2018 Speakers


Dan Stever is Director of Employee Development and Outreach at Klausing Group Inc., a commercial landscaping business in Kentucky (Green Infrastructure and Climate Change)

Richard Durham is Extension Professor of Horticulture at the University of Kentucky (No P on My Lawn)

Susan Plueger is Director of the Division of Environmental Services, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (Contracting with LFUCG for the Maintenance of Urban Greenspaces)

Joe Boggs is Extension Professor of Entomology, Ohio State University (Weighing in on the Scales: Identifying and Managing Hard and Soft Scales on Woody Plants)

Holly Wiedemann is the President of AU Associates, an urban planning and environmental design firm in Lexington (Working with Design Professionals to Preserve Existing Trees in Infill Projects)

Julie Beale is an agricultural research specialist and plant disease diagnostician in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky. (Plant Disease Updates from the UK Plant Pathology Lab)

Chris Dent is Senior Municipal Engineer at the Division of Water Quality, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (Improving Lexington’s Waterways through Lexington’s Storm Water Incentive Grant)

Paul Vincelli is Extension Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky (Low Maintenance Lawn Care)

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CKOTA Horticulture Conference ---  Thursday, February 8, 2018 --  8:00 am – 4:20 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.