Alabama Turf Times - Spring 2013

Spring 2013

TOUGH TIMES DEMAND

Tough Turf Q&A: Golf Course Pesticide Applicator Requirements How to Take a

TURF SAMPLE Plus, ATA Member Spotlight on

BEARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY

Spring 2013

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Upcoming Events —

ATA Sod Producers Field Day and the Mole Cricket Classic Fishing Tournament Recent Events —

2013 ATA RoadShow Seminars ATA Member Spotlight —

Beard Equipment Company Cover Story —

Tough Times Demand Tough Turf Special Feature —

Q&A: Golf Course Pesticide Applicator Requirements Turf Tips —

How to Take a Turf Sample

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From the President’s Pen ATA Annual Sponsors Welcome New ATA Members!

Calendar of Events Advertiser Index

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From the President’s Pen >>>

Greetings, and

THANK YOU!

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Thanks

to all who participated in the Turfgrass RoadShow Seminars, making this one of our best years in recent history. Every single location experienced an increase in attendance, contributing to our success. The total attendance for all the shows was 460, an increase of 7.5% over last year.

It is hard to believe that it is springtime already. I’ve always heard that “the older one gets, the faster time goes.” Not only are the years flying by, but also the seasons, months and even weeks. I’m sure all of us have planned specific projects in the past or had a timely agronomic practice in mind that we were waiting for the right time to start, only to find ourselves scrambling at the last minute to get it done. This is why I wanted to go ahead and tell you not to put off making plans for the upcoming ATA events. ATA will host another Sod Producers Field Day at Craft Farms in Foley, AL, on April 24. The Mole Cricket Classic has been reworked this year into a deep-sea fishing tournament on August 12. And of course, the Annual Conference and Tradeshow is scheduled for October 1–3 in Auburn, AL. You can register for any of these events online at www.alaturfgrass.org.

The Mole Cricket Classic should be an exciting event this year, as we charter fishing boats from Zeke’s Marina in Orange Beach and go deep-sea fishing. Prizes will be awarded for biggest fish (first and second place).

Remember, funds from this event (as well as the Poa annua Classic) go to the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation (ATRF). So don’t be late in registering, or you might miss the boat!

Remember to plan for success!

Glenn A. Hedden 2013 ATA President

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2013 ATA Sponsors GOLD Beard Equipment Company Greenville Turf & Tractor Golf Ventures, Inc. Harrell’s, Inc. Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation

SILVER AAT — Direct Solutions Ewing John Deere Landscapes Syngenta T & O Products

BRONZE AGRI-AFC, LLC Agromax Aquatrols BASF Bayer Environmental Science Humphries Turf Supply PBI/Gordon Southern States Turf Sur-Line Turf

Alabama Turf Times is the official publication of the: Alabama Turfgrass Association P.O. Box 70 Auburn, Alabama 36831 Tel: (334) 821-3000 Fax: (334) 821-3800 Email: mailbox@alaturfgrass.org www.alaturfgrass.org Published by: Leading Edge Communications, LLC 206 Bridge Street Franklin, Tennessee 37064 Tel: (615) 790-3718 Fax: (615) 794-4524 Email: info@leadingedgecommunications.com Executive Director Tricia Roberts Alabama Turf Times Editor James Horton Birmingham Botanical Gardens

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Glenn Hedden Town of Loxley

Vice President John Carter Carter Sod Farm

Treasurer Jeremy Sutton Montgomery Country Club

Past President James Bartley Harrell’s, Inc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS At–Large Richard Brackin Lawrence County Sod Farm

Jason Cooper Richter Landscape Co.

