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Long Island Horticulture Conference

  • Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM

At the forefront of Long Island horticulture for over 25 years...

We invite you to join us for the 33rd Annual Long Island Horticulture Conference! Landscapers, nursery growers, arborists, landscape architects and designers, turf managers, and others in the horticulture industry throughout Long Island and beyond are invited to attend.

For detail descriptions of each presentation, click on the brochure/mail-in form.

MORNING SESSION

7:30-8:30 AM Sign-in/Refreshments

8:30-8:40Welcome and Announcements
Mina Vescera, CCE-Suffolk & Timothy Green, Brookhaven National Laboratory

8:40 – 9:10 NYSDEC Updates for Ornamental Horticulture
TBD, Bureau of Pesticides Management , NYS DEC Region 1

9:10 – 10:10 Tree injections
Don Grosman, PhD., Arborjet Inc., Woburn, MA

10:10 – 10:45 Vinnie's Top Ten Herbaceous Plants for Long Island Gardens
Vincent A. Simeone, Horticulture Director, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park

10:45 – 11:00 SHORT BREAK with refreshments

11:00 – 12:00 PM Wild Hydrangea for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Sam Hoadley, Manager of Horticultural Research, Mt. Cuba Center, Delaware

12:00 – 1:00 PM LUNCH included with registration

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:00 – 2:00 Biopesticides in the Landscape
Amara Dunn, PhD., Biocontrol Specialist, New York State IPM Program

2:00 – 2:30 Nuts and Bolts and Crowns and Foliage:Little Turf Secrets for Big Results
Tamson Yeh, PhD., Turf & IPM Specialist, CCE-Suffolk

2:30 – 2:45 SHORT BREAK with refreshments

2:45 – 3:15 Vinnie's top 10 Trees and Shrubs for the Collectors Garden
Vincent A. Simeone, Horticulture Director, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park

3:15 – 3:45 Diseases After Drought and Diseases After Rain
Margery Daughtrey, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University

3:45 – 4:15 Next on the Agenda: Spotted Lanternfly
Dan Gilrein, Extension Entomologist, CCE-Suffolk

4:15 – 4:30 Adjourn and Distribution of CEUs

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

Please call Courtney Fenyo at 631-727-7850, x210 or email at cf389@cornell.edu to inquire if seating is still available or to be added to the wait list. No walk-ins are allowed on the day of the conference. Thank you for your cooperation.

Contact

Courtney Fenyo
AG Program Administrative Assistant
cf389@cornell.edu

Location

Brookhaven National Laboratory
William Floyd Parkway, County Road 46
Hamilton Seminar Room (Chemistry Dept., Bldg. 555)
Upton, NY 11973

Last updated March 8, 2023

Information Brochure/Mail-In Registration Form

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Continuing Education Credits

DEC Pesticide recertification credits: 1 CORE credit, 6 credits in 3a; 5 credits in categories 25 & 10; 2 credits in categories 1a, 2, and 3b; and 1 credit in categories 6a, 9, and 22.

ISA Arborist Credits: 2.5 credits for the morning session. 2.5 credits for the afternoon session. Total of 5 credits for the entire day.

Landscape Architecture: This program offers a total of 6.5 hours of NYSED (HSW) continuing education units under the subject of horticulture for NYS registered landscape architects. Morning Session: 3 credit hours, HSW; Afternoon Session: 3.5 credit hours.

CNLP Recertification education credits: 3 credits for the Morning Session and 3 credits for the Afternoon Session. 6 credits for the entire conference.

How to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs): Please read this important message.

Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits: Participants must sign in before the start of the first presentation in each session, and present their applicator’s license identification card or government-issued picture ID in order to sign-in. A certificate of attendance is given at sign-in; get your certificate stamped at the end of each session. If you fail to present your pesticide applicator’s license (or acceptable photo ID), or if you arrive after the sign-in sheet has been removed, you will not be given a certificate of attendance. Sign-in sheets will be removed a few minutes into the first presentation of each session.

NYS Licensed Landscape Architects: Landscape architects interested in earning CEUs are required to sign in before the start of each session. Sign-in sheets will be removed a few minutes into the first presentation approved for LA CEUs. A certificate of attendance is given at sign-in and must be stamped at the end of each session. If the sign-in sheet has been removed, you will not be given a certificate of attendance.

CNLP Professionals & ISA Certified Arborists: Participants interested in earning profes­sional credits must be present for the entire workshop. At the end of the workshop, you’ll need to sign an attendance sheet before leaving.

 

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Brookhaven National Lab requires all attendees to check in at the entry booth before entering the campus. Please allow extra time for this procedure. Be aware that speed limits are strictly enforced by campus police.