Dir., 350 Village Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601 502.848.0055 or 800.735.9791, Fax 502.848.0032 ; e-mail, knla@mis.net ; url, http://www.knla.org ; or SNA Danny Summers, 770.953.3311; Fax 770.953.4411; e-mail, danny@mail.sna.org; url, http://www.sna.org
Commercial Nursery Crop Production Field Day: Above ground container production High CaliperTM Smart Growing System- Smart PotTM. September 19, 2005, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Green’s Silo House Nursery, 7435 New Hope Church Road, Paducah, KY. Contact: Dava Hayden, UK Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, 270.365.7541 x 279 or dava.hayden@uky.edu
Louisville Nursery Association. September 21, 2005. Boone Gardiner, 16411 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40245. Contact: Bonnie Reid, 502.245.6097
2005 International Plug & Cutting Conference. September 25-28, 2005. Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, MI. Contact: Post Office Box 9, Batavia, IL 60510-0009; 888.888.0013; http://www.ballpublishing.com/conferences
Commercial Nursery Crop Production Field Day: pot-in-pot production & fertigation. September 27, 2005, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Kentucky West Nursery Neale Farms, 2317 Hickory Grove Road, Almo, KY. Contact: Dava Hayden, UK Extension Associate for Nursery Crops: 270.365.7541 x 279 or dava.hayden@uky.edu or Todd Powell, UK Calloway County Extension Agent: 270.753.1452 or todd.powell@uky.edu
Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (MTNA) Horticultural Trade Show. September 30 - October 1, 2005. McMinnville Civic Center, McMinnville, TN. Contact: Ann Halcomb, MTNA Exec. Secr., P.O. Box 822, McMinnville, TN 37111-0822; 931.668.7322; Fax, 931.668.9601; e-mail mtna@blomand.net; url, http://www.mtna.com
Kentucky Arborists’ Association Junior Arbor Day. October 1, 2005. Frankfort, KY. Contact: Dino Kent, Chapter Exec.; 606.663.8180; e-mail, kyarborists@hotmail.com; url, http://www.kyisatree.org
IPPS Eastern Region. October 3-6, 2005. Tropicana Casino and Resort, Atlantic City, NJ. Contact: Margot Bridgen, IPPS Executive Secretary/Treasurer, 1700 North Parish Dr., Southold, NY 11971; 631.765.9638; Fax, 631.765.9648; e-mail, ippser@earthlink.net, url http://www.ipps.org/EasternNA/meeting.htm or http://www.ipps.org/International/Index.asp?RequestPage=RegionEvents.asp
American Society of Landscape Architects. October 7-11, 2005. Broward Co. Conv. Ctr., Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Contact: ASLA 636 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-3736; 202.898.2444; Fax: 202.898.1185; urlhttp://www.asla.org or the Kentucky Chapter http://www.kyasla.com
Kentucky Arborists' Association’s Tree Climbing Championship. October 8, 2005 (rain date October 22). University of Kentucky, Lexington. Contact: Dino Kent, Chapter Exec.; 606.663.8180; e-mail, kyarborists@hotmail.com; url, http://www.kyisatree.org
Louisville Nursery Association. October 19, 2005. Churchill Downs, 700 Central Ave Louisville, KY 40208-1200. Contact: Bonnie Reid, 502.245.6097
ISA Certified Arborist Training Workshop. October 21 & 31, 2005. Campbell Co. Cooperative Extension Office, 3500 Alexandria PK., Highland Heights, KY. Contact: DJ. Scully, Campbell Co. Extension Agent: 859.572.2600; Fax, 859.572.2619; e-mail, djscully@uky.edu
IPPS Southern Region annual meeting. Oct. 23-26, 2005. Gainesville, FL. Contact: Dr. David L. Morgan, Secr.-Treas., 601-2 Harwood Road, # 180, Bedford, TX 76021;ph./fax 817.428.2296; e-mail, DavidLMorgan@sbcglobal.net.
Kentucky Turfgrass Conference. October 24-27, 2005. Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY. Contact: Dr. David Williams, 105 Plant Science Building Lexington, KY 40546-0312; 859.257.2715; e-mail, dwilliam@uky.edu; url, http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/ukturf/2005conf.htm
Kentucky Arborists' Association’s Annual Meeting and Conference "Trees Upside Down". November 2, 2005. Paraquet Springs Conference Center, Shepherdsville, KY. Contact:Dino Kent, Chapter Exec.; 606.663.8180; e-mail, kyarborists@hotmail.com; url, http://www.kyisatree.org
Green Industry Expo. November 2-5, 2005. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. Contact: 800.458.3466; url, http://www.gieonline.com
Holly Society of America, Inc. 2005 Conference. November 3-5, 2005. Executive West, Louisville, KY. Contact: Bob Hopkins, Great Rivers Chapter, bob@tnz.us or Rondalyn Reeser, HSA Secretary, 309 Buck Street, P.O. Box 803, Millville, NJ 08332-0803; 856.825.4300; e-mail, secretary@hollysocam.org; url, http://www.hollysocam.org/meetings.htm
The Irrigation Association 26th Annual International Irrigation Show. November 6-8, 2005. Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center, Phoeniz, AZ. Contact: The Irrigation Association, 6540 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Chrusch, VA 22042-6638; 703.536.7080; e-mail, education@irrigation.org; url, http://www.irrigation.org/
Cultivating the Written Word Workshop: Creative Garden Writing From Production to Publication by C. Colston Burrell and Lucy Hardiman. November 7-10, 2005. San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, California. Contact: 415.731.5627, San Francisco Botanical Garden, 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA 94122; e-mail, education@sfbotanicalgarden.org; url, http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/cgi-bin/vertical.pl?d=2453682
Independent Plant Breeder's Conference. November 18-20, 2005. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Contact: Dr. Terril Nell, Program Organizer,University of Florida/IFAS, Environmental Horticulture Department, Chair, PO Box 110670, Gainesville, FL 32611; 352.392.1831 x 377; e-mail: tnell@ifas.ufl.edu; url, http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/IPBC
West Kentucky KNLA Chapter Meeting with Steve Bailey of Garden Center Group. December 6, 2005; 6:00-8:30 pm. Lone Oak Church of Christ Community Center, 2960 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003. Contact: Dusty Kornbacher, 270.527.1884; e-mail, kyflrfmr@vci.net