Sidney Whitaker S & S Lawn & Landscape

Golf Cole McInnis Willow Point Country Club

Industry Steve Sanderson AGRI-AFC, LLC

Institution Paul Patterson University of Alabama Huntsville

Lawncare Craig Jones Alabama Lawns

City of Foley

Sod Tres’ Wilkinson South Dallas Turf

EX OFFICIO/ EDUCATION ADVISORS Dave Han, Ph.D. Auburn University

Jim Jacobi, Ph.D. Alabama Cooperative Extension System

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Parks & Recreation Mark Irwin

Upcoming Events >>>

WE’RE HEADING TO THE FARM… 2013 Sod Producers Field Day, April 24 at Craft Turf Farms

By Tricia Roberts, ATA Executive Director

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Alabama Turfgrass Association is hosting our bi-annual Sod Producers Field Day on Wednesday, April 24, at Craft Turf Farms in Foley, AL. This is a full day of learning about the operations of a sod farm. Attendees will view a variety of different grasses, including bermudagrass, centipedegrass, zoysiagrass and ultradwarf bermudagrass. You’ll also see equipment in motion (including mowers, harvesters, netting and sprigging machines), learn the latest research on “Profitable Margins for a Sod Farm” and tour Craft Turf Farms, a family-owned producer of high-quality turf for over 30 years.

Everyone is welcome to attend... sod

producers, golf course superintendents, landscapers, lawn-care specialists, landscape architects and sports-field managers. A good time will be had by all!

The event will start with registration at 9:00 a.m. Equipment demonstrations will start at 10:00 a.m. and continue throughout the day, giving attendees ample time to see the equipment in action and visit with the exhibitors. At noon, everyone will gather for lunch under the big-top tent and hear our keynote presentation, “Profitable Margins for Sod Farms,” from Dr. Dave Han of Auburn University. After lunch, attendees can hop on the bus for a narrated tour of the farm, complete

with details on the varieties of sod and farm history.

Exhibitors, we welcome your participation! Tabletop exhibits will be available under the big-top tent where registration and lunch will take place.

Exhibitors who wish to demonstrate their equipment will be positioned throughout the farm to give you plenty of open space to demonstrate your product. We’ll have fields prepared for mowing (even greens mowers), harvesting, planting, netting, etc.

Make your plans to attend this exciting day on the farm. Register today online at www.alaturfgrass.org. We look forward to seeing you at Craft Turf Farm on Wednesday, April 24. 

WE’RE FISHING UP FUNDS FOR TURFGRASS RESEARCH during the Mole Cricket Fishing Tournament Classic, August 12 in Orange Beach

By Tricia Roberts, ATA Executive Director

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urfgrass research funding is at an all-time record low. To continue to make improvements with research, it is now more important than ever to support our foundation.

Every year, ATA hosts two fundraisers to do just this… fund vital research through our foundation, the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation (ATRF).

A favorite of many members, the Poa annua Classic Golf Tournament is co-hosted with the Alabama Golf Course Superintendents Association at FarmLinks Golf Club in Sylacauga. By the time you receive this issue of Alabama

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Turf Times, this year’s event will have already been held on April 8. We hope you were there for the education — an overview of what is expected during a pesticide inspection (from Jack Ingram of the Alabama Dept. of Agriculture) and a discussion on thatch management (led

by Dr. Beth Guertal of Auburn University) — and great competition during the four-man team scramble on the greens of the only turfgrass research golf facility in the state, FarmLinks.

This year, the Mole Cricket Classic is turning into a Fishing Tournament.

We’re heading out into the Gulf of Mex-

ico to fish for some big ones. Attendees will board several charter boats at Zeke’s Marina for eight hours of fishing bliss on Monday, August 12. We hope the new format will encourage more participation from ATA members.

Your support of these two events benefits you and your business with improvements to products, practices and knowledge for the turfgrass industry. You can register for the Mole Cricket Classic online at www. alaturfgrass.org. Thank you in advance for your support! 

Recent Events >>>

It Was Great to

SEE EVERYONE ON THE ROAD!

By Tricia Roberts, ATA Executive Director

Thank you

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to everyone who attended a RoadShow Seminar earlier this year. The seminars were a huge success! We saw an increase in participation at all five locations: Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville, Loxley and Montgomery. Educating more than 460 turf managers at the five seminars, we saw a 7.5% increase in participation. This comes with great appreciation from the ATA board and staff.

