We received this informative message from the National Association of Landscape Professionals concerning the current crisis.  Please click to read the full article.

https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/Coronavirus/

Falmouth health board weighs further action on glyphosate

As a townwide moratorium on the use of glyphosate reaches its end, local activists are working with the town to come up with a long-term solution to curb the use of pesticides.

Laura Kelley, president of Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer, on Monday presented the Board of Health with alternatives to glyphosate, a common herbicide found in products such as Roundup and Rodeo Aquatics. 

“Glyphosate is useful because it kills everything, and unfortunately it lives