2024 Conference Agenda

8:00 am - 8:25 am
Registration 
8:25 am - 9:15 am
Plant Installation and Maintenance
Presenter:  Dr. Bill Fountain, UK Department of Horticulture, Emeritus
9:15 am - 10:05 am
Permaculture
Presenter:  Nachie Braga, Geomancer Permaculture
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Coffee Break & Trade Show
10:20 am - 11:10 am
Physcology of Landscape Design
Presenter:  Dr. Tom Nieman, UK Department of Landscape Architecture, Emeritus
11:10 am - 11:40 pm
Tree and Plant Appraisal
Presenter:  Dr. Bill Fountain, UK Department of Horticulture, Emeritus
11:40 am - 12:50 pm
Lunch Break & Trade Show
12:50 pm - 1:40 pm
Tried, True, and New Trees and Shrubs
Presenter:  Kris Stone, Director of Boone County Arboretum
1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Tree Risk Assessment with Decay Fungi​
Presenter:  Christine Balk, Technical Advisor (Plant Pathologist), Davey Tree Company  
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
​Afternoon Break & Trade Show
2:45 pm - 4:05 pm
2023 Insect Roundup and a Look at the Future
Presenter:  Dr. Jonathan Larson, UK Department of Entomology
4:05 pm - 4:30 pm
Pesticide Regulation Update
Presenter:  Brad Smith, Division of Pesticides
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CKOTA Horticulture Conference  -- Thursday, February 13, 2025

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.