School & Parks Turf Management Workshop - Maine.gov

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safe playing surfaces on sports fields and playgrounds? This workshop is ideal for anyone engaged in managing turf at schools, parks or other public spaces. Turf care professionals, School IPM Coordinators, athletic directors, and parks or school maintenance directors and staff will learn the latest recommendations for turf IPM.

Cost: $40.00 advance registration. $50.00 at the door Pesticide Credits: 4

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Mail completed registration and check to: Debbie Davis, Maine Dept of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0028.

Are you using IPM practices to ensure

(Please make check payable to Treasurer, State of Maine.)

methods for controlling them?

Cost: $40.00 (if received by July 18th), $50 at the door.

ent kinds of grubs and find effective

Presenters: Victoria Wallace, turf agronomist, University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension. With training in plant pathology, entomology and ornamental horticulture, plus more than 25 years experience in the turfgrass seed industry, she has worked extensively with turf managers, superintendents, sports field managers and landscape professionals across New England. Gary Fish, Pesticide Program Manager ME Board of Pesticides Control; Kathy Murray, Entomologist ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry; Jim Dill, IPM Coordinator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

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ing, mowing, and aeration?

8:00 AM Check-in/registration 8:30 AM—12:30 PM Growing Green Turf: seed selection for establishment, repair and overseeding turf; assessing turf quality, basic and advanced turf care recommendations to keep grass healthy and prevent or control weeds. Grub control: identifying, monitoring and controlling grubs. Turf assessment, soil-testing, overseeding, aeration demonstrations. New school IPM regulations and pesticide use and record-keeping requirements.

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seed variety selection, watering, fertiliz-

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What’s the latest in overseeding, grass

July 22, 2014 - Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Rd, Brunswick, ME

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Where & When SCHOOL AND PARKS TURF MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM (please photocopy this form and submit one form for each participant)

School & Parks Turf Management Workshop