Summer School: June Conferences & Educational Events

Ready to boost your business education? Register for some of the following industry events taking place during the month of June. Visit www.lawnandlandscape.com/events for more conferences, tours, speakers, short courses and other events coming up throughouth the year.

June 6 to 9 Florida Lake Management Society 16th Annual Meeting/2005 Annual Conference, Duck Key, Fla. Contact: Julie McCrystal, 407/324-9781, http://fmls.net

June 7 to 9 Grandy & Associates Basic Business Boot Camp, Owensboro, Ky. Contact: Linda Haddix, 800/432-7963

June 7 to 9 National Lawn & Garden Show, Rosemont, Ill. Contact: 888/316-0226, www.nglshow.com, info@nlgshow.com

June 7, 9, 14, 15 and 21 2005 Greenhouse Growers Short Course sponsored by University of Maryland Cooperative Extension and Maryland Greenhouse Growers Association, Derwood, Md. Classes are 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Individuals who register for the entire course will receive a copy of the 260-page Total Plant Management of Greenhouse Crop manual.Contact: Suzanne Klick, sklick@umd.edu.

June 8 A Contrast of Gardens, Discovery Center & Kauffman Gardens, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: Bill Malouche, 913/362-0503, www.wnla.org.

June 8 Turf Management Workshop for Professionals, hosted by Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension, Chickasha, Okla. Contact: Michael Pettijohn, michale.pettijohn@okstate.edu, www1.dasnr.okstate.edu/oces.

June 8 to 10 Managing Our Landscapes for Multiple Uses: Alabama chapter of the Soil & Water Conservation Society annual meeting, Birmingham, Ala. Contact: Tracy Cole, 256/638-6398, tracy.cole@al.usda.gov, www.alchapterswcs.aces.edu.

June 8 to 11 2005 Snow & Ice Symposium, Louisville, Ky. Contact: The Snow & Ice Management Association, 814/835-3577, www.sima.org.

June 10 Chesapeake Interiorscape Conference, Sponsored by Maryland Greenhouse Growers Association, Maryland Nursery & Landscape Association, Montgomery College, Maryland Cooperative Extension, Germantown, Md. Contact: Vanessa Finney, 410/823-8684.

June 11 to 14 Trees Florida Conference & Trade Show, CEUs available, Palm Harbor, Fla. Contact: 941/342-0153, www.treesflorida.com.

June 13 to 15 2005 NAHB/BALA Design Institute for Builders, Denver, Colo. Contact: 800/368-5242, www.nahb.org/conferences.

June 15 to 18 ANLA Retail Roadshow 2005. Members-Only Opportunity. Non-members who want to attend may join ANLA for $250 to be included with the registration form. First come, first-served. Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: 202/789-2900, www.anla.org.

June 16 Northeast Ohio Lawn Care Seminar, Wooster, Ohio. Contact: 800/510-5296, info@ohiolawncare.com, www.ohiolawncare.org.

June 16 MNLA Field Day at Environmental Concern. Events include tours of restored environmental wetlands and a panel discussion with Eastern Shore Senator Colburn and Delegates Eckardt and Haddaway. Traditional Eastern Short Crab Feast at Higgins Crab House. Register by June 8 for pre-registration discount. St Michaels, Md. Contact: 410/823-8684, www.mnlaonline.org.

June 17 IPM 2005 Nursery Workshop Series III: "Summer Pruning." Washington, Ky. Contact: Amy Fulcher, afulcher@uky.edu, 859/257-1273, www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/IPM05.html.

June 18 Speaker: "How Does Your Garden Grow?" led by landscape architect Fawn Bell. Benefits the Gardens on Spring Creek. $10 per person. Tickets available at local nurseries or at the door. Fort Collins, Colo. Contact: 303/757-5611, www.alcc.com/pdf/jun_18_garden_grow.pdf

June 18 to 22 American Seed Trade Association 122nd Annual Convention - Sowing Seeds of Success, Seattle, Wash. Contact: 703/837-8140, www.amseed.org/mtg_2005ac_index.asp.

June 20 to August 12 Harvard Design School Office of Executive Education Summer Seminars. Seminars run from one to three days in June, July and August and cover topics in design, planning, sustainability, construction, management and more. Cambridge, Mass. Conatct: Harvard Design School, exceed@gsd.harvard.edu, www.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/exec_ed/

June 21 Cornell Field Day, Cornell University Campus, Ithaca, N.Y. Contact: Joann Gruttadaurio, 607/255-1792, www.nysta.org.

June 21 Pot-in-pot Management Workshop with University of Georgia Nursery Crops Faculty Dr. John Ruter and University of Kentucky Entomologist Dr. Dan Potter, Princeston, N.J. Contact: Dava Hayden, dava.hayden@uky.edu, 270/365-7541, www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/pnpmanagement.html.

June 22 Colorado Floriculture Foundation Summer Fling Barbecue 2005, Littleton, Colo. Contact: 303/996-0183, www.alcc.com/pdf/jun_22_CFF_fling.pdf

June 22 Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association Field Day, North Platte, Neb. Contact: 402/450-7192, info@nnla.org, www.nnla.org.

June 22 to 24 2005 Distributors Management Forum hosted by the Independent Turf & Ornamental Distributors Association, Danvers, Mass. Contact: 814/238-1573, info@itoda.org, www.itoda.org/meetings/2005/forum/brochure.htm.

June 22 to 25 2005 Southeast Green Industry Conference, Greenville, S.C. Contact: Shannon Molnar, 877/927-2775, www.sgcts.org.

June 23 Grow Native! Know-How: The Wild Side of Forest Park. Practical application workshop for professionals featuring design, installation and management methods for utilizing native plants in the landscape. Forest Park, Colo. Contact: Bill Ruppert, billr@rupehort.com, 314/966-0253, www.wnla.org.

June 26 to 28 Concrete Technologies Tour. Tour Miller Material Co. for a hands-on "homescaping" demonstration with segmental retaining walls and pavers. Kansas City, Mo. Contact: 800/368-5242, registrar@nahb.com, www.nahb.org/conferences.

June 26 to 29 Garden Centers of America Summer 2005 St. Louis Tour, St. Louis, Mo. Contact: 888/648-6443, sandimcdonald@sbcglobal.net, www.gardencentersofamerica.org.

June 28 to 29 Virginia Sports Turf Manager Association Field Day. Registration is free for 2005 VSTMA members, $20 non-members if pre-registred by June 17, Lunch is $10 for all attendees, members and non-members. Hampden-Sydney, Va. Contact: Dean Whitehead, dwhitehead@hsc.edu, 434/223-7085, www.vstma.org.vt.edu.

June 29 to July 1 Florida Stormwater Association 2005 Annual Conference, Fort Meyers, Fla. Contact: 888/221-3124, stormwater@ksanet.net, www.florida-stormwater.org.

June 30 Bedding Plant Blitz. Sponsored by MGGA, MDA, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension, Montgomery College and MNLA. Hosted by Homestead Growers and PRINS USA. Contact: Hank Doong, 410/823-8684, hdoong@att.net.

June 30 to July 3 2005 FNGLA Annual Convention, Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: 407/295-7994, info@fngla.org, www.fngla.org/convention/gen-info.asp.