Turf Workshop – Central Region
This half day workshop is designed for beginners and more experienced professionals who want a deeper understanding of herbicide use principles, how to control common green industry weeds, and how to diagnose and prevent common turf problems. This year the workshop offers training in weed identification, integrated weed management, and selecting the right herbicides to enhance weed control. It will also address how to diagnose turf problems and, when the cause is manmade, how to keep them from happening again. You will leave with practical tools for diagnosing problems faster and for keeping small errors from becoming big ones.
Schedule
7:30 – 8:00 am – Registration and Check-in
8:00 – 8:15 am – Welcome
8:15 – 10:00 am – Picking the Best Selective Herbicide – A Case Study Approach
10:00 – 10:30 am – Break
10:30 – 11:45 am – Seconds from Disaster: Avoid Making the Big Mistake
11:45 am – 1:00 pm – Case Studies of Turf Problems in 2026
Light refreshments will be served throughout the class. Participants will receive a certificate of course completion at the end.
Contact Kellie Schmidt at 630-472-2851 ext.7 with questions.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dr. Aaron Patton
Purdue University
This course will be taught by Dr. Aaron Patton of Purdue University. Dr. Patton’s primary responsibility is to develop and deliver educational programs to the turfgrass industry of Indiana and the Midwest. Dr. Patton is also Executive Director of the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation (MRTF), which was created in 1945 with the mission of supporting turfgrass research, Extension programming, and education at Purdue University.
Organizer: Kellie Schmidt
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