The goal of these RoadShow Seminars is to educate turf managers on principles and practices of turf maintenance. They are scheduled during the winter months so there is no competition with busy work schedules. There is an obvious need for these seminars, and we appreciate you, our members, for supporting these meetings and events.

We would also like to thank our wonderful speakers who traveled the state, teaching at each of these seminars. Thank you to Dave Han (Auburn University), Jim Jacobi (Alabama Cooperative Extension System), Jared McCurdy (Auburn University), Sonja Thomas (Alabama Cooperative Extension System), Murphy Coy (Auburn University), Austin Hagan (Auburn University) and David Held (Auburn University). Their continued support of these seminars is instrumental to the success of the RoadShow Seminars.

In order for these seminars to remain in the “black,” we rely heavily on our sponsors. A big thank you goes out to each of those that supported these seminars in 2013:

PBI/Gordon (lunch sponsor) AAT-Direct Solutions AGRI-AFC, LLC Agromax Dickens Turf & Landscape Company Evac Ewing Irrigation FMC Harrell’s, Inc. Humphries Turf Supply John Deere Landscapes Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation Southern States Turf Sur-Line Turf We look forward to bringing these educational opportunities to the industry again next winter. Until then, thank you — we look forward to seeing you on the road in 2014! 

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ATA Member Spotlight >>>

ATA Member Spotlight on

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Beard Equipment Company

By Tricia Roberts, ATA Executive Director

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fall, the new ATA board of directors hosts a two-day strategic planning meeting. This meeting has been held at various locations around the state, but this past fall, we had the privilege of spending the two-day retreat in Grayton Beach, courtesy of Beard Equipment Company. Ralph Brannin, sales manager for Beard Equipment Company, graciously allowed us to use his family’s beach home for the retreat. We are blessed to have members such as Beard Equipment Company to offer us accommodations to take care of important association business. And, yes, even though we were at the beach, we took care of business!

Hosting our Board Retreat is just one example of this company’s generosity. Beard Equipment Company has been an annual sponsor of the Alabama Turfgrass Association since the inception of the sponsorship program. The company has always been willing to support ATA at our Annual Conference, golf tournaments, educational seminars and field days. Beard Equipment Company founder, William B. Beard Sr., believed that the two most important company assets were its relationships with customers and having high-quality employees. This philosophy still works today, as evident in the company’s support of ATA and its amazing sales team: Herman Bloch, Ralph Brannin, Mickey Pitts, Brad Rounsaville, McCall Bergman and Garlon Rainey.

Three generations of the Beard family have operated this John Deere dealership for central and south Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana since 1970. Today, Beard Equipment has eight locations: Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City, Freeport, Jacksonville, Palatka, Lake City and Ocala. The stores sell and service all John Deere products and commercial mowers that our members use, as well as for the construction, forestry and residential industries. In 2007 and 2011, the company was awarded the Dealership of the Year by the John Deere Company, a deserving tribute to the dream team at Beard Equipment Company.

Thank you, Beard Equipment Company, for being a member, sponsor and friend of the Alabama Turfgrass Association. Your commitment to our association and industry are greatly appreciated by our membership!  The Beard Equipment Company team.

The ATA Board of Directors during a recent Board Retreat at the Grayton Beach home of Ralph Brannin, Sales Manager for Beard Equipment Company.

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Cover Story >>>

By Philipe C. F. Aldahir, Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D. Level) and Member of the Auburn Athletics Department Turfgrass Crew, and J. Scott McElroy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Auburn University

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for recreation, organized sports and physical fitness, athletic fields are venues where people gather to watch a recreational or sporting event or to play themselves.

In 1999, the sport-turf industry in the U.S. listed 16,000 schools, 2,200 colleges and universities, 13,000 parks and 800 professional facilities, generating annual expenditures of $1.5 billion on more than 3 million total acres.

