NJ Plants Register To Attend
Nursery • Landscape • Garden Center Trade Show
January 24 - 25, 2012
New Jersey Convention Center
Edison, New Jersey

Learn to Earn!

Learn to Earn! Educational sessions covering an assortment of segments of the Green Industry will be highlighted at NJ Plants:

  • Landscape Contractors
  • Nurseries
  • Garden Centers
  • Landscape Architects/Designers
  • Public Works - Schools - Sports Field
  • Business Sessions
  • Hands - On Demonstrations
  • We are still adding to the seminar schedule so check back often for new courses!

    Rutgers Pesticide Re-Certification Courses
    Click here for the details and the NJ & NY Credits that are available.
    Tuesday, January 24
    Green Industry Segments
    Landscape Construction-Maintenance Herbicide & Pesticide Applicators Retail Garden Centers Nursery, Greenhouse & Tree Care Public Works, Schools & Sports Fields Landscape Designers & Architects Exhibit Floor Demo Area
    8:00 - 9:00AM Disease Control in Turf: Culture, Season, Selection
    Pedro Perdomo
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3B, 2 - 6B
    NY Credits:
    1-3A, 1-3B, 1-25
    Disease Control in Turf: Culture, Season, Selection
    Pedro Perdomo
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3B, 2 - 6B
    NY Credits:
    1-3A, 1-3B, 1-25
    10:00 - 10:45AM The Renaissance Garden - Planting for All Seasons -
    Daryl Kobesky and Heidi Hesselein

    Managing Risk For Snow Plow Contractors
    Roseann Primerano
    The Renaissance Garden - Planting for All Seasons
    Daryl Kobesky and Heidi Hesselein
    The Renaissance Garden - Planting for All Seasons
    Daryl Kobesky and Heidi Hesselein
    The Renaissance Garden - Planting for All Seasons
    Daryl Kobesky and Heidi Hesselein
    The Renaissance Garden - Planting for All Seasons
    Daryl Kobesky and Heidi Hesselein
    APLD CEU's:.75
    CNLP CEU's:
    .75 Plants
    Landscaping Equipment Maintenance
    Vern Warta
    10:45 - 11:30 Greening Your Landscape
    Bruce Hellerick

    Four Keys to Strong Growth and More Free Time -
    Bill Silverman
    Greening Your Landscape
    Bruce Hellerick

    Four Keys to Strong Growth and More Free Time
    Bill Silverman
    Greening Your Landscape
    Bruce Hellerick

    Four Keys to Strong Growth and More Free Time -
    Bill Silverman
    Greening Your Landscape
    Bruce Hellerick

    Can You and Your Fleet Survive a Roadside Inspection?
    James Flanagan & Pat Donavan
    Greening Your Landscape
    Bruce Hellerick
    APLD CEU's:.75
    CNLP CEU's:
    .75 Design

    Four Keys to Strong Growth and More Free Time
    Bill Silverman
    APLD CEU's:
    .75
    CNLP CEU's:
    .75 Professional Issues
    Can You and Your Fleet Survive a Roadside Inspection?
    James Flanagan & Pat Donavan
    11:30AM - 1:30PM Lunch
    1:30 - 2:30PM Labor in the Landscape and Nursery Industry
    Craig Reggelbruge

    Transform your website into a lead generating machine
    Adam Sokoloff
    The IPM Approach to Abiotic Turf Disorders
    Sabrina Tirpak
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3B, 2 - 13
    NY Credits:
    1-3A, 1-3B, 1-25
    Transform your website into a lead generating machine
    Adam Sokoloff
    Labor in the Landscape and Nursery Industry
    Craig Reggelbruge

    Transform your website into a lead generating machine
    Adam Sokoloff
    The IPM Approach to Abiotic Turf Disorders
    Sabrina Tirpak
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3B, 2 - 13
    NY Credits:
    1-3A, 1-3B, 1-25
    Transform your website into a lead generating machine
    Adam Sokoloff
    APLD CEU's:1.0
    CNLP CEU's:
    1.0 Business, 1.0 Professional Issues
    Why Kohler Closed Loop EFI
    Craig Magalen
    2:30 - 4:00PM Winning the Price War
    Marcus vandeVliet
    Label Warnings, PPE, and You: Perfect Together
    Pat Hastings
    NJ Credits:
    3-CORE, 2-PP2
    NY Credits:
    1.5 - Core
    Winning the Price War
    Marcus vandeVliet
    Winning the Price War
    Marcus vandeVliet
    Label Warnings, PPE, and You: Perfect Together
    Pat Hastings
    NJ Credits:
    3-CORE, 2-PP2
    NY Credits:
    1.5 - Core
    Winning the Price War
    Marcus vandeVliet
    APLD CEU's:1.5
    CNLP CEU's:
    1.5 Business, 1.5 Professional Issues
    Handheld Power Equipment Maintenance Seminar
    Glen Burkholder


