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2008 WTLE Round Table a Huge Success!11-18-08 | News

2008 WTLE Round Table a Huge Success!




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Five major landscape industry leaders addressed the important strides being made in design and research for a more sustainable and economically viable landscape industry?EUR??,,????'??+as well as those that still need to be addressed. Photos courtesy of Guy Nelson


The Western Turfgrass and Landscape Expo, held last week in Pomona, California, was indeed bigger and better than ever. With over 3000 pre-registered and onsite registrants, more than 500 booths, 36 seminars to choose from and a provocative Industry Round Table discussion, the show was a whirlwind of networking, and educational opportunities. Attendees were able to advance their professional knowledge, their businesses and their futures?EUR??,,????'??+all in one place.

The Industry Round Table discussion featured five major industry leaders: Larry Rohlfes, Assistant Executive Director of the CLCA; Edward ?EUR??,,????'??Ted?EUR??,,????'?? Horton, Executive Director of the California Golf Course Owners Association; Donald Bottger, Southwest Regional Director of the Professional Grounds Management Society; Dr. Robert L. Green, PhD, Turfgrass Research Specialist at University of California, Riverside and Alrie Middlebrook, founder of Middlebrook Gardens and winner of ten National Environmental Improvement Awards. Their discussion centered on the leaps being made in design and research for a more sustainable and economically viable landscape industry.

This year, the seminar program added APLD CEUs to the already popular roster of PAPA and PLANET/CLCA CEUs enabling more professionals to gather critical information and add important certification units to their knowledge base. In all, there were 205 seminar registrants who got to hear pertinent information on subjects ranging from ?EUR??,,????'??Drought Tolerant Natives?EUR??,,????'?? to ?EUR??,,????'??New Technologies in Water Conservation?EUR??,,????'?? to ?EUR??,,????'??Insect ID in Trees?EUR??,,????'?? to ?EUR??,,????'??Low Voltage Lighting Techniques.?EUR??,,????'??

The WTLE is delighted to announce that next year, the show will move to the Longbeach Convention Center where there will be even more room for exciting exhibits and seminars that will influence landscape professionals?EUR??,,????'??? futures, their jobs and their positions as vanguards of the future of the planet.

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