Growing challenges Sports-turf research has evolved at a rapid pace, even though the first global

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efforts in the industry date only from the late 1960s. In Netherlands, for instance, in the middle of the last century, the country faced a lack of physical space for agriculture, which contributed to below-average maintenance standards for turfgrass on sports fields.

Thus, this lack of space created a trend for multi-use sports facilities that were highly trafficked, which, in turn, propelled research into the wear tolerance of turfgrass species.

We have noticed this trend of increased field use for a few years now, with football games occasionally being played in baseball parks (especially dur-

ing bowl season) and even in a rugby stadium in Ireland. Also, non-turf-related events such as concerts, ceremonies and social gatherings are being held on sports fields all over the country, indicating that the luxury days of rest and recovery time for the turfgrass may be over. The scenario is especially dramatic for parks and recreation or high school facilities: a single field could serve football, soccer, lacrosse, the marching band and the cheerleading squad.

Athletic-field grasses In the southeastern U.S., most cultivars utilized on athletic fields were obtained

through interspecific hybridization of an intraspecific crossing (C. dactylon L. Pers x C. transvalensis Burtt-Davy), although common bermudagrass and improved varieties propagated by seed are still found in low-budget facilities.

When compared to common bermudagrass, hybrid bermudagrasses have better quality, finer texture, higher density, darker color and better tolerance to stresses such as wear, cold and shade. In 2002, the USGA Green Section Record stated that since 1983, $21 million dollars funded 215 bermudagrassimprovement projects.

That’s the battle of turfgrass managers all over the Southeast: to find a turfgrass cultivar (often bermudagrass) that can resist year-round wear, recover quickly from damage and make a smooth, fast spring transition from overseeding.

Wear, tolerance and recovery Turfgrass wear is the result of the forces applied to the turf during usage.

This damage includes crushing, tearing and scuffing the turf, with occasional plant disruption and burying, and punching caused by spiked shoes, which can cause reduced biomass and ground cover. Besides the plant damage, wear also inhibits turfgrass growth by depleting soil aeration, altering soil structure and increasing compaction and soil strength, a natural barrier to root growth. Wear tolerance is the capacity of the turf to remain at an acceptable level of quality (playability/safety) when submitted to wear, while the ability to recover from wear is called recuperative potential.

Photo 1. The Cady Traffic Simulator, a modified aerator.

Our research

Figure 1. Aboveground tissue biomass as a function of number of games played weekly.

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Sports-turf research at Auburn University has been evaluating the wear tolerance of five bermudagrass cultivars: Tifway, Patriot, Celebration, TifSport and the recently released TifGrand.

All five cultivars were submitted to simulated football wear with a Cady Traffic Simulator (Photo 1) at rates of one, three and five NFL games per week for ten weeks. A control area with no games was also included in the study.

The study was conducted during fall, to match the environmental conditions for football season.

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Figure 2. Percent green cover after 8 weeks.

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Preliminary results show that one game per week increases aboveground biomass across all five cultivars (Figure 1). The aboveground tissue was weighed from plugs collected with a standard golf cup cutter. Aboveground biomass is a key factor in playability and traction/footing.

Eight weeks after the beginning of the simulations, percent green coverage of the turfgrasses was assessed through digital image analysis. TifGrand and TifSport presented greater green coverage, followed by Tifway and Patriot.

Celebration presented the least green coverage of all studied cultivars. Percent green coverage is an important aesthetic factor, especially in the collegiate and professional levels, where television contracts play a big role.

Furthermore, quality standards and soil factors are also being assessed in order to provide useful information to help turfgrass managers with their sports-field demands. ď ś

Special Feature >>>

By Faye Golden, Program Director, Pesticide Management Section, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

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Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) conducts inspections of commercial pesticide applicators, including inspections at golf courses. Overall compliance has been good, but ADAI has documented several certification violations.

On October 24, 2008, Chapter 80-1-13 of the Alabama Administrative Code was amended to include commercial applicators that use or supervise the use of any pesticide.

