TNLA Winter Education set for Feb. 5-6

TNLA?s winter short course will be next week, Feb. 5-6 in Pigeon Forge at the Music Road Convention Center.

Dr. Allan Armitage, Univ of Ga, will give Monday?s Keynote on ?The Incredible Changing World of Annuals?These Aren?t Your Mother?s Marigolds Anymore.? Some might say that his talk and autograph would be worth the trip.

?Immigration Reform? will be Tuesday?s Keynote topic presented by Craig J. Regelbrugge, Senior Director of Government Relations, with the American Nursery & Landscape Assoc.

Go on line to tnla.com, click events and see the entire program. Dr. Fare will address the optimal planting depth with trees while Marie Hofer, HGTV, discusses Ponderings from the HGTV Web.

Doug Airhart will talk about producing TennSelect trees for cities while Karen Vail addresses the ever poplar topic of killing fire ants in the home landscape.

You can choose between Dr. Bryson James providing insight into the nursery industry and his perspectives for the future or Hugh Conlon and the aristocrats of Mid-South gardens.

Have you caught on? There are 2 concurrent sessions. After a fabulous lunch, David Vandergriff will share his knowledge about proper tree pruning in the nursery and landscape or James Newbern will explain the best plants he has learned with trial gardens.

A fantastic speaker and all-around ?wild and crazy guy? will share his top 10 practical tips for nursery producers while Neal Denton will discuss soil preparation for plant success.

Landscape Professional Expectations of Disease-Resistant Plant Material will be discussed by Bill Klingeman, while Jack Green shares his passion for water gardening.

QuickBooks will be introduced for nursery and landscape use while Mike with Growild will share his thoughts on planting outside the box with unique natives.

Tuesday has the pesty insect and disease topics covered by the glamorous Hale and Windham team. Alan has created a platter of root and crown rots that is the delight of herbaceous and woody ornamentals everywhere.

Gene Burgess, Mr Excitement himself, will stare down worker protection standards, in front of an almost live audience. The audience will be unprotected.

Beth Babbit will cover naked ground before your very eyes with groundcovers, successfully. Adults only.

Tom Stebbins, former lab Bureau Chief, will mystify you with his ability to identify plant problems without taking them out of the plastic bag. But he is more reliable when the samples are taken out of the …

I do not know Troy Marden with the Nashville Public Television. I?ll stick with the script and say that he will offer some landscape design tips from the Volunteer Gardener.

A great time should be had by all. Well, I got you to read to the end, didn?t I? And my fingers never left my hand. . . . And everything. Know what I mean?

Eight pesticide points and 3 TCNP points are available. On it!