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Course Details
Course Name: Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Course Code: AL0401CA25
Date of Most Recent Offering: January 21-23, 2025
Course Overview
Day 1 of this class is required for the Landscape Management Certificate and the Public Grounds Management Certificate.
Learn how to use the environment to your favor! Integrated Pest Management (or IPM) is a common sense approach to pest control that reduces reliance on chemical pesticides as a sole method of controlling pests. A combination of strategies is used to predict, prevent, and manage landscape insects and diseases. These IPM strategies are proactive, not reactions to the presence of a pest. IPM programs result in effective landscape pest control with diminished economic, health, and environmental risks.
This class covers both turf and ornamentals. Take Day One only to learn IPM philosophy, monitoring, and implementation strategies – or take the full three days for a comprehensive study featuring degree day models, improving soil health, insect and disease ID, creative ways of removing unwanted pests, and more!
Featured Topics
The range of topics covered in the full three-day course will include:
- Pesticide Toxicity and Environmental Contamination
- Landscape IPM Philosophy
- Turf IPM Fundamentals
- Landscape IPM Monitoring
- Tree/Shrub Insect Mite Pests (ID/Life Cycles)
- Key Turf Diseases and IPM Cultural Management
- Abiotic, Environmental, and Cultural Plant Disorders
- BioControl: Recognizing/Using Beneficial Insects
- Plant Disease Diagnostic Process
- Pesticides Appropriate for an IPM Program
- Biologically Healthy Soils
- Pest Resistant Ornamental Plants
Who Should Attend?
This class is a great source of information for anyone who wants to learn more about integrated pest management practices and how to manage landscape insects and diseases. Past participants have included:
- Arborists
- Buildings and Grounds Directors
- Environmental Commissioners
- Golf Course Superintendents
- Horticultural Maintenance Technicians
- Landscape Designers
- Landscape Foremen
- Landscape/Turf Care Managers
- Landscaping Contractors
- Parks Maintenance Workers
- Pesticide Applicators
- Public Works Directors
Meet Your Instructors
Bill Errickson, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Bill Errickson is the Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County. Bill holds a Master’s degree in Soil Science from the University of New Hampshire and is completing a Doctoral degree in Plant Biology from Rutgers University. He has led courses focused on sustainable soil management for commercial growers, home gardeners, and college students throughout New Jersey and New England. His current programmatic areas include supporting the NJ nursery and landscape industries in their efforts to promote native plants and ecological landscaping practices.
Dr. George Hamilton, Rutgers University
Dr. Hamilton received his Ph.D.in Entomology in 1985 from Rutgers University and immediately joined the Rutgers faculty as an extension specialist in pest management to coordinate New Jersey’s Pesticide Applicator Training and Pesticide Impact Assessment Programs. In 1998, Dr. Hamilton became the statewide IPM coordinator for New Jersey and was involved in reorganizing that program. He is currently the chair of the Department of Entomology at Rutgers. His research interests are in the area of implementing integrated pest management programs and the examination of pesticide usage patterns in New Jersey.
Steve Kristoph, Steven Kristoph Nursery
Steve Kristoph is widely known for his encyclopedic knowledge of plant material. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in horticulture from Rutgers University, and he has been an adjunct instructor at Rutgers for more than 25 years. He also owns and operates Steven Kristoph Nursery in Monmouth County, NJ, where he grows many types of ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. The landscaping division of his business, P. Steven Kristoph Garden Design, serves both residential and commercial customers and offers a full range of services, including design, installation, maintenance and seasonal color. Steve is passionate about plants and enjoys sharing his passion with others.
Bruce Neary, BCN Horticultural Services
Bruce Neary is the owner of BCN Horticultural Services, where he has provided consulting services to landscape architects, contractors, developers, garden centers, nurseries, educators, and the public since 1994. Regarded as an industry expert, Bruce has written several articles for The Landscape Publication, Grounds Maintenance Magazine, and the American Nurseryman. Likewise, he has been a horticultural lecturer at Barlow Flower Farm and for other landscape organizations for more than 30 years. Bruce is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Horticultural Societies, Metro Hort Group, and Perennial Plant Association. He received his bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from Rutgers University and his Masters of Agriculture in Horticultural Sciences from Texas A&M.
Steve Rettke, Rutgers University
Steven Rettke has been employed by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) since 1996 and currently serves as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Associate for RCE of Monmouth County. His primary responsibilities include promoting the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Philosophy to professionals working within the landscape, turf, nursery, and greenhouse industries. His areas of expertise include the key insect and disease pests of ornamental plants/crops. Each season, for 28 years, he has traveled extensively throughout New Jersey providing pest monitoring & consulting information to selected nursery/greenhouse growers & commercial landscape/turf managers participating in the Rutgers Greenhouse, Nursery, & Landscape IPM Programs.
Student Reviews
“All lectures flowed seamlessly and all tied into each other. The course is assembled perfectly.”
– Past Participant
Most useful aspect of the course: “Learning how to figure out which pests are affecting a plant.”
– Past Participant
“[I learned about] Abiotic pests and how to manage/prevent these problems with IPM principles.”
– Past Participant
Continuing Education Credits
The most recent offering of Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was approved for the following credits from professional organizations. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.
Credits for Attendees Taking Day 1 (January 21) ONLY
Massachusetts
MA Pesticide Applicators: 6.5 units in 36, 37, and CORE (L)
New Jersey
NJ / CT Pesticide Applicators: 9 units in 10; 06 units in 3A; 3 units in 3B; 6 units in 8C; 2 units in CORE
NJ Licensed Tree Experts (LTE/LTCO): 4.25 CEUs
NJ Urban and Community Forestry (NJUCF): 6 CEUs
Credits for Attendees Taking All 3 Days (January 21-23)
Maryland
MD Pesticide Applicators: 8 credits in 3A, 3B, 3C, CORE
Massachusetts
MA Pesticide Applicators: 20.5 units in 36, 37, and CORE (L)
New Jersey
NJ / CT Pesticide Applicators: 23 units in 10; 18 units in 3A; 8 units in 3B; 18 in 8C; 4 units in CORE; 2 units in PP2
NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): 5 Technical Contact Hours (course #DLGS-RUCPE23-19)
NJ Licensed Tree Experts (LTE/LTCO): 14.75 CEUs
NJ Urban and Community Forestry (NJUCF): 18 CEUs
Pennsylvania
PA Pesticide Applicators: 2 units in Core; 6 units in Private Category and 07; 10 units in 06, 18, and 23
Meals
No breakfast will be provided. Lunch will be available for pre-registered attendees only.
NOTE: If you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, please alert us at least two (2) weeks in advance of the course start date so that we can make reasonable accommodations. We cannot guarantee accommodations for special requests made after that time.
COVID-19 Policies for Face-to-Face Classes
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Location Changes
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Cancellations and SubstitutionsAttention U.S. Veterans
This course is approved by the New Jersey State Approving Agency for Veterans Training for educational benefits through the GI Bill®. Learn more.
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM), please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Program Coordinator: Joe Canzano
848-932-7317
joe.canzano@rutgers.edu
Administrative Assistant: Damiana Parada
848-932-7107
damiana.parada@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.
