Recent Events

Lawn & Landscape Field Day 2019

The Ingalls Pavilion in Decatur provided a terrific venue for the 2019 Lawn and Landscape Field Day. As many of you know, the Lawn and Landscape Field Day rotates every other year with the Sports Turf Field Day. We thank our Committee Chairs of this year’s event: Heath Puckett, CGCS with the City of Decatur and Deven Peek, Full Bloom Landscapes LLC for all their hard work arranging the meeting.

Many thanks to our speakers; Tom Shannon; of Site One, who spoke on “Basic Irrigation Maintenance and Troubleshooting,” Dave Han with a “Refresher on Sprayer and Equipment Calibration,” and James Horton who gave a timely presentation on “Designing Eye-Catching Seasonal Flower Beds.”

This event would not be possible without our sponsors and exhibitors. Greenville Turf & Tractor prepared a mouth-watering barbeque lunch. Other exhibitors and sponsors include:

Dixie Auto Parts

Site One Landscapes

Huntsville Tractor & Equipment

Walker Mowers

Wright Mowers

2019 Poa Annua Classic Returned to Farm Links

This year the Poa returned to beautiful FarmLinks Golf Club in Sylacauga to raise money for the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation. The Poa has for many years played an important role in supporting turfgrass research through the ATRF.

Prior to the golf tournament, the education program featured Tommy Eden, Esquire, of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. Mr. Eden’s father owned a nursery in Auburn for many years, and his brother owns and operates a lawn and landscape company, so he is grounded in our industry. The following areas were treated with a wealth of information and a humorous presentation.

• Recognizing and Avoiding the Top Nine Employment Litigation Landmines (Effective and Defensible Progressive Discipline & How to Win)

• It’s about Respect — Harassment Prevention Training for Employees and Supervisors

• The Practical Coach Supervisor Training — Coaching Your Supervisors to Maximize Productivity and Job Satisfaction

All of these topics provided valuable and timely information for employees and anyone who manages them.

FarmLinks never showed more to advantage than it did during the Poa tournament this year. Thanks so much to our hosts, golf course superintendent Robert Mitchell and his assistant Hunter Brewer. We also want to thank our sponsors listed below:

Lunch Sponsor: Greenville Turf and Tractor

AGRI-AFC Bayer

Buckler Sand / Endurant Paints

Diamond R Fertilizer

FMC

Koch Turf & Ornamental

Moghu USA LLC — PoaCure

Nufarm

Rhyne’s Select Turf

Southern States Turf Division

Congratulations to the-first place winning team: Hunter Brewer, Gib Fox, Shannon Marion and Andy Turner. Closest to the pin prize winners were Rodney Guy, Sanders Hancock, Andy Turner and Jake Maddox.

Tournament winners: (l-r): Shannon Marion, Hunter Brewer and Gib Fox. Andy Turner not pictured.