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Arboretum and Botanical Garden Tours Scheduled for Eastern Nebraska, Continue August 23
Mark your calendars for the following tours of Nebraska arboretums and botanical gardens scheduled for 2008. The free tours will offer a chance for tree lovers, garden enthusiasts and green industry professionals to see and learn more about many great plants and many great gardens the state has to offer.
The tours will emphasize rare and impressive trees, but will also be a great opportunity to see many other beautiful garden plants and the wide variety of birds, butterflies and insects that visit them. The tours are coordinated and sponsored by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum in partnership with local affiliated sites.
More information will be available on the NSA web site, http://arboretum.unl.edu, or by contacting NSA at (402) 472-2971 or jevertson1@unl.edu. Watch for additional tour locations to be added later.
- Saturday, August 23, 8:30am to 11:00am: NSA Display Gardens and Maxwell Arboretum, UNL East Campus, Lincoln. Plants will be for sale from the NSA green house during the event.
- Thursday, Sept 18, 9:00am to Noon: Lincoln Regional Center Arboretum. A brief NSA curators meeting will be held after the tour.
- Thursday, Oct 23, 3:00pm to 5:30pm: Blair Fall Color Tour including Steyer Park and Black Elk Park.
- Saturday, Oct 25, TBA: UNL City Campus fall color tour and Husker tailgate party prior to game with Baylor.
- Thursday, Nov 6, 3:00pm to dusk: Nebraska City Fall Color Tour including Arbor Lodge State Park, Nebraska City High School and NADF Arbor Day Farm.
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Midwest Regional Master Gardener Conference, July 16-19
Gardening Through The Continuum Of Life
Milwaukee, WI
The Southeast Wisconsin MGA is hosting this conference that is held every two years. The theme of the 2008 conference, "Gardening Through The Continuum Of Life", refers to addressing the needs of gardeners of all ages and capabilities.
It will be a entertaining and educational event, with tours, featured speakers that include Michael Weishan (PBS Victory Garden), Melinda Myers (WPT Great Lakes Gardener), Edward Lyon (Janesville Rotary Garden) and Gene Rothert (Chicago Botanical's Enabling Garden.Garden). Of course there will also be great tours available, terrific educational breakout sessions, a silent auction, vendors, and raffles.
The Conference will be at the Wyndham Airport Hotel and Conference Center, Milwaukee. Visit our website, http://sewmg.encumpus.com, for full details and to register.
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UNL Turfgrass Field Day, July 17
The field day this year will be a fast paced, hit-it-and-go-get-it event with lots of great practical information and cutting edge research. The agenda includes:
- Latest research on strategies to control nutsedge
- Best blues and ryes for Nebraska
- New application equipment for lawncare
- Latest data from the NGCSA sponsored organic matter research project, low maintenance turf alternatives. (This is an eight state regional project that UNL is involved in, looking at non-traditional species for turf in the region)
- A stop featuring UNL’s own favorite low maintenance species, buffalograss. The advances and improvements in buffalograss are impressive and sure to be of interest as we address water & resource conservation issues.
The UNL mobile diagnostic facility will also be featured. This is a unique, self-contained mobile trailer equipped with advanced diagnostics tools to assist in making the right decision for pest management strategies. The fee normally charged for diagnostics samples will be waived for any samples brought in for diagnosis.
Cost is $25 per person with registration notification prior to July 11 and $30 after July 11 or on-site. The fee includes coffee and rolls, lunch & handouts (and don’t forget the priceless opportunity to interact with faculty and staff at UNL and network with colleagues!).
To register, please call or email Brenda Gibson at 402-472-1547 or bgibson2@unl.edu indicating the number that will be attending and how you will remit payment. Any questions email Roch Gaussoin at rgaussoin1@unl.edu.
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Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association Field Day, Friday July 25
We are planning guided tours all around Lincoln. The Lincoln Landscape Field Day was a hit before and will be unique, fun and educational. Time to see some great landscapes, enjoy Maxwell Arboretum, get first hand information on how a wholesale grower operates and stop and smell the flowers at Lincoln Sunken Gardens, Lincoln's prize garden in the middle of the city.