This was accomplished by adding the phrase “and other pesticides” immediately after the phrase “restricteduse pesticide” into the definition of each category of commercial applicator (Chapter 80-1-13-.07 “Categories of Commercial Type Pesticide Applicators”). The rule change became effective on November 28, 2008.

Question: Who are commercial applicators?

Answer: A commercial applicator is an individual permitted by ADAI to use or supervise the use of any pesticide for any purpose on any property other than as provided by the definitions of private applicator which is for the purpose of agricultural production on property owned or rented by applicator or his/her employer.

Examples of commercial applicators include: maintenance of turf and ornamentals on golf courses, parks and cemeteries (no agricultural production involved).

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Question: What is the appropriate certification category for pesticide applications on golf courses?

Answer: Applications made by golf course employees to greens, fairways, plants and other ground areas require an applicator be permitted as a commercial applicator in Ornamental & Turf Pest Control – Custodial (OTPC).

Applications made by contract (for hire) employees/ companies to greens, fairways, plants and other ground areas require an applicator be permitted as a commercial applicator in Ornamental & Turf Pest Control – Supervisor (OTPS) and require an annual Professional Services Permit.

Question: What does the inspector review during an inspection?

Answer: Inspectors will check the applicator’s permit to ensure that the pesticide applicator holds certification in the appropriate category, pesticide application records, application equipment, mixing/loading areas and pesticide storage area.

If you have any questions or want additional information, please contact the Pesticide Management Office at 334-240-7242 or by email to cert@agi.alabama.gov. 

Turf Tips >>>

How to Take a

TURF SAMPLE “Send

a sample to the lab.” That’s familiar advice for all turf managers, but an accurate analysis depends on having the right sample. A soil test, a disease diagnosis and a nematode analysis all require a different kind of sample to be effective. Are you always sending the lab what they need to answer your questions?

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Soil sampling For a soil test, soil should be collected from many sites within the turf area of interest. The soils should be combined and thoroughly mixed in a plastic bucket (metal containers will skew nutrient analysis), and about one pint of the resulting soil mixture should be sent to the lab for analysis.

Be sure not to sample too deeply for a turf soil test. Grass roots are usually in the top 6" of the soil, so there is no need to sample and analyze soil that is too deep. Test only the soil in which grass roots can be reasonably expected to grow.

Also, it is important to send in separate samples from areas with different soil textures, colors, drainage or other physical properties. And, of course, if you are sending samples to try to troubleshoot a problem with turf, send in separate soil samples from healthy and problem areas, in order to compare the two.

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and variety (if known) of grass you wish to grow, and indicate whether the soil is for a lawn, athletic field, sod farm or golf course rough/tee/ fairway/green. This will help the lab make the correct recommendation.

At the Auburn soil-testing lab, a standard soil test gives results for soil pH, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium. For an additional fee, micro-nutrient analysis (copper, iron, manganese, zinc, boron, molybdenum, aluminum, cobalt, chromium, lead and sodium) is also available.

The lab also provides foliar nutrient analysis and irrigation-water testing.

Disease determination For a disease diagnosis, the most important part of sampling is to capture an area where active infection is taking place. This is usually at the edge of an affected turfgrass area. Samples taken from the middle of a large dead patch most often are not useful in diagnosis since the fungus that killed the grass has already moved on and other scavenger fungi have already begun to break down the dead turf.

Collect an entire plug from the edge of a patch or ring, or if dead spots are small, collect a plug of turf containing one or more entire spots, plus some healthy turf. Be sure to include soil and roots; even if you think the problem is a foliar one, having an entire plant and some soil will make the diagnostician’s

job much easier. There is no need to dig too deeply. As in soil sampling, any soil from below the zone of root growth won’t help with a diagnosis.

If you are mailing the sample to the lab, place it in a plastic bag inside the box but leave the bag unsealed.

Sealing a sample in an airtight container will probably result in the whole sample rotting away before it can be analyzed. Placing a moist paper towel in the bag will help keep the sample from drying out; again, though, do not seal the sample in an airtight bag.

