KSU is presenting a workshop for garden center managers and employees on Friday, February 17. For full details, visit http://www.hfrr.ksu.edu/p.aspx?tabid=1030
8:00-8:25 Registration and coffee
8:25 Opening Comments
8:30-10:00 How Growers and Grower Retailers Can Utilize Their Websites to Increase Profitability — Timothy Howard
10:00-10:45 2011 Horticultural Odyssey: What Worked and What Didn’t — Jason Griffin
10:45-11:00 Break with refreshments
11:00-12:00 Who Will Take Care of the Nursery When I’m Gone? — Gregg Hadley
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-1:45 Rock Solid Perennials and Shrubs for Kansas — Eric George
1:45-2:15 How to Distinguish your Independent Garden Center from the Big Box Stores — Barbara Meyer
2:15-2:45 Creating Cost Effective Signage for Your Garden Center — Timothy Howard
2:45-3:00 Break with refreshments
3:00-4:00 Bug-B-Gone: Pesticides and How They Kill Insect And Mite Pests - Raymond Cloyd
*Qualifies for pesticide recertification: 1 hr 3A (Ornamental) & hr 3B (Turf)
4:00-4:30 p.m. Growing Your Business with Social Media — Cheryl Boyer
Contact person:
Cheryl Boyer, crboyer@ksu.edu
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