Success StoryBluegrass-Buckeye Yard and Garden Live



Bluegrass-Buckeye Yard and Garden Live

Author: William Fountain

Planning Unit: Horticulture

Major Program: Commercial Horticulture - Landscape Ecosystems

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Bluegrass-Buckeye Yard and Garden Live

Green industry professionals have meet annually for 20 years in the greater Lexington area to learn about the challenges and opportunities of managing trees and other landscape plants in central Kentucky. The emphasis in 2017 was on horse farms. Forty professionals from the greater Cincinnati and Lexington Areas met at Ashford Stud to learn about the interaction of arborists with the equine industry. Specialists from The University of Kentucky and Ohio State University in Arboriculture/Landscape Management, Entomology, and Pathology discussed their disciplines with these professionals emphasizing the challenges and opportunities with the equine industry.






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