Events

April 1 – Application deadline for Penn State’s Two-Year Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program, University Park. Contact Penn State, 814-863-0129, http://cropsoil.psu.edu/academic/turfgrasst.cfm

April 1 – Training for Grounds Managers and Public Officials on Implementing IPM Guidelines for Turf, Landscapes and Indoor Pests in Massachusetts Schools, Holiday Inn, Marlborough. Contact the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry Program, 413-545-0895, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

April 2 – Starting Your Website: Design Basics, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 3 – South Florida Field Day. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

April 5 – Cape Cod Horticultural Conference, Barnstable High School, Performing Arts Center, Hyannis, Mass. Contact Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, 508-375-6690, http://www.capecodextension.org

April 7 – Annual Spring Turfgrass Seminar, SRP Pera Club, Tempe, Ariz. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

April 8 – Spring Tree Maintenance, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 16 – Pruning Trees and Shrubs, Holiday Inn, Brockton, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

April 16 – Do You Want Fries With That? - Using Vegetable Oils as Diesel Fuel Replacement, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 16 –  Purple Pipes: Promises and Precautions for Water Reuse, Contact University of Arizona Water Sustainability Program, Maricopa Agricultural Center, Maricopa, Ariz., http://turf.arizona.edu/events.htm

April 16  – Advanced Management of Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Golf Greens, Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., Click here.

April 22 – Being Old Tom Morris: ‘Greenkeeper’ and Golf Course Architect, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 25 – Florida Sod Growers Cooperative Field Day, Bethel Farms, Fort Pierce, Fla. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

April 29 – Scouting for Pests and Problems of Turf and Woody Ornamentals Walkabouts, Elm Bank, Wellesley, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

May 15 – Karsten Turfgrass Field Day, Tucson, Ariz. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

May 22 – Citra Field Day. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

May 28 – IPM Workshop, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Contact Mike Schnelle, 405-744-7361

May 28 -- Scouting for Pests and Problems of Turf and Woody Ornamentals Walkabouts, East Bridgewater, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

To learn if you can receive education points for any of these programs, visit the GCSAA External Education Listings.

We want to know about your conference in advance. To submit an entry for Conferences, please send your information five to six months before you’d like to see it published. We run conference information for two months in NewsWeekly and three months in GCM. Send a contact name if all details are not final. Contact GCM, Attention: ComingUp, 1421 Research Park Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049-3859; fax 785-832-3665, mailto:ddevictor@gcsaa.org.