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Previous Trainings:
Level 2 Training Spring 2018: Houseplants
Week 3: Popular & Recommended Houseplants
Popular and Recommended Houseplants 6-slide
Week 2: Care & Feeding of Houseplants
Care-And-Feeding-of-Houseplants-2018-Presentation
Week 1, Part 1: Orchids
Getting Started With Orchids – Outline
Getting Started With Orchids- Slides
Week 1, Part 2: Cacti & Succulents
Major Families and Genera of Succulent Plants
Growing Succulents In The Upper Midwest – Handout
Growing Succulents – Slides
Level I Training Fall 2017
Level 1 Orientation Part 1:
Level 1 Orientation Part 2:
Woody Plants — Mike Maddox
Lawn Care for Homeowners (10-10-17)
IPM Reflections
The Top 6 Inches (Soils Presentation) (Optional)
Composting
Plant Diseases — Brian D. Hudelson
Answers for Interpreting Soil Test Results
Herbaceous Ornamentals: Annuals and Perennials
Flowers With Flair (Presentation)
Flowers With Flair (hand-out)
Veggies A-Z (Presentation)
Spring Vegetable Planting Schedule
Making Your Own Seed Tapes
Veggies Class Excercises
Entomology (Insects) — PJ Liesch
Weeds and Invasives
Do-It-Yourself Fruits
Level 2 Spring 2017: Tree & Shrubs in Our Landscapes
Week 1: Trees and Shrubs in Our Landscapes
Trees and Shrubs Video Part 1
Trees and Shrubs Video Part 2
Most Common Trees and Shrubs Class Hand-Out:
Our Most Common Trees and Shrubs – Slides
Week 2: Most Common Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs in Our Landscapes
Insects Video Part 1
Insects Video Part 2
Insect Pests – Slides
Week 3: Most Common Diseases of Trees and Shrubs in Our Landscapes
Diseases Video
Tree Diseases Handout
Week 4: Better Selection of Trees and Shrubs for Our Landscapes
Better Selections of Trees and Shrubs for Our Landscapes Word Document
Better Selections of Trees and Shrubs for Our Landscapes PDF Document
Better Selections Video Part 1
Better Selections Video Part 2
Level 2 Spring 2015 “Gardening with Wildlife”
Session 1: Speaker Christelle Guedot
Pollinators: Importance, Decline, and Conservation” (Power Point)
Pesticides and Honey Bees
Supporting Native Bees
Conserving Bumble Bees
Great Lakes Pollinator Bees
Session 2: Speaker David Drake
“Wildlife Management in Your Yard” (Power Point)
Wildlife Damage Management
Chipmunk-GroundSquirrel
Session 3: Speaker Dianne Robinson
Your Yard As Habitat
Session 4: Speaker Susan Mahr
Butterflies in the Backyard (Presentation)
Gardening with Beneficial Insects (Presentation)
Level 2 Training Spring 2014
Landscape Design
GardenDesign – Carrie Hennessy
Level 2 Training Fall 2011
Native Plants: Ecology, Cultivation and Use of Wisconsin Native Plants
Natural Systems of Wisconsin
Specialty Training Fall 2010 Grow Your Own Vegetables
Sharon Morrisey, Consumer Horticulture Agent, Milwaukee County UWEX
Grow Your Own Vegetables
Vegetables for Wisconsin Gardens
Vegetable Garden Pests
Specialty Training Fall 2009 Landscape Plants and Lawns
Soils and How They Affect Plants Jim Stute, Rock County UWEX
Soils and how they affect plants
Deciduous Shrubs Sharon Morrisey, Consumer Horticulture Agent, Milwaukee County UWEX
Deciduous Shrubs: The good, the bad, the ugly
Weed ID & Control Mark Renz, UW Weed Specialist
Weed ID Management
Care of Woody Landscape Plants Dr. Laura G. Jull – Nursery Specialist, Department of Horticulture, UW-Madison
Proper Tree and Shrub Planting
Proper Tree and Shrub Nutrition in Urban Landscape
Pruning and Training Small Trees and Shrubs
Deciduous Trees Mike Maddox, Rock County UWEX
Deciduous Trees
Conifers Barb Larson, Kenosha County UWEX
Conifer Power Point Presentation
Environmentally Friendly Lawn Care Dr. Patti Nagai, Racine County UWEX
Organic Lawn Care Power Point Presentation 1
Organic Lawn Care Power Point Presentation 2
Specialty Training Fall 2008 Herbaceous Ornamentals
Using Containers and Tropicals – Mark Dwyer
Weeds – Mark Renz
Flower Garden Design – Jim Drzewiecki (not provided)
Herbaceous Garden Design – Eileen Nelson
Annuals Our Widening Garden Palette – Carol Beatty (not available)
Flowering Bulbs – Steve Lesch – This information is copyrighted
Herbaceous Perennials – Ed Lyons
Insect Pests (Color) – Dr. Chris Williamson
Insect Pests (Black & White) – Dr. Chris Williamson
Diseases – Dr. Brian Hudelson
Fall Specialty Training 2007 Native Plants, Plant Communities and Natural Landscaping October 3 – 31, 2007
Summer Specialty Short Course 2007 Trees & Shrubs
- Bittersweet
- Boxwood
- Coffeetree
- Cotoneaster
- Douglasfir
- Fir White
- Hackberry
- Honeylocust
- Hydrangea
- Ninebark
- Oak Bur
- Oak Red
- Oak White
- Arborvitae
- Ash Green
- Ash White
- Birch Paper
- Birch River
- Clematis
- Crabapple
- Elm American
- Euonymus
- Forsythia
- Ginkgo
- Hawthorn
- Juniper Chinese
- Juniper Creeping
- Juniper Redcedar
- Lilac Common
- Lilac Miss Kim
- Lilac Palibin
- Linden
- Magnolia
- Maple Freeman
- Maple Norway
- Maple Red
- Maple Sugar
- Pachysandra
- Pines
- Potentilla
- Rhododendron
- Roses
- Spruces
- Viburnum
- Vinca
- Virginiacreeper
- Weigela
- Wisteria
- Witchhazel
- Yew
- Sumac
- Walnut Black