Thursday, February 2, 2017 Sharonville Convention Center 11355 Chester Rd Cincinnati, OH 45246 7:00 8:30 am Registration & Trade Show Opportunity 8:30 9:30 am Keynote Speaker Jim Chatfield, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Ohio State University Extension, For all Attendees in Room 101 What We Know For Sure, But Just Ain t So Prairifire crabapple does not get scab. Viburnum nudum will die from viburnum leaf beetle. Callery pear is the greatest street tree. Ashes are great street trees for Ohio. Matter cannot be created or destroyed. Let us discuss knowledge, science, limitations, error, research, and everyday horticulture. 9:30 10:30 am Concurrent Sessions Annuals & Perennials Emerging Ideas and Issues Garden Center & Greenhouse Innovation Sustainable Landscaping Tree & Shrub Care Turfgrass Management 10:30 11:00 am Break/Trade Show Opportunity 11:00 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions Annuals & Perennials Emerging Ideas and Issues Garden Center & Greenhouse Innovation Sustainable Landscaping Tree & Shrub Care Turfgrass Management 12:00 1:30 pm Lunch & Dessert with Exhibitors 1:30 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions Annuals & Perennials Emerging Ideas and Issues Garden Center & Greenhouse Innovation Sustainable Landscaping Tree & Shrub Care Turfgrass Management 2:30 3:00 pm Break/Trade Show Opportunity 3:00 4:00 pm Concurrent Sessions Annuals & Perennials Emerging Ideas and Issues Garden Center & Greenhouse Innovation Sustainable Landscaping Tree & Shrub Care Turfgrass Management 4:00 5:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
Annuals & Perennials Sessions Room 201 Time Topic & Description Speaker 9:30 10:30 Exciting New Perennials for Everyone From Plant Experts to Average Gardeners More and more new perennials are flooding the market every year creating challenges and tough decisions. When do too many choices crash your customer? Which plants will become the new industry standards and which will slip away into oblivion? Which will perform well in gardens and improve the performance of our businesses? In his role at one of the region s top plant brokerage firms, Jesse is in a perfect position to answer all the above and more. Jesse Hensen, Eason Horticultural Resources 11:00 12:00 Tulips and Minor Bulbs in the Landscape Join us for a complete overview of how the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden designs, orders, prepares beds, and installs its 110,000 bulb display every year. We will also look at proven minor bulbs, as well as tulip varieties that have proven consistent in our displays over the years. Brian Jorg Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 1:30 2:30 Grasses and Sedges Key Elements of Intensive Naturalistic Landscapes Naturalistic landscaping continues to gain in popularity in American gardens. Grasses and sedges play an important role in contributing to the garden ecosystem while providing four seasons of beauty in the landscape. Design, planting and care will be discussed during this presentation. Jim Hansel University of Cincinnati 3:00 4:00 Perennials that Work Join Steve Foltz for a fast paced talk that features the perennials that do the job and then some. Perennials that solve problems, provide nectar for pollinators, wow you and more! Steve Foltz Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Tri State Green Industry Conference Emerging Ideas and Issues Sessions Room 104 9:30 10:30 Climate Change This presentation will discuss climate science and present evidence that climate change is real. Dr. Dan Herms OSU 11:00 12:00 Emerging Technologies Adding Drones to your Tool Kit This presentation will include: 1. Consumer Reports, January 2017 2. Ways Drones Are Changing Your World 3. Potential UAV Applications 4. Facilitating Agriculture and Conservation 5. Example UAV / Drone system components 6. Government Regulations 7. Basic Rules 8. Safety 9. Know Before you Fly 10. UAV Simulation software 1:30 2:30 Urban/ Suburban Deer Management New Metrics People everywhere love deer, but at some point too many deer become a societal problem. We ve reached that point. Deer are causing widespread harm to forests in the eastern US, including the urban forest and reforestation initiatives. This presentation shows how deer are impacting us all, and the difficulties of dealing with this emotionally and politically charged issue. Dr. Blossey is part of a team at Cornell that is changing the way communities and land managers evaluate the impact deer populations have on urban/ suburban wooded lands. They've developed a simple tool that indicates actual regeneration potential, changing the way management conversations should be structured and control programs evaluated. (Remote Presentation) J. William Finkler Brownstone Consulting Groupe Dr. Bernd Blossey Cornell University, Associate Professor Department of Natural Resources 3:00 4:00 When Trees Die, People Die It's been known for some time that urban canopy cover improves air quality and has positive impacts on infant birth weights and property value. Emerald ash borer (EAB) and associated rapid tree loss, presented a "natural experiment" and generated data that this economist and forest researcher explored, revealing the degree to which urban canopy impacts individual and public health. The work received widespread attention in national media. (Remote Presentation from New Zealand) Dr. Geoffrey Donovan US Forest Service