The day will begin at East Campus with coffee, juice, rolls, plenty of parking and lots of visiting with friends. Buses and guided tours will roll at 9:00 am. Some of our Lincoln Nurseries/Landscapers have graciously asked their private customers to open up their yards to us. The Landscapers will be on hand to talk about the private landscape.
We meet up again at the Sunken Gardens at 12:00 noon and enjoy a guided tour of the gardens. We can then grab a Brown Baggers lunch and sit in the midst of all the beautiful gardens.
Buses will roll again about 1:45 - 2:00 and head out to more private landscapes and Heritage Nursery West. Buses will return to the East Campus about 4:30. A full day of education, camaraderie and new ideas to take home!!!
It is a unique experience to be able to view private landscapes, tour a gorgeous arboretum, learn from a successful wholesale grower and to hear about starting, funding, and maintaining a public garden. Don't waste another minute, sign up now for the NNLA Field Day.
Registration: 8:00 a.m., Tours Begin: 9:00 a.m.
Cost: Members Before July 9th- $50, After July 9th- $60
Non-Members Before July 9th- $75, After July 9th- $85
Contact: Helen Adams, info@nnla.org, (402) 450-7192
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From Recipe to Reality Seminar, August 8
The Food Processing Center is offering a one-day seminar for all individuals interested in exploring the idea of starting a food manufacturing business. Pre-registration is required and space is limited.
Program dates for 2008:
August 8 - Lincoln, NE
October 27 - Lincoln, NE
Contact Jill Gifford at (402) 472-2819 or jgifford1@unl.edu for an information packet. For more information, visit the UNL Food Processing's Food Entrepreneur web site.
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Nebraska Arborists Association Summer Field Day, August 8
Location:
Eastern Nebraska 4-H Center, 21520 Hwy. 31, near Gretna
Cost: $75.00 for Master Gardeners, $55.00 NAA members, $90.00 Non-members
More Information: Kathi Schildt, (402) 476-3865
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Agenda:
7:30 – 8:00 am Breakfast & Registration
8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome – Bruce Hoffman, NAA President
8:15 – 9:15 am Trees Please - Kim Todd, Landscape Horticulture Specialist & Assistant Professor, UNL
9:15 am – 10:15 am Seeing the Forest AND the Trees - Scott Baker, Registered Consulting Arborist, Tree Solutions, Inc.
10:15 – 10:30 am Morning Break
10:30 am – 12:00 noon* Storm Clouds Gather over the Urban Forest - Steve Schwab, Lincoln City Forester & Eric Berg, State Urban & Community Forester, Nebraska Forest Service
10:30 am – 12:00 noon* Visual Tree Assessment Basics - Scott Baker, Registered Consulting Arborist, Tree Solutions Inc.
12:00 – 12:45 pm Buffet Lunch - Finish lunch early and check out the equipment & exhibits with our vendors.
12:45 – 2:15 pm* Structural Assessment of Trees--Tools, Techniques & Tricks of the Trade - Scott Baker
12:45 – 2:15 pm* Products, Equipment & New Services for the Tree Care Industry - featuring Green Industry Sponsors, Vendors, Agencies and Nonprofits
12:45 – 2:15 pm* Aerial Rescue & Single Rope Technique Demonstrations - Jerel Converse, Certified Arborist & Certified Treecare Safety Professional
2:15 – 2:30 pm Afternoon Break
2:30 – 3:30 pm Planting Shigo’s Tree--A Systems Approach - Jack Phillips, Registered Consulting Arborist
3:30 – 4:30 pm Nebraska Tree Care & Pest Update - Laurie Stepanek, Forest Health Assistant, Nebraska Forest Service
4:30 – 4:45 pm Oaks for the Plains: Natives, Relicts, & Newcomers & the Remarkable Trees of Bur Oak Canyon - Bruce Hoffman & Jack Phillips
4:45 – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks & Drawings - Bruce Hoffman
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Growing and Cooking with Vegetables, August 13-14
Kathleen Cue, UNL Extension Assistant- Horticulture, and Cindy Brison, UNL Extension Educator- Nutrition, are teaming up to present this vegetables class. The second day includes a field trip to the HOPE Garden Project.
Time: 10 a.m. to Noon
Cost: $15.00 Master Gardeners, $20.00 General public
Contact: Kathleen Cue, (402) 444-7804
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