Calendar of EventsFebruay 15, 2005. The Toledo Area Flower and Vegetable Growers Retail Meeting. Held at Wardell's Farm Market, 7713 Dutch Rd., Waterville, Ohio 43566. Judy Sharpton, Growing Places Marketing, Atlanta will be speaking on setting up a garden center, customer flow patterns, merchandising products, and managing employee to sell more products. Registration is limited to 40 participants. For more information please call Wardell's at 419-878-4195. February 24, 2005
Turf,Ornamentals &Core Pesticide License Training. Tom's
Country Place, Avon, Ohio. Pre registration at $40 per person sent
to AGI Pesticide School, P.O.Box 123, Painesville, Ohio 44077. For
complete details contact Charles Behnke at 440-326-5851 or behnke.1@osu.edu
February 24,
2005. TOLEDO AREA BEDDING PLANT
CLINIC. Sylvania Southview High School
7225 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania, Ohio. See Program and registration form February 27, 2005. Great Lakes
Hydroponic Association meeting. From 4-6 p.m. at the Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Rd., Delaware, Ohio. It will follow a Chef's Collaborative Event "From Farm to Table" that will bring in chefs to meet with local fruit and vegetable producers. For more information please contact Mary Donnell, OSU Extension Educator at 419-354-6916 or donnell.8@osu.edu. April 20-22, 2005. The Hydroponic Short
Course . Held at All Occasions Catering in Waldo, Ohio. The program includes an optional workshop on April 20 that will include 4 hours of greenhouse food safety training and 4 hours of education on recruiting, retaining and motivating good employees. On April 21-22 there will be presentations on competing in a global market, business planning, greenhouse design, hydroponic tomato and hydroponic lettuce break out sessions and more. On the afternoon of April 22, participants will tour the VanScoy’s new state-of-the-art 1-acre hydroponic tomato greenhouse. For more information please contact Mary Donnell, Extension Educator, OSU Extension ABE Center, 419-354-6916 or donnell.8@osu.edu.
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