Michigan State University Extensionwill be hosting aSummer Nursery Production Touron Aug. 7 , 2019 . participant will tour three local Mae West Michigan nurseries using field - rise and container - grow production systems . The tour will start at KP Tree and Nursery in southerly Ottawa County ( Zeeland ) and will cease at the last nursery in northerly Ottawa County ( Nunica ) . During the enlistment , participant will get a line about the diversity of greenhouse business in west Michigan and production method acting include locoweed , louse and disease management scheme .
Photo by Heidi Lindberg , MSU reference
The turn is free to attend , but participants must furnish their own transportation between the three nursery locations . enrollment is required for provide spell hosts with an approximative reckoning of attendees and is trammel to the first 50 registrants . The last day to register is Aug. 5.you may register here .
Agenda
7:45 a.m. Refreshments at KP Tree and Nursery
8:15 – 9:15 a.m. Tour of KP Tree and Nursery , LLC
KP Tree and Nursery is a 500 - acre retail and whole product glasshouse . KP Tree and Nursery produces balled and burlap ( B&B ) tree , potted trees , Christmas trees and wreaths . They offer U - gelded and pre - cut Christmas Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at their Zeeland , Michigan , farm retail fix and pre - cut trees at their Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree band in Jenison , Michigan .
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. journey on your own ( 7 hour travel time )
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Tour of Propagation at Northland Farms , LLC
Northland Farms uprise a wide variety of perennial , herbaceous perennial , ornamental Gunter Grass and container - turn Tree . The 310 - acre nursery include multiplication , hoop house container production and locoweed - in - pot tree diagram production . participant will have a tour of the generation sphere of the nursery and the main emphasis of the discussion will be on weed management strategy in the theatre of operations , in repeated crops and also in non - crop areas between the hoop business firm . player will also tour the newfangled chemical storage and fill up place at the generation glasshouse .
10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Travel on your own ( 11 arcminute travel time )
10:50 a.m. – 12 p.m. Tour of Hortech , LLC
Hortech Inc. is a sweeping nursery producing , perennials , footing top , vines , ferns , cosmetic grasses and succulents . They have 5.5 Acre of container - grown perennials in greenhouses , five acres of container - originate perennial out of doors and 50 Akko of airfield - grown nursery stock which includes sedum and sempervivums . Their plant brand is “ Grown Earth Friendly ” representing their biological control , constituent and sustainable exercise . In addition to container - grown perennial , they produce and install green cap and walls within their businesses LiveRoof and LiveWall . Chris Howe , assistant ecumenical director , will lead player on a spell of the facility and talk about the job and their output practices . Then , Dan Busby , MAEAP substantiation specializer , will discuss MAEAP ( Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program ) , common things glasshouse producers need to consider in gild to become verified and the benefit of the voluntary , non - regulatory programme .
12 p.m. Adjourn
Source : Michigan State University ( Heidi Lindberg )
