The UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Office is pleased to announce the following Commercial Horticulture program for December. Commercial Horticulture Agent Tatiana Sanchez-Jones is offering this program.
Green Industries Best Management Practices – Dec. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Alachua County Ag Auditorium (22716 W. Newberry Road, Newberry).
Florida law requires all commercial fertilizer applicators working on residential/commercial properties to hold a certificate issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. To get this certificate, each commercial applicator must be trained in the Green Industries Best Management Practices and receive a certificate of completion from UF/IFAS and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Up to four Continuing Education Units will be available in the following categories: General Standard Core, Private Applicator, Ornamental & Turf, Limited Urban Fertilizer, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Limited Lawn and Ornamental, and Commercial Lawn and Ornamental.
The registration fee is $30.00 (plus a $3.85 Eventbrite fee) and includes lunch and class materials. Participants must register online by Dec. 15. A late fee of $10.00 will be applied to registrations received after Dec. 15 or if payment is made at the door. The class is limited to 30 participants. There will be no refunds for the registration fee.
For more information about this program, contact Tatiana Sanchez-Jones at the UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County at 352-955-2402. Visit the extension office website for additional programs.
An Equal Opportunity Institution. Extension Service, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Dr. Andra Johnson, dean for UF/IFAS Extension. Single copies of extension publications (excluding 4-H and youth publications) are available free to Florida residents from county extension offices.
