Get Educated—Opportunities from the New York State Nursery & Landscape Association

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Get educated

Education Days are here again! Here’s a brief list of what’s happening in each region:

Region 1:
Thursday, Feb. 19, 8:30 am – Friday, Feb. 20, 4:30 pm
H.O. Penn, 660 Union Ave., Holtsville
Highlights:
Attendees at LINLA’s Building a Better Landscape Business Workshop will receive a sales and expense plan built specifically for your company, an estimating and pricing system, efficiency benchmarks, estimating and job planning methods, and more.
Click here to register online.

Region 3:
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
The Century House (Clarion Hotel), Rte. 9, Latham
Highlights:
Ms. Erin Pirro, Farm Credit East, “Determining the Real Cost of Production.” great information for all business owners.
Mr. Nick Collins, NYS DOT, “Rules of the Road”
Vendor Presentations are back by popular demand.
Click here to register online.

Region 4:
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 8:15 am (registration begins at 7:30 am)
The Lodge at Welch Allyn, 4355 State Street Road (State Route 321), Skaneateles Falls
Highlights:
Keynote speaker: Jason Grabosky, Rutgers University, “Another Day, Another Invasion – EAB and Aspects of Community Responses.”
Download a registration form here.
Region 5:
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 am – 4:30 pm
Double Tree Hotel, 1111 Jefferson Road, Rochester
Highlights:
Speakers include Allan Armitage, emeritus professor University of Georgia; Rich Buckley, Coordinator Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, Rutgers University; Bill Deacon, Manager of Field Operations, NY Mets; and Christine Froehlich, executive director of the Rochester Civic Garden Center.
Click here to register.
Region 6:
Friday, Feb. 6, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Salvatore’s Italian Gardens Restaurant, 6461 Transit Rd, Depew
Highlights:
Michael A. Dirr, retired professor of horticulture, University of Georgia, delivers the keynote speech, “In Praise of Noble Trees,” and presents “The Sun Never Sets on New Plant Introductions: The Ever-Changing World of Flowering and Evergreen Shrubs.”

Click here for a brochure and registration form.
Region 8:
Wednesday, March 4, 7:45 am – 4:30 pm
Owego Treadway Inn Conference Center ,1100 State Route 17C – Owego
Highlights: TBA
For more information/registration, contact Elizabeth Snyder at 607.722.4208 or email her at [email protected]

Get certified

If you’re interested in becoming a Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional , there’s still time to get your application in. Review sessions and exam dates are being scheduled around the state now.

If you’ve been a CNLP for nine consecutive years, you’re eligible to pursue Senior CNLP status by retaking the CNLP exam.

Click here for information and an application.

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