A new year is upon us and time again for the winter trade shows, where we get to mingle with our green industry associates.
We look forward to seeing you at the up coming shows:
MANTS January 11-13, 2012, Baltimore, MD – Booth #1811
Green & Growin’ January 19-20, 2012, Greensboro, NC – Booth #144
SCHI February 2-4, 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC – Booth #66
We wish you a happy New Year!
Are you worried about things that affect your labor force such as e-verify, Department of Labor Restrictions, or ICE laws? Click here to watch a video concerning the future of the Green Industry’s Labor Force by the American Nursery & Landscape Association.
Registration is now open via the link below for the forty-seventh annual conference of the North Carolina Irrigation Society to be held at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh on Wednesday November 2nd.
Please click (or cut and paste into your browser) on the link below for program details, professional development and CEU offerings, and registration information. Please join the Irrigation Society members to network with colleagues for what should be an enjoyable and informational day.
Join us on the road…or right down the road that is. We’ll be showing at the all new 2011 Summer Green Road Show at the Raleigh Convention Center Aug. 17-19. Not only will we be at the JocoPlants booth, but all of our member nurseries are showing as well. So, come on down and visit with us for a while. For more information regarding registration and show schedule, please click here. We look foward to seeing you there!
The North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association is promoting locally grown NC plants through a TV commercial. Click here to watch the video.
Apply at http://www.raleighnc.gov/employment
Permanent Position: Horticulturist
Position Title: Horticulturist
Position Number: see website
Number of Positions: 1
Closing Date: 04/10/2011
Salary Range: $38,769.69 – $63,679.67
Department: Parks & Recreation
Division: Parks
Location: Marsh Creek Operations Center
Minimum Requirements
Undergraduate degree in horticulture or related field. Thorough knowledge of horticultural practices and principals with a minimum of 5 years experience supervising staff in related tasks. Minimum 3 years experience, working in, preferably managing, a greenhouse production facility to include an understanding of greenhouse environmental management along with extensive knowledge of propagating annuals, perennials, tropicals, and woody ornamentals. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Access). Ability to learn complex greenhouse control systems. NC Public Operators Pesticide License required with at least 3 years experience applying pesticides and preferably 1 year experience training and overseeing other applicators. Extensive woody plant knowledge with a minimum of one year experience in landscape design. 1 year experience in maintaining records, writing reports, and general office duties related to unit activities. A Valid NC Class “C” Driver’s License.
Position Duties
Provides support, training, and administrative oversight to the horticulture operations of the parks department. Works closely with 14 division gardeners to coordinate special planting projects, develops and reviews landscape designs, reviews plans submitted for capital projects, and other related horticultural tasks. Responsible for purchasing and distributing all related materials. Oversees the management of a departmental pesticide policy. Provides training and supervision of the department’s 32 licensed pesticide applicators. Responsible for all purchasing, inventory, storage, and related documentation of pesticides, including maintaining and operating a large access database for pesticides. Oversees the management of the greenhouse and nursery while having direct supervision of the fulltime grower and part time assistant. Interacts with other city departments, government agencies, vendors and industry professionals to insure department’s goals are met.
The ideal candidate for this position should be strongly self directed and organized with the ability to multi-task. Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines are essential. This candidate will have the opportunity to work with all levels of personnel, other city departments, outside agencies, vendors, and volunteers etc.; strong written and verbal communication skills critical.
*Salary information listed with each vacancy includes the entire pay range for that position; from the minimum rate to the maximum rate, as described in the City of Raleigh’s Classification and Salary Plan.
We cordially invite anyone who would like to gain 1.5 hours of pesticide credits to the monthly Johnston County Nursery Association meeting on March 22, 2011 at the Clayton Workforce Development Center from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
JCNA Meeting Notice
Monthly Meeting
Date: Tuesday March 22, 2011
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Workforce Development Center (135 Bestwood Drive, Clayton, NC 27520)
Speakers: Sarah Wong ~ “Utilizing Biological Controls as part of an IPM plan for Nurseries and Greenhouses”
Amie Newsome ~ “IPM Strategies for Nursery and Greenhouse Operations”
Pesticide Credit: 1.5 hours (L, H, N, X)
Note: Please R.S.V.P. by March 21st to Ruth at (919) 552-4521 or johnstoncountynurserymen@gmail.com to let us know how many are coming. The meal for this event will be picked up before the meeting. The Dutch Meal will be $10.00 per person. Barefoot will be catering again this month. Only those who RSVP will get a meal!!!!!!!
Tick season is quickly approaching, are you up on the latest about ticks and tick-transmitted disease? Are you familiar with Amblyomma maculatum, Rickettsia parkeri, ehrlichiosis, four-posters, and how to protect yourself and others from tick bites?
The DENR Public Health Pest Management Section, DHHS Communicable Disease Branch and NSCU Entomology Department are offering a one day Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Workshop at 2728 Capital Boulevard in Raleigh. The cost of registration is $30 and includes lunch.
The agenda and registration information is available at:
https://www.wakeahec.org/CourseCatalog/CASCE_courseinfo.asp?cr=33296
Pesticide license re-certification credits, REHS continuing education credits, plus 0.6 CEU and 5.5 contact hours for nurses and other medical fields will be available.
Growers, landscapers, and homeowners beware! Granulate ambrosia damage was reported in Johnston Co. today. Growers in this area should begin protecting susceptible trees with preventative applications of a pyrethroid insecticide.
Growers in colder regions may have weeks before beetles emerge though with this warm weather it may not be long.
Recommendations: A landscape borer spray containing a pyrethroid such as permethrin or bifenthrin can be used and may have to be reapplied every three weeks while beetles are active.
Astro, Permethrin Pro (permethrins), and Onyx (bifenthrin) are registered for use on tree trunks in the landscape.
For nursery sites Perm-Up (permethrin) is labeled for field grown nursery stock. OnyxPro (bifenthrin) is labeled for application to tree trunks in landscape and nursery sites.
Generic equivalents to the above products are also acceptable.
More details on Granulate Ambrosia Beetle can be found at
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/trees/note111/note111.html
