The Johnston County Nursery Marketing Association will hold the 2010 JoCoPlantShow (formerly “Plant Fax Live”) on July 14th from 8:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Kerr Scott Building located within the North Carolina State Fairgrounds Complex. Along with the trade show at which you will be able to browse high quality plants grown by our 26 nurseries, continuing education credits in both irrigation and pesticide education will be given. The show schedule is as follows: More »
July 3rd, 2010 | Category: News | Comments (2)
The Johnston County Nursery Marketing Association will hold the new and improved JoCoPlantShow (formerly “Plant Fax Live”) on July 14th, 2010 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the N.C. State Fairground’s Kerr Scott Building in Raleigh, NC. This year’s show is upgraded from years’ past shows with educational sessions including pesticide and irrigation continuing education credits and a Plant Showcase with host Bryce Lane from “In the Garden with Bryce Lane”. You can still browse high quality plants from all 24 of JoCoPlants experienced growers and browse products ranging from pesticides to mulch to farm equipment. The show’s schedule is as follow: More »
June 22nd, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment
We, at McLamb’s Nursery, are pleased to announce that we are offering 20% off of container plants and up to 20% off of field-grown trees. Very limited exclusions do apply, so do not hesitate to call us for further details and availability – (919) 894-3709 or toll free (800) 900-3709. .
June 15th, 2010 | Tags: 20% off container plants, 20% off trees, Holiday Special, JCNMA, JoCo Plants, Johnston County Nursery Association, McLamb's Nursery | Category: News | Leave a comment
Mark your calendars now! The Johnston County Nursery Marketing Association is putting on the JoCo Plants Show complete with educational courses including continuing education irrigation credits, pesticide credits, and Plant ID with “In the Garden” host Bryce Lane. Each JCNMA nursery will be showcasing their plants trade show style. All of these events will be held at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC. More information on the event will follow soon. If you have any questions, you may fax (919) 233-0424 or e-mail johnstoncountynurserymen@gmail.com .
May 12th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment
Amie Newsome, our hard working and knowledgable Johnston County Extension Agent, will be speaking about Environmental Management in a Nursery Operation. The meeting will be from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Johnston County Agricultural Center (2736 NC Hwy 210, Smithfield, NC 27577). We hope to see you there!
April 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Environmental Management in a Nursery Operation, JCNA, Johnston County Nursery Association, Sustainability | Category: News | Leave a comment
The Johnston County Pesticide Disposal Day will be held on March 25, 2010 at the Johnston County Livestock Arena. The doors will open at 10:00 AM and remain open until 2:00 PM. The Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program (PDAP) is a consumer services program in the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The goal of the Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program is to assist these citizens of North Carolina by managing and supervising the safe collection and lawful disposal of banned, out-dated, or unwanted pesticides. Since its inception, the Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program has properly collected and disposed of over 1 million pounds of pesticides from North Carolina. The Program’s goal for the future is to assist and promote the establishment permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection sites in those counties without permanent facilities. In addition, the Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program also intends to conduct approximately 40 Collection Day events per year throughout the state in an attempt to have a Pesticide Collection Day in each county in the state at least once every other year.
Event Location
Johnston County Livestock Arena
520 County Home Road
Smithfield, NC 27577
Contact
Tim Britton at (919) 989-5380
March 13th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment
The NCDA will offer the pesticide license exams for all categories on March 17th at 1:00. Anyone wishing to take any of the exams should be at the Johnston County Ag Center by 12:30 with an ID, pencils, and a calculator. There will be a review for all private applicators beginning at 10:00 at the Ag center.
Event Location
Johnston County Ag Center
2736 NC 210 Hwy
Smithfield, NC 27577
Contact
Tim Britton at (919) 989-5380
March 13th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment
There will be a review for anyone wishing to take the Ornamental and Turf Exam on Tuesday, March 16 beginning at 3:00 PM and ending at 5:00 PM at the Ag center. The NCDA will offer the pesticide license exams for all categories on March 17th at 1:00. Anyone wishing to take any of the exams should be at the Johnston County Ag Center by 12:30 with an ID, pencils, and a calculator.
Event Location
Johnston County Ag Center
2736 NC 210 Hwy
Smithfield, NC 27577
Contact
Tim Britton at (919) 989-5380
March 12th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension is inviting all applicators to interactive pesticide training on March 12th, 2010 beginning at 1:00 pm in Smithfield, NC. The training will be held at the Johnston County Livestock Arena, 520 County Home Road, Smithfield, NC. County Home Road is about 2 miles West of the Johnston County Ag Center on NC 210 Highway. At this event there will be some hands on activities to help emphasize and enhance skills needed for applying pesticides correctly including; reviewing software for wind prediction, drift management, sprayer calibration, and PPE. The training will provide 2 credit hours are available for pesticide applicators in categories A, B, G, H, I, L, N, O, D, X.
Event Location
Johnston County Livestock Arena
520 County Home Road
Smithfield, NC 27577
Contact
Tim Britton at (919) 989-5380
March 10th, 2010 | Tags: JoCo Plants, Johnston County, NC Cooperative Extension Service, pesticide credits, pesticide recertification credits | Category: News, Tips | Leave a comment
There will be a Fruit Tree training and pruning demonstration at The Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC on Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 10am until 12pm. Dr. Mike Parker will be presenting information on training and pruning fruit trees at the workshop at the research station. Pesticide credits of 0.5 hours have been approved for codes L N O D X.
February 16th, 2010 | Tags: Central Crops Research Station, Clayton, Fruit Tree Pruning, Fruit Tree Training, Fruit Trees, JoCo Plants, jocoplants, Johnston County Nursery Marketing Association, nc, North Carolina Extension Agency | Category: News | Leave a comment
