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Extension offers
horticulture, landscaping classes
April 30 symposium to feature
several professional speakers
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Landscape professionals
and home gardeners are
invited to join the Penn
State Extension for a oneday
educational horticulture
event. The Garden
and Landscape Symposium
will be held from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30 at
the Hampton Community
Center, 3101 McCully Road,
Bldg. #6, Allison Park.
The Garden and Landscape
Symposium is an
annual event with professional
speakers discussing
the latest in horticulture.
Landscape professionals
and home gardeners will
hear nationally and regionally
acclaimed speakers
discussing the latest issues
and trends.
Credits are available for
the Pollinator Research
and Garden Design at
11:15 a.m. and Climate
Change in Urban Forest
Sessions at 1:30 p.m. Two
credits each in Pennsylvania
Certified Horticulturist,
Sustainable Landscape
Certificate, Pennsylvania
Registered Landscape Architects.
Featured speakers include:
Robert Mulvihill, an
ornithologist at the National
Aviary, who began
his career at the Carnegie
Museum of Natural
History’s Powdermill Nature
Reserve, which operates
a world-renowned
bird-banding program. He
has authored more than 30
scientific articles on ornithology
and countless articles
on birds and nature.
His bird conservation efforts
have been recognized
by the Audubon Society of
Western Pennsylvania and
the Pennsylvania Society
for Ornithology.
Harland Patch, Ph.D.,
is the director of pollinator
programming at Penn
State’s Bird and Pollinator
Garden and has served as
science advisor to its design.
He has studied butterfly
host plant choice,
pollinator nutrition, bee
declines, and the role ornamental
plants play in supporting
pollinator populations.
Harland’s research
is instrumental in contributing
to better-informed
garden design.
Chris Riley, Ph.D., is a
research entomologist and
the Mid-Atlantic technical
support specialist with
Bartlett Tree Research
Laboratories of Bartlett
Tree Experts. Riley conducts
and disseminates research
on current issues in
urban forestry and arboriculture,
training and supporting
Bartlett Arborist
Representatives and Plant
Health Care Specialists,
and he communicates regularly
with larger audiences
on tree and landscape
care.
To complete the day, visit
the Garden Marketplace
showcasing a wide variety
of vendors, including
plants from the Penn State
Extension Master Gardeners.
Registration is available
online at extension.
psu.edu/garden-landscape
symposium or by
calling 877-345-0691.
In addition, Penn State
Extension has launched
two new online courses,
Plant Identification and
Usage: Vines and Plant
Identification and Usage:
Groundcovers for landscapers,
horticulture professionals
and avid gardeners.
In the groundcovers
course, landscapers learn
to identify the most important
genera and species
of groundcovers used in
the Northeast and mid-Atlantic
states, the cultural
requirements of groundcovers,
common insect
and disease problems, basic
pruning requirements
and timing, and how to
select groundcovers with
resistance to common
problems.
In the vines course,participants will learn
identification features
of climbing vines of the
Northeast and understand
their botanical names and
landscape usage, learn
the cultural requirements
of vines, understand the
usage of climbing vines,and describe the basics of
common insect and disease
problems associated with
vines.
Both courses qualify for
Pennsylvania Certified
Horticulturist continuing
education units. The
courses are ideal for people
seeking employment in
landscape design, installation
and maintenance and
landscape businesses who
want to provide additional
training to experienced
employees.
More information and
registration for these two
new online courses, as well
as Penn State Extension’s
library of Green Industry
Professional Development
Courses, can be found at
extension.psu.edu/landscape
professional-development.
The courses were supported
by the generous
contributions of the Pennsylvania
Landscape and
Nursery Association.
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A butterfly perches on a flower part of a “butterfly wand” at Winnie Palmer
Nature Reserve in Unity.