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REGISTRATION
Registration Option One – Download a form to return to us: Registration Form
NOTE: VTC Members who are attending Wednesday Pesticide or Fertilizer classes or Thursday Pesticide Class MUST use the Registration Form. These items are FREE for members.
Registration Option Two – Use PayPal (note, members attending certain events for free as a member benefit must use Option One)
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Sponsorship Form
Be a 2024 Volunteer or Sponsor (scroll down for descriptions)
Download a pdf form to return to us
Use PayPal to Register and Pay
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2024 Presenting Sponsors
2024 Lunch Sponsors
Service Project
Aquarium Tickets for Attendees: Bill’s Landscaping and Design
SCHEDULE
Monday, January 22 (at the Virginia Aquarium – scroll down for details)
Service Project at the Virginia Aquarium (General Booth Blvd)
Tuesday – Thursday Classes at the Hampton Roads AREC, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach)
THEME: Wetlands, Living Shorelines, and the Lawn/Landscape Professional
Tuesday, January 23 (at the Hampton Roads AREC, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach)
7:30 Registration
8:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks (Wes Bray, Jeff Derr)
8:15 Challenges and Opportunities of Working with wetlands, living shorelines, buffers, and lawn/landscape professional
11:00 Report on the Service Project (Virginia Beach City Public School Students)
11:30 Lunch and Visit Vendors
12:30 Successful Landscape Establishment of Plants Grown in a Greenhouse (Eric Stallknecht)
1:00 Turfgrass as a Buffer (Adam Nichols)
1:45 Examples from the City of Norfolk (Justin Shafer)
2:15 Case Studies (WPL Site Design)
3:00 Closing Remarks (Wes Bray, Jeff Derr)
3:15 End
Wednesday, January 24 (at the Hampton Roads AREC, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach)
OPTION ONE: Pesticide Recertification AND Special Fertilizer Recertification (free for VTC Members)
7:30 Registration
8:00 Pesticide and Fertilizer Recertification Class Begins
2:00 Pesticide Recertification Categories 3A, 3B, and 60 are complete
3:30 Remaining Pesticide Categories End (5A, 6, 8, 10 and 60)
4:30 Special Fertilizer Recertification Class Ends
OPTION TWO: Certified Fertilizer Applicator – Initial Class, Recertification, and Exam
8:30 Registration
9:00 Class Begins
12:00 Recertification Ends
1:00 Exam
OPTION THREE: Landscape/Lawn Modified Short Course (Wednesday AND Thursday)
Topics for Wed and Thur include:
Introduction to the Green Industry (Tom Tracy)
An Indepth Look at Insects (Virginia Tech)
Weeds in the Landscape (Jeff Derr)
Diseases of Turfgrass (David McCall)
Diseases of Ornamental (speaker not confirmed)
Soil Basics (speaker not confirmed)
Trees: The First Three Years (Jason Heizer)
Keeping Your Cool Season Turfgrass Clients Happy in Zones 8 and 9 (panel)
Thursday, January 25 (at the Hampton Roads AREC, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach)
OPTION ONE: Pesticide Certification Review (Core) and Exam – must have VDACS letter to take the exam (free for VTC Members)
7:30 Registration
8:00 Class Begins
12:00 Class Ends
1:00 Written Pesticide Exams
– contact us so we know what exams you plan on taking
– must have a letter from VDACS to take any pesticide exam
OPTION TWO: Landscape/Lawn Modified Short Course (Wednesday AND Thursday
Topics for Wed and Thur include:
Introduction to the Green Industry (Tom Tracy)
An Indepth Look at Insects (Virginia Tech)
Weeds in the Landscape (Jeff Derr)
Diseases of Turfgrass (David McCall)
Diseases of Ornamental (speaker not confirmed)
Soil Basics (speaker not confirmed)
Trees: The First Three Years (Jason Heizer)
Keeping Your Cool Season Turfgrass Clients Happy in Zones 8 and 9 (panel)
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Public School Students Shine – They are designing our 2024 Service Project
Students with Virginia Beach City Public Schools in the Environmental Studies Program are interning with WPL architects. and RBA Architects. Part of their internship is designing the planting at the Virginia Aquarium Educational Pond and designing a system to reduce wetland erosion.
Here are links to the details about Educational Pond. The two students who prepared these plans are interning with WPL Architects.
– Planting Plan and Schedule
– Plant Images and Names
– Plant List
(Note: Details about the system to reduce wetland erosion from excessive stormwater flow will be sent later. Students designing that system are interning with RBA Architects.)
Service Project Sponsors
Agronomic Lawn Maintenance
Bill’s Landscaping and Design
Lawns & Gardens Plus
We Need a Lunch Sponsor for the Service Project
Locations
Monday (Jan 22)
– Service Project at Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Jan 23-24)
– Hampton Roads AREC (1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach, VA)
Be a 2024 Volunteer or Sponsor (scroll down for descriptions)
Download a pdf form to return to us
Use PayPal to Register and Pay
Presenting Sponsors BAY ($3,000 each)
Listed as the Presenting Sponsor(s)
Includes four registrations
Display Table in Prime Location
Display sign or banner with sponsor’s logo
Lunch Sponsors ($2,000 each)
Includes two registrations Display sign or banner with sponsor’s logo
Coffee/Snacks Sponsorship ($1,000 each)
Includes two registrations
Display sign or banner with sponsor’s logo
Display Table Includes two registrations
Prime Location ($650)
Friend of the Bay Sponsor ($300 each)
Includes one registration
Service Project Sponsor ($1,000 each)
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2023 Presenting Sponsors
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COME TO THE BAY
Download the February, 2023 newsletter. The issue is dedicated to Monday’s Service Project.
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