Contact:
Neil Mattson
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
nsm47@cornell.edu

Thanks to our 2018 field day sponsors...

• Lambert Peat Moss

...and our trial bed participants:

• Ball FloraPlant
• Ball Ingenuity
• Dümmen Orange
• EarthWork Seeds
• Kieft Seed
• Mark Adams Greenhouses
• PanAmerican Seed
• Proven Winners
• Selecta

• New York State Flower Industries
• Karl Auwaerter/ Bayport Flower Houses
• Monrovia
• Pride's Corner

Touring annual flower trials at Bluegrass Lane.

Mark your calendar:

August 8, 2018 - 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location:

• Morning Program – Stocking Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
• Afternoon Program – Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Facility, Ithaca, N.Y.

Cost: $90 (Adult) , $30 (Student) - includes light breakfast, lunch and parking pass)

Two ways to register:

• By mail, pay by check: Download .pdf.
• Online, pay with credit card: Go to form.

Registration deadline: August 1

Questions? Contact: Tara Reed TLN2@cornell.edu

Program

.pdf version 

Morning Program
Stocking Hall, Pepsico Auditorium – Emcee, Neil Mattson

8:00-8:30: Registration

8:30-8:45: Welcome and announcements

*8:45-9:15
What you need to know about Genetically Modified plants to answer your customer’s questions Margaret Smith, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University

*9:15-10:15
Biocontrol of greenhouse pests, what’s working and what’s new? Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Buglady Consulting

10:15-10:45 Break and visit vendors

*10:45-11:30
Invasive Species challenges and solutions in NYS Carrie Brown-Lima, Director of the NY Invasive Species Research Institute Cornell University

11:30-12:15
Why on earth grow vegetables on a roof? Mark Winterer, Owner and Director of Operations, Recover Green Roofs

12:15-12:30 Evaluation

Afternoon Program
Bluegrass Lane

1:00-1:30 Lunch and visit vendors - Lunch sponsored by The Lambert Peat Moss Company

1:15 Announcements and orientation to flower trials

1:30-2:00 Explore the annual and perennial trial beds at your leisure

2:00-3:00 Learning stations (30 minutes each) - Choose two from:

• *Creating a pollinator-friendly garden, Scott McArt, Cornell University
• *Biocontrol Q & A, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Buglady Consulting
• Guided Tour of Annual Gardens and Special Projects including grafted tomatoes, retail potting mixes, reblooming hydrangea and pollinator mixes, Kendra Hutchins, Cornell University

3:00-4:00 Ice cream social sponsored by Lambert Peat Moss (Families welcome to join us at this time.) Continue to explore trials at your leisure.

*DEC pesticide certification credits have been requested for these sessions (2.25 credits total morning, 1.0 total afternoon)