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8:15 am - 8:45 am
Registration 
8:50 am - 9:30 am
Designing for a Changing Environment
Presenter: Dan Stever, Lexington Lawn and Landscape​
9:30 am - 10:20 am
The Sinister Six - Top Pests of Ornamentals and their Control
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Larson, UK Department of Entomology​
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break & Trade Show
10:45 am - 11:50 am
Connect the Dots: Plant Diversity, Pollinators, and Pest Management
Presenter:  Dr. Joe Boggs, Ohio State University Extension​
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Certificate program in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
Ellen Crocker, UK Department of Horticulture​
12:10 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch Break & Trade Show
1:15 pm - 1:55 pm
Disease Diagnostic Updates
Presenter:Julie Beale, UK Plant Pathology​
1:55 pm - 2:15 pm
Insect Updates
Presenter: Adam Baker, UK Department of Entomology​
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Alumni Drive Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration Project
Presenter: Joe Marwil, Bell Engineering
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
​Afternoon Break & Trade Show
3:20 pm - 4:00 pm
What’s Killing Our Trees?
Dr. Bill Fountain, UK Professor of Arboriculture and Landscape Management
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Turf Nutrition, Pollinators, Weed Control and Nitrogen Fixing
Presenter: Dr. Travis Shaddox, UK Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
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CKOTA Horticulture Conference  -- Thursday, March 2, 2023 --  8:15 am – 4:40 pm
Doors Open at 8:00 am​

Scott County Extension Office
1130 Cincinnati Rd.
​Georgetown, KY 40324
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.
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