Start your trip to the 2003 Lawn & Landscape School of Management with an informative tour of Stiles Landscape, a Lawn & Landscape Top 100 Company, or attend the lawn care professional training seminar and see how you can grow your lawn, ornamental and tree care operations. Either way, you will take home a notebook full of new ideas and tips on expanding or refining your operations.
The facility tour, always a popular event with School of Management attendees, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003 from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. The host company, Stiles Landscape, is a full-service outfit with more than 145 full-time employees and is a major player in the South Florida landscape market. Attendees will tour the company’s facility and have the opportunity to talk with the Stiles Landscape management team, ask questions about how they run their operation, pick up new ideas for your business and compare notes with fellow contractors. The cost is $20 per person and includes round-trip transportation and refreshments. Advance registration and payment is required.
If lawn care is your business, then the Lawn & Landscape Lawn Care Professional Training Seminar is where you need to be. Scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seminar will feature an array of topics and speakers geared specifically for lawn care professionals covering current business and technical trends. CEU credits will be available for qualifying sessions.
Lawn & Landscape is partnering with the Certified Pest Control Operators Association of Florida on the seminar, and CPCO members are eligible for a discount on registration. Registration is $75 per person ($60 for CPCO members) and $25 with the purchase of a full conference registration to the School of Management. The registration fee includes all conference materials and lunch.
Lawn Care Professional Training Seminar
Education Program
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Current Trends In Turf, Tree & Ornamental Insect Management
Speaker: Erica Santella, TruGreen-ChemLawn
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Structuring Your Lawn Care Operation for Success
Speaker: Terry Kurth, Weed Man
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 – Noon Understanding The Enemy: Insect Identification Made Easy
Speaker: Erica Santella, TruGreen-ChemLawn
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Best Management Practices for Lawn Care Professionals
Speaker: Scott Sincerbeau, LESCO
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. How To Make More Money With Insect Management Speaker: Mel Edelstein, CPCO
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Fire Ants: A “Hot” Business Opportunity
Speaker: To be announced
The School of Management is scheduled for Feb. 8-11, 2003, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and is geared toward managers of lawn and landscape contractor companies of all sizes who are interested in furthering their knowledge of business management practices.
A full conference registration is $245 per person or $195 per person group registration for groups of three or more from the same company. Discounted hotel rooms ($105 per night) are available for attendees at the Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North.
Call 800/456-0707 to register for the conference or register online at www.lawnschool.com.