Events

Sept. 16-19 – Florida Turfgrass Association’s Conference & Show, PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721 http://www.ftga.org

Sept. 17-19 – Plantscape Industry Alliance’s Calscape Expo, Palm Springs (Calif.) Convention Center & Wyndham Hotel. Contact Plantscape Industry Alliance, http://www.piagrows.org

Sept. 19 – Advanced Weed Management, Hawaii Prince Hotel-Waikiki, Honolulu, HI. http://www.gcsaa.org/education/education.aspx

Sept. 25 – GCSAA Webcast: Foliar Nutrition – A Splash on the Grass with Roch E. Gaussoin, Ph.D. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Sept. 25-26 – Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association’s "Green It’s Your Industry" Convention & Trade Show, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City. Contact the Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association, http://www.oknla.org

Sept. 25-27 – Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association’s The Landscape Show, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando. Contact the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association, http://www.fngla.org

Sept. 28-29 – Carolinas GCSA’s Fall Mountain Meeting, Etowah (N.C.) Valley Country Club. Contact the Carolinas GCSA, 800-476-4272, http://www.cgcsa.org

Sept. 29-Oct. 1 – Golf Inc. Conference, Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Ariz., Contact Golf Inc., http://www.golfincmagazine.com/conference

Oct. 1 – 7th Annual Irrigator Tech Educational Conference, Chino, Calif.
Contact Irrigator Technical Training School http://www.irrigatortech.com

Oct. 1 – GCSAA Webcast: Maximizing Fungicide Performance, Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Oct. 2 – Winning Fields Seminar, Alliance Bank Stadium, Syracuse, N.Y.
Contact New York State Turfgrass Association, http://www.nysta.org

Oct. 7 – Minnesota GCSA’s Greens Management Academy, Pheasant Acres Golf Course, Rogers. Contact Minnesota GCSA, http://www.mgcsa.org

Oct. 8 – Tree Care Issues Workshop, Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens, Stillwater. Contact Mike Schnelle, 405-744-7361, mailto:mike.schnelle@okstate.edu  

Oct. 14 – Iowa GCSA State Meeting, Briarwood Golf Course, Ankeny.
Contact Iowa GCSA, 800-605-0420, http://www.iowagcsa.org

October 15 – GCSAA Webcast: Sending it Down the Drain - Drainage Basics with Bob Oppold. Contact GCSAA Education 800-472-7878, Register now

Oct. 21 – GCSAA Webcast: Career Marketing Tools with Carol Rau. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Oct. 23 – GCSAA Webcast: PGR Use on Golf Courses. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Oct. 29 – GCSAA Webcast: Digital Photography Instruction. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Oct. 30 – 2008 Turf Season in Review: Research from Field and Greenhouse, Results from On-Golf-Course Trials, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Contact UMass Extension Turf Program, 508-892-0382, http://www.umassturf.org

Nov. 2-4 – Irrigation Show 2008, Anaheim (Calif.) Convention Center. Contact Irrigation Association, http://www.irrigation.org

Nov. 4 – GCSAA Webcast: Got It Covered: Using Turf Blankets with Michael Goatley, Ph.D. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Nov. 5 – 2008 Western Turfgrass & Landscape Expo, Pomona Fairplex, Pomona, Calif. Contact Leslie McGuire, 714-979-5276, ext. 116, mailto:lmcguire@landscapeonline.com

Nov. 6 – Dec. 18 – UMass Extension’s 2008 Green School, Sheraton Hotel, Milford, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Turf Program, http://www.umassturf.org/education/conferences_workshops.html

Nov. 9-11 – California GCSA Annual Conference, Trade Show and Golf Championship, Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa, Cabazon, Calif. Contact California GCSA, http://www.californiagcsa.org/annual_mtg.htm

Nov. 11 – South Texas GCSA Annual Meeting, The Houstonian CC.
Contact South Texas GCSA, http://www.stgcsa.org

Nov. 11-12 – Certified Treecare Safety Professional Workshop and certification exam, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contact the Tree Care Industry Association, 800-733-2622, http://www.tcia.org

Nov. 12-14 – Oklahoma Turf Conference, Wes Watkins Conference Center, Stillwater.
Contact Oklahoma Turf Research Foundation, 918-299-0807, http://www.otrf.net

Nov. 13 – GCSAA Webcast: Herbicide Resistant Poa Annua – Real or Imaginary? with J. Scott McElroy. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Nov. 13-15 – Tree Care Industry Expo 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contact the Tree Care Industry Association, 800-733-2622, http://www.tcia.org

Nov. 17-20 – Carolinas GCSA Annual Conference and Trade Show, Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Convention Center. Contact Carolinas GCSA, 800-476-4272, http://www.cgcsa.org

Nov. 18 – GCSAA Webcast: Everything You Wanted to Know About Nitrogen with Brian Horgan, Ph.D. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

Nov. 20 – GCSAA Webcast: Top Notch Communication Skills with Mike Jousan. Contact GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, Register now

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

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