Transitioning to Organics
A workshop for landscape professionals focusing on Willamette University’s five-year plus organic landscape management. Workshop topics include soil biology and chemistry, plant selection, water conservation and organic weed management. This class will involve both classroom instruction and field study.
Oregon Tilth Accredited Organic Land Care, a program dedicated to training and accrediting sustainable landscape practices, is pleased to announce:
Transitioning to Organics: a workshop for landscape professionals focusing on Willamette University’s five-year plus organic landscape management. Workshop topics include soil biology and chemistry, plant selection, water conservation and organic weed management. This class will involve both classroom instruction and field study.
Participants in the training will receive a copy of the Oregon Tilth Organic Land Care Policies and
Standards. Lunch included. Continued education hours are available.
Transitioning to Organics
Friday, July 27th,
2012
8:30 am -
5:00 pm
Willamette
University
$80
registration fee
Please click here to
register...
Willamette
University
900 State
Street
Salem, OR
97301
Click here for directions to Willamette University.
Presentations:
Jim Andersen:
Transitioning to Organics
Prior to 2006, Willamette University relied extensively on herbicides
and insecticides to maintain the grounds. When Jim Anderson became the campus
grounds manager in 2007, he eliminated the entire chemical arsenal. With a team of committed partners and
co-workers, Jim worked to improve the soil organically, restore native habitat
and create ecological functions in the campus landscape.
Mickey Cochrane: Willamette
University Field Study
Mickey is a groundskeeper at Willamette University
in Salem. He is also an Oregon Tilth Accredited
Organic Land Care practitioner. Willamette University has been managing
its landscapes organically for almost five years now. In this presentation, we
will hear about successful organic management on the campus.
Jim Toler: Soil Health Maintenance
Jim founded Willamette Organics in 2003 to serve the farming and
landscape industries and has been instrumental in helping Oregon Tilth develop
the Accredited Organic Land Care program. He has attended the Northeast Organic
Farming Association’s organic land care training and wrote the initial draft
for the Oregon Tilth Organic Land Care
Policies and Standards. He will be presenting material related to soil
health, including soil testing and soil biology.
Dean Wentworth: Plant Selection for the Organic Landscape
Dean is the Botanical Garden and
Greenhouse Curator at Willamette University. He has been with the university
since October 1999. He graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in
Horticulture, with an emphasis in soils and plant pathology. Dean’s
contributions to the campus include more wildlife habitat, an increase in
water-conserving plants and a four-season, attractive perennial landscape.