Garden Center & Greenhouse Innovation Sessions Room 105 9:30 10:30 The Benefits of Beneficials: Improving Your Greenhouse Operation with Beneficial Insects Are you concerned about chemical usage at your greenhouse? Are your customers? If you have been thinking about adding beneficial insects to your pest management program, then this talk is for you. Greenacres greenhouse manager, Stephen Sehlhorst, will share the highlights and failures from the first year of adding beneficial insects to their pest management program. Walk away with real world lessons learned to help improve the safety and efficiency of your greenhouse operation. Stephen R Sehlhorst Greenhouse Manager Greenacres Foundation 11:00 12:00 Hydroponics Dr. Beth Scheckelhoff OSU Extension Educator Greenhouse Systems 1:30 2:30 Important diseases of greenhouse floral crops and their management This talk will provide an overview of the most important disease of greenhouse floral crops, including how to properly identify them, how to manipulate the environmental conditions that are conducive to disease development, and how to integrate cultural, chemical and biological tools for their management. Dr. Francesca Peduto Hand 3:00 4:00 Plant Health Care for Interiorscapes: An Exploration of Common Abiotic Disorders An overview of the key abiotic issues of interior plantscapes, including monitoring, diagnosis, prevention and treatment using the PHC (Plant Health Care) management model. Treatment options will be explored. Heather Augustine LEED Green Associate Faculty, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
General Pest & Disease Management Sessions Room 101 102 9:30 10:30 Scaling New Heights, an Update on Scales, Mites, and Other Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs Eric Day Virginia Tech 11:00 12:00 Managing Weeds in the Landscape Proper management of weeds in landscapes starts with correctly identifying the weed. In addition, knowledge of the life cycle of the weed will allow you to choose the best herbicide and apply it at optimal time for control. Dr. Dave Gardner OSU Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture & Crop Science 1:30 2:30 How Pesticides Work, and how you can make them work Better This session will address pesticide mode of action from a whole plant perspective. We ll cover how pesticides move in plants, how pests encounter the pesticide, and how this information can help us make our applications more effective. Mary Ann Mimi Rose, Ph.D. OSU Extension, Director, Pesticide Safety Education Program 3:00 4:00 Identification and management of important and emergent diseases of trees & shrubs This talk will review important diseases of trees and shrubs and provide a research update on some emergent and re emergent diseases. Dr. Francesca Peduto Hand 4:00 5:00 Know Your Target: Industrial Vegetation Management This presentation will teach why learning weed biology is important; making an accurate identification is critical to targeting unwanted vegetation with an effective management strategy including effective herbicides. Joe Boggs
Sustainable Landscaping Prairie & Pollinator Sessions Room 204 9:30 10:30 Minimizing Risk to Pollinators When Using Insecticides This presentation will help pesticide applicators increase their awareness and skill in minimizing the effects of pesticide applications on pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, birds, bats, and other animals. Dr. Dave Shetlar OSU, Department of Entomology 11:00 12:00 36 Views of Sustainable Landscaping The Big Picture Jim Chatfield OSU, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Joe Boggs 1:30 2:30 Planting for Pollinators Planting for pollinators not only brings fun to the landscape, it ultimately makes for a healthier and more rewarding garden. And it s easy. A few simple principles and any landscape can become a place that will have your customers wanting more. Scott Beuerlein Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Jordan Holtkamp Eason Horticultural Resources 3:00 4:00 Natives What are They and How can They Help Natives have been the hot topic for a while, but are they all created equal? Joi us as we look at those plants that are a cut above the rest. Brian Jorg Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Tree & Shrub Care Sessions Room 202 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 Benefits of Landscape Plant Growth Regulators Reducing the amount of top growth a plant puts on in a season can be beneficial from an aesthetic and pruning labor standpoint. Modern growth regulators offer a host of secondary health benefits that improve a plant's chances of surviving in our urbanized ecosystems. By the end of this talk attendees should have a better understanding of how plant growth regulators work and their application in the landscape. Insect and Mite Pest Management and Emerging Threats for 2017 Jeff Picher Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements Eric Day Virginia Tech, Department of Entomology 1:30 2:30 Tree and Shrub Disease Management Updates Jim Chatfield OSU, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist 3:00 4:00 ANSI A300 Standards For Tree Care This presentation will cover what are ANSI and the ANSI A300 committee. It will also cover what you need to know about ANSI A300 Standards updates.soil assessment, modification, fertilization and drainage. Richard Rathjens PhD, Senior Agronomist, Davey Institute
Turfgrass Management Sessions Room 203 9:30 10:30 Soil Basics for Turfgrass Management Soil is the foundation upon which we build turfgrass plants which means soil problems lead directly to turfgrass problems. This is particularly true for urban soils which are often severely damaged during home construction or by well intended changes made by homeowners or others. This presentation will dig beneath the surface to shine a guiding light on how you can recognize and repair soil problems. Joe Boggs 11:00 12:00 Turfgrass Insect Management Update This presentation will provide the latest research based information on managing turfgrass insect pests. From grubs to cutworms, this talk will help you to develop a cost effective turfgrass pest management plan. Dr. Dave Shetlar OSU, Department of Entomology 1:30 2:30 Turfgrass Weed Identification In order to have the best chance of successfully managing weeds, proper identification is important so that the most effective herbicide option can be selected. In addition to knowing how to identify the weed, knowledge of its life cycle will enable application of the herbicide at the most optimal time to increase chances of control. Dr. Dave Gardner OSU Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture & Crop Science 3:00 4:00 Turfgrass Disease Management a Review of 2016 and Looking Ahead to 2017 There will be a discussion of the common diseases and problems in turfgrass in the Midwest & Approaches to Management Also included will be an Update of Current & New Turfgrass Fungicides Joseph W. Rimelspach OSU Program Specialist