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    Woodbine Tree Care Seminar

    • February 18, 2016
    • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 205 Camden Ave, Woodbine, GA 31569

    TREE CARE SEMINAR


    Presented by:

    City of Woodbine

    February 18, 2016


    TOPICS

    (taught by a variety of instructors)

    • Soil Health Management for Trees
    • Identification of Plant Issues
    • Invasive Threats and Control
    • Trees as an Asset
    • Tree Selection
    • City of Augusta Tree Management
    • Asian wooly Hackberry Aphid
    • Preparing for the Storm

    CEUS available


    Cost:

    $35 per person.  Make checks payable to City of Woodbine/Tree Board; Mail check and registration form to P. O. Box 26, Woodbine, GA  31569.   Lunch is provided courtesy of Dow AgroScience.  


    For questions leave message/text for Beth Gowen @ 912.258.3106.  Seating is limited so please make reservations ASAP.  It is ok to bring payment to seminar, however, please make reservations.  


    8:00 – 8:30 A.M. – Registration

    8:30 – 9:15 A.M. – “Tree Risk Assessment: Before and After the Storm” – Mark McClellan, Specialist Forester/Arborist, Georgia Forestry Commission

     

    9:15 – 10:00 A.M. – “Air Potato Management in Trees for Coastal Georgia” – Jessica Warren, Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent, UGA Extension – Camden County

    10:00 – 10:15 A.M. – Break

    10:15 – 11:00 A.M. – “Green Infrastructure and the Stormwater Connect” – Keren Giovengo, UGA Public Service Representative, EcoScapes Sustainable Land Use Program, UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant College Program, Brunswick, GA

    11:00 – 11:45 A.M.  – “Dow Herbicide Registration and Forestry Uses” – Darrell Russell, Senior Sales Specialist, GA, Dow AgroScience

     

    WORDS FROM - Lunch Sponsor Dow AgroScience

     

    11:45 – 12:45 P.M. – Lunch and Sponsorship Program

    12:45 – 1:30 P.M. –“Planting Site Management to Support Tree Establishment” – Larry Figart, Urban Forestry Extension Agent, Duval County Extension Service, IFAS

    1:30 – 2:15 P.M. – “Pesticide Usage and Safety” – Dr. Don Gardner, Ag and Natural Resources Agent, UGA Extension, Glynn County

    2:15 – 2:30 P.M. Break–

    2:30 – 3:15 P.M. – “Top Twelve Invasive Plants and Insects and Control Measures” – Chip Bates, Georgia Forestry Commission

    3:15 – 4:00 P.M. – “Soil Health as It Relates to Trees” -   NRCS Representative, Statesboro, GA     



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    Phone:  (404) 913-1422
    Address:  GAA ~ P.O. Box 2516, Decatur GA 30031

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