Reminder to Register:
Tennessee Green Industry Field Day
June 12, 2025
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The Green Industry Field Day will be hosted by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and the Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association. The event will take place on June 12, 2025, and participants will enjoy a variety of sessions that will take place beginning at the UT Gardens Friendship Pavilion and ending in the new Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Building. This annual field day offers participants a special opportunity to gain top-notch information and keep updated on a variety of topics from UTIA specialists to better your landscape contracting business, nursery or garden center. Three morning sessions and four classroom-style afternoon sessions will be offered for industry professionals with topics ranging from pest management to soil health and nursery automation. The UT Gardens, Knoxville, is located at 2518 Jacob Drive and the Agriculture and Natural Resources Building is located at 2431 Joe Johnson Drive on the UTIA campus.
If you have not already, please register to attend this event by June 10. This in-person event also requires a $30.00 registration fee.
Check-in will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m at the Friendship Pavilion. EDT. The program will begin at 8:20 a.m. Sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. with each session lasting about one hour. This field day will conclude at 4:30 p.m.
Pesticide points (6) are approved for categories C3, C10 and C12.
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All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
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8:00 a.m.
Registration—UT Gardens Friendship Pavilion
8:20 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements
8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Morning Walking Tours/Hands-on Demonstrations:
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- Herbaceous and Woody Plants and Pest Management
Midhula Gireesh, Extension Entomology Specialist, UT Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology; James Newburn, Managing Director, UT Gardens; Nar Ranabhat, Assistant Professor and Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, UT Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Nursery Research Update
Amy Fulcher, UT Extension Nursery Specialist and Professor and Bill Klingeman, Professor and Assistant Head, UT Department of Plant Sciences
- Turf Care and Pest Management
Becky Bowling, Assistant Professor and UT Extension Specialist, UT Department of Plant Sciences
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11:30 a.m.
Break for Lunch in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Building 101A. A tour of the building's green roof gardens will be available.
12:45 p.m.
Welcome Back
Amy Fulcher and Sam Kinsey, Second Vice President TNLA
1:00 p.m.
Economic Update: State of the Green Industry
Alicia Rihn, Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor, UT Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
1:15 p.m.
Soil Microbial Health: Impact on Plant Health and Pest Management
Sindhu Jagadamma, Associate Professor, UT Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science; Ravi Neelipally, Postdoctoral Scientist, UT Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
2:05 p.m.
Labor Challenges and Automation Advances in Pest Management and Other Nursery and Landscape Tasks
Amy Fulcher, UT Extension Nursery Specialist and Professor, UT Department of Plant Sciences; Hao Gan, Assistant Professor, UT Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science; Margarita Velandia, Professor, UT Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Turf Industry Labor, Pest Management, Automation: Challenges and Opportunities Panel
Becky Bowling, Assistant Professor, UT Department of Plant Sciences; Bart Cash and Brad Jean, Crossroads Sod Farm; Seth Kehne, Lawn Butler
4:15 p.m.
Evaluation and Pesticide Sign Up
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UTIA field days are a cooperative effort of UT AgResearch and UT Extension.
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