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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