2018 Conference Agenda

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration 
8:30 am - 8:45 am
​Welcome
Beate Popkin, ​CKOTA President
8:45 am - 9:35 am
​Green Infrastructure and Climate Change
Dan Stever
​Klausing Group
9:35 am - 10:00 am
No P On My Lawn: Managing Nutrients in Urban Landscapes
Rick Durham
UK Department of Horticulture
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Coffee Break & Trade Show
10:20 am - 11:10 am
Contracting with LFUCG for the Maintenance of Urban Greenspaces
Susan Plueger
LFUCG Environmental Services
11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Weighing In On the Scales: Identifying and Managing Hard and Soft Scales on Woody Plants
Joe Boggs
The Ohio State University, Entomology
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Lunch Break & Trade Show
1:20 am - 2:10 pm
Working with Design Professionals to Preserve Existing Trees in Infill Projects
Holly Wiedemann
​AU Associates, Lexington
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
Plant Disease Updates from the UK Plant Pathology Lab
Julie Beale
​UK Plant Pathology
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
​Coffee Break & Trade Show
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Improving Lexington’s Waterways through Lexington’s Stormwater Incentive Grant Program
Chris Dent
LFUCG Division of Water Quality
3:40 am - 4:20 pm
Low-maintenance Lawn Care
Paul Vincelli
​UK Plant Pathology
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CKOTA Horticulture Conference  -- Thursday, February 13, 2020 --  8:15 am – 4:40 pm

Fayette County Cooperative Extension Office
 1140 Harry Sykes Way      
​Lexington, Kentucky 40504
CKOTA Mission Statement
​The purpose of the Central Kentucky Ornamental and Turf Association is to promote horticultural improvement, professionalism and networking; to encourage the further study of horticultural, arboricultural, and turfgrass sciences; and to analyze and disseminate information.