Northeastern IPM Center
Fourth Annual Floriculture Field Day - August 8, 2006

The fourth annual Cornell University Floriculture Field Day will be held on Tuesday, August 8. Faculty, staff, and extension educators across the state plan the Field Day together with an industry advisory board and NYSFI to provide an occasion for networking, education, inspiration, and sheer enjoyment of horticulture. There will be nearly 1,000 kinds of annuals and perennials to observe and learn about.

The morning program features speakers Jim Nau, Ball Horticulture Company, discussing ìTried and True Landscape Plantsî and Terri Starman, Texas A&M University, speaking on ìContainer Gardens are not Rocket Science.î Additional speakers include Buffalo NY garden writer Sally Cunningham and Cornell entomologist John Sanderson. This session will be held in the James Law Auditorium, Shurman Hall, East Tower Road.

The afternoon program continues at the Bluegrass Lane Research facility with tours, emphasizing the perennial trials. Further information is available at: http://www.greenhouse.cornell.edu/floriday.html



http://www.greenhouse.cornell.edu/floriday.html

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