You are invited to attend an engaging educational program and enjoy tours of Ontario nurseries and propagation facilities. Morning seminars at Warwick Community Centre will highlight irrigation with a focus on the implementation of the transpiration model and other water management practices. Additional talks will address innovations and boxwood production in the industry.

Enjoy lunch at the Warwick Community Centre before touring family-owned Sipkens Nurseries and Garden Centre, specializing in perennials for the wholesale market. From there tour Roelands Plant Farms and witness a state of the art vegetable propagation facility. Lastly, follow up with a visit to Hillen Nurseries. Situated on 350 acres and producing roughly 1 million plants annually, Hillen Nurseries is continually expanding and improving their production.

It’s an action-filled day that is sure to be a great learning experience.

For more details, visit the event page on the IPPS website.

*Please dress appropriately considering the weather (tours continue rain or shine)

Strathroy IPPS Area Meeting and Tour
Wed. July 26, 2017
Warwick Community Centre, Watford,Ont.
Contact Keith Osborne
905-466-0077
keith@gro-bark.com

AGENDA: 

7:30	Breakfast and registration courtesy of Fafard
8:00	Opening Remarks
8:15	Alex Verbinnen, Verbinnen Nursery: Adding an acid injection system
8:30	Lindsay Day, Saunders Brothers Nursery: Implementing an irrigation system using evapotranspiration
9:00	Mike Galenkamp, ACROBATic CONTROLS INC.: Hortimax Irrigation Controls Systems
9:30	Break courtesy of ICL Specialty Fertilizers
10:00	TBD
10:15	Daniel Norden, Profile Products: New soil component helps to more effectively manage water
10:45	Stephen Deschenes, Sheridan Nurseries: Using a large recapture pond, successes and challenges
11:15	Lindsay Day, Saunders Brothers Nursery: Boxwood Blight Prevention at Saunders
11:45	Lunch provided by Gro-Bark (Ontario) Ltd. and Hillen Nurseries Inc.
12:45	Depart for tours (attendees provide own transportation)
1:15	Arrive Sipkens Nursery and Garden Centre
2:30	Arrive Roelands Plant Farms Inc.
3:15	Break courtesy of Kam’s Growers Supply
4:00	Arrive Hillen Nurseries Inc.
5:00	Meeting ends at Hillen Nurseries Inc.

Our speakers have been brought to you in part by ACROBATic CONTROLS INC., Bloom’n Nursery, Haviland Plastics and Profile Products.
 
Lanyards have been brought to you by Plant Products.

REGISTRATION:

Member (Student) Rate: $30.00
Potential Member Rate $40.00
by July 21, 2017

All registrations include speaker program, lunch and tours. Please copy the form for multiple registrants.

Fax registration form to Kathleen Pugliese at 905-875-3942 or email: kpugliese@landscapeontario.com

REGISTRATION FORM