Healthy Lawncare Workshop
Be on the cutting edge with a green, earth-friendly lawn
Monday, March 19, 2012 – from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Registration open at 6:00 pm FREE SEMINAR!
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY – 1099 Lone Pine Rd. (@Telegraph)
FEATURED SPEAKER:
Gary Eichen, Bioturf Manager, Mike’s Tree Surgeon’s Inc.
AGENDA:
- 6:30 pm: Composting….for Earth’s Sake! …and green gardening tips!
- Demonstration by SOCWA Master Composters
- 6:40 pm: Don’t Guess….Soil Test! Organic matter test included! (Lillian Dean, SOCWA)
- 6:50 pm: HEALTHY LAWN CARE…FROM “A” to “Z” (Gary Eichen)
- What is a healthy lawn?
- Lawn care basics: mowing, watering, fertilizing
- 7:30 pm: BREAK
- 7:40 pm: Troubleshooting tips: weed management; drought management
- Weed management – low maintenance; low cost
- Drought management
- Questions to ask landscape contractors
- Healthy lawn care service providers
- 8:10 pm: Questions from the audience
- 8:30 pm: Adjourn
Sponsored by SOCWA, the Southeastern Oakland County Water Authority, In cooperation with the Bloomfield Township Public Library
This program is sponsored by a generous donation from The Fair Radom Garden
Endowment Fund. Program funding to SOCWA is through the Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project.