Events

The California Nursery Conference - Nursery and Greenhouse Production Management and the Irrigation and the Nitrogen Management Plan

October 15 & 16, 2024

Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building 2601 East Lake Avenue Watsonville, CA 95076

The conference on the 15th will introduce 10 new UC Cooperative Extension Environmental Horticulture Advisors in the morning session and they will share information about their research and extension programs. During the lunch break, there will be demonstrations of several methods to help manage your plant nutrition, irrigation, diseases, and pests. The afternoon session will focus on the Water Board’s Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Plan program and how it affects nursery and greenhouse growers. On the following day Wednesday the 16th, will be a bus tour of several nurseries.

Costs to attend are: $315 for both days ($40 discount before October 8^th) and $165 for either the conference only or the tour only ($20 discount before October 8^th).

To register for both days, go to: https://registration.ucdavis.edu/Item/Details/1192

To register for the Conference only: https://registration.ucdavis.edu/Item/Details/1193

To register for the Grower Tour only: https://registration.ucdavis.edu/Item/Details/1194

This conference is organized by the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) and the Western Region of the International Plant Propagators’ Society and is co-sponsored by the Plant California Alliance. Please mark your calendars to attend on Tuesday and Wednesday October 15 & 16 in Watsonville and stay tuned for more detailed information.