Sending the sample by overnight delivery will help to ensure that it will be fresh when it reaches the lab.

Whenever possible, time the sending of samples so that they will not spend an entire weekend en route.

Include the following important information: grass species and variety, weather conditions under which the symptoms first appeared and cultural practices used on the turf (such as mowing height, fertilizer applications and any herbicide or fungicide applications). Photographs of the entire turf area can also be very helpful.

Nematode analysis For a nematode analysis, take samples in a manner similar to a soil test. Since nematodes are not uniformly distributed in the soil, it is important to take many small samples and combine them before

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sending in the sample. Also, do not sample too deeply. Stay within the turf root zone, usually the top 5" to 6".

If you suspect nematodes as a cause of problem areas, sample from the edges of the areas in the same way as for a disease diagnosis. Nematode populations will be highest where there are new roots for them to feed, and their numbers tend to decline in soil under dead grass. Remember to take reference samples from unaffected areas, too.

Nematode populations also fluctuate with soil moisture conditions, and sampling when the soil is either exceptionally dry or exceptionally wet will result in artificially low nematode counts.

Most nematode populations also rise and fall with the time of year, reaching a maximum in late summer and falling to their lowest levels in winter. Remember that a nematode population that is below threshold at the beginning of the growing season can grow into a problem over the summer.

New ATA Members!

Summer Ammons City of Prattville Prattville, AL

Bradley Kirkland Auburn University Athletics Auburn, AL

Tommy Beasley ESG Operations, Inc. Opelika, AL

Daxton Maze GreenPro Lawn Services Hartselle, AL

Cole Carter Auburn University Auburn, AL

Michael McRay Watters & Associates Landscape Rome, GA

John D. Carter, Sr. Carter Sod Farm Wetumpka, AL Nathan Fincher Smith Lake Landscaping Arley, AL Sanders Hancock Auburn University Auburn, AL Dale Hyche City of Gardendale Gardendale, AL

Samuel Mize University of Florida Flomaton, AL Ray Murphy Ewing Holly Springs, GA Brant Neely Jr. B & B Enterprise, LLC Madison, AL Steve Newby Fox Run Golf Course Meridianville, AL

Tommy Jacques Jr. The Landscape Source Mt. Meigs, AL

Deven Peek City of Prattville Prattville, AL

Jerry Jean Jerry Jean Huntsville, AL

Levi Razick Razick’s Turf Montgomery, AL

Jamie Kent Kents Landscaping Gulf Shores, AL

Wesley Swoopes Swoopes Enterprises Decatur, AL

For more information, see the diagnostic lab’s web page at www. aces.edu/dept/plantdiagnosticlab/ links.php and the soil-testing lab at www.aces.edu/anr/soillab/ services.php. 

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Resources

Calender of Events >>>

April 24

August 12

October 1–3

ATA Sod Producers Field Day Craft Turf Farms Foley, LA

Mole Cricket Classic/ Fishing Tournament Zeke’s Marina Orange Beach, AL

2013 ATA Annual Turfgrass Conference & Tradeshow Auburn Univ. Hotel & Conf. Center Auburn, AL

July 21–23

August 18–22

October 23–25

PLANET Renewal and Remembrance and Legislative Day Washington, DC Contact: 800-395-2522 www.landcarenetwork.org

StormCon — 2013 Conference The Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, NC

July 22–25

September 12

TPI Summer Convention & Field Days (Turfgrass Producers International) Chicago, IL

UT Turfgrass & Ornamental Field Day (University of Tennessee) East Tennessee Research and Education Center Knoxville, TN

PLANET Green Industry Conference Louisville, KY

October 23–26 School of Grounds Management and Green Industry Expo Galt House Hotel and Kentucky Expo Center Louisville, KY

November 15–18 ASLA — Annual Meeting & Expo (American Society of Landscape Architects) Boston Convention & Expo. Center Boston, MA

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