    Wednesday, January 25
    Green Industry Segments
    Landscape Professional-Maintenance Herbicide & Pesticide Applicator Retail Garden Centers Nursery, Greenhouse & Tree Care Public Works Schools & Sports Field Landscape Designer Architect Exhibit Floor Demo Area
    8:00 - 9:00AM Bacterial Leaf Scorch: TLC for your Oaks and Others
    Dr. Ann Gould
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3A, 2 - 6B
    NY Credits:
    1 - 3A, 1 - 25
    Bacterial Leaf Scorch: TLC for your Oaks and Others
    Dr. Ann Gould
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3A, 2 - 6B
    NY Credits:
    1 - 3A, 1 - 25
    9:30 - 10:30AM Permeable Pavers
    Paver Pete

    Helping Trees Recover From the Recent Snow Damage
    Scott Tapp
    The 12 Most Common Store Development Problems and Solutions that DON'T Require a Bulldozer or a Bank Loan -
    Judy Sharpton
    Helping Trees Recover From the Recent Snow Damage
    Scott Tapp
    Permeable Pavers
    Paver Pete

    Helping Trees Recover From the Recent Snow Damage
    Scott Tapp
    Permeable Pavers
    Paver Pete
    APLD CEU's:1.0
    CNLP CEU's:
    1.0 Design
    Helping Trees Recover From the Recent Snow Damage
    Scott Tapp
    10:00 - 10:45AM Pros & Cons of LED Lighting, Design & Install
    Focus Industries
    Constantine G. Pergantis
    Licensed Tree Expert Update
    Jason Grabosky
    Licensed Tree Expert Update
    Jason Grabosky
    Licensed Tree Expert Update
    Jason Grabosky
    Pros & Cons of LED Lighting, Design & Install
    Focus Industries
    Constantine G. Pergantis
    APLD CEU's:.75
    CNLP CEU's:
    .75 Design, .75 LED Lighting
    Pros & Cons of LED Lighting, Design & Install
    Focus Industries
    Constantine G. Pergantis
    10:45 - 11:30AM Segmented Retaining Walls
    Paver Pete

    Cooperative BioBalance
    Dr. Jim Conroy & Basia Alexander
    NJ's New Fertilizer Law Update
    Jim Murphy


    Cooperative BioBalance
    Dr. Jim Conroy & Basia Alexander
    Segmented Retaining Walls
    Paver Pete

    Cooperative BioBalance
    Dr. Jim Conroy & Basia Alexander

    NJ's New Fertilizer Law Update -
    Jim Murphy

    Segmented Retaining Walls
    Paver Pete
    APLD CEU's:.75
    CNLP CEU's:
    .75 Design, .75 Seg. Retaining Walls

    Cooperative BioBalance
    Dr. Jim Conroy & Basia Alexander
    APLD CEU's:.75
    CNLP CEU's:
    .75 BioBalance, .75 Pest Management
    Cooperative BioBalance
    Dr. Jim Conroy & Basia Alexander
    11:30AM - 1:30PM Lunch
    1:30 - 2:30PM Planning to Make a Profit
    Ed Kleinman

    Site Engineering & Snow Plowing Efficiencies
    David Hessong
    CNLP CEU's:
    1.0 Professional Issues
    Southern Pine Beetle: A Serious Threat to NJ Pine Barrens
    Dr. Jim Lashomb
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3A, 2 - 6B
    Retail Lessons from Public Gardens
    Bruce Crawford

    Planning to Make a Profit
    Ed Kleinman
    Planning to Make a Profit
    Ed Kleinman
    Southern Pine Beetle: A Serious Threat to NJ Pine Barrens
    Dr. Jim Lashomb
    NJ Credits:
    2 - 3A, 2 - 6B

    Site Engineering & Snow Plowing Efficiencies
    David Hessong
    Planning to Make a Profit
    Ed Kleinman
    APLD CEU's:1.0
    CNLP CEU's:
    1.0 Business, 1.0 Professional Issues
    Chainsaw Safty
    Carlos Mejias
    Northeast Stihl
    2:30 - 4:00PM Injections, Drenches, and Sprays: When, Why, and How?
    Sabrina Tirpak
    NJ Credits:
    3 - CORE, 2 - PP2
    NY Credits:
    1.5-3A, 1.5-25
    CNLP CEU's:
    1.5 Pest Management
    Inventory Management as a Store Development Opportunity

    Judy Sharpton
    Injections, Drenches, and Sprays: When, Why, and How?
    Sabrina Tirpak
    NJ Credits:
    3 - CORE, 2 - PP2
    NY Credits:
    1.5-3A, 1.5-25
    * Seminar schedule subject to change without prior notice.