COMMERCIAL FLORTICULTURE SURVEY: GROWER RESPONSES NEEDED

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service again has funding to prepare an annual Floriculture Crops Summary report (after several years lapse in the survey). The information is valuable to producers to help learn industry sales and pricing trends. Good survey results depend on a high percentage of the industry reporting. The survey is being mailed out to commercial floriculture growers the week of Dec. 10 and reporting is due before Feb. 8. More information is available at https://safnow.org/commercial-floriculture-survey-responses-needed.

AMERICAN FLORAL ENDOWMENT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Applications are now being accepted for more than 25 different scholarships through the American Floral Endowment (AFE).

Sophomore, junior, senior and graduate students studying floriculture and horticulture must submit their applications online by the May 1 deadline.

Scholarships range from $500 to $6,000. In 2018, the Endowment awarded more than $42,000 in scholarships.

“AFE strives to support the next generation of industry members in any way we can. One of the ways we do this is through awarding scholarships to help ease their financial burdens,” said Greg Royer, Chairman of Royers Flowers & Gifts and AFE Education Committee Chair.

For more information on each scholarship and to apply, please visit Endowment Scholarships.

SPRING GARDENING SCHOOL

LOCATION: Riverhead Middle School, 600 Harrison Ave, Riverhead, NY 11901 Google Maps

Fee: $70 per person, per day ($65 for early birds who register by March 1). Includes four workshop sessions (1 extended
session counts as 2 workshops), door prizes, giveaways, continental breakfast, box lunch, afternoon refreshments, soil tests,
plant diagnoses, and gardening exhibits. Plant Sales will accept cash and credit cards. Workshops are taught by Extension
Master Gardener Volunteers, Extension Educators and local experts. Pre-registration is mandatory; first come, first served.
(No refunds after April 1.)

For more information, download the brochure with registration form to mail back.

LONG ISLAND HORTICULTURE CONFERENCE

LOCATION: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Berkner Hall, Upton, NY 11973 Google Maps

We invite you to join us for the 29th Annual Long Island Horticulture Conference! Landscapers, nursery growers, arborists, landscape designers and architects, turf managers, and others in the horticulture industry throughout Long Island and beyond are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Melissa Elkins at me336@cornell.edu or 631-727-7850 x341 or visit http://ccesuffolk.org/.

Registration Form

2019 LIFGA WINTER DINNER

LOCATION: North Fork Brewing Company, 24 East Second St, Riverhead, NY 11901 Google Maps

LIFGA’s Winter Meeting will be held on February 20 at the North Fork Brewing Company in Riverhead. Co-owners, Ian Van Bourgondien and Peter Barraud were brought up in the greenhouse industry and are dedicated to North Fork farming by growing their hops on the family farm.  Guest Speaker (starts at 6PM): Dr. Cari Peters, Vice President of J.R. Peters Inc. She is the 3rd generation of Peters, following both her Father and Grandfather, who introduced the original Peters fertilizers over 72 years ago.

Registration begins at 5:30 PM. The cost of dinner tickets is $45.

For more information please contact Diane at info@lifga.com or by calling 631-727-3595 (Diane’s work phone) or 631-886-2213 (LIFGA business phone). Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 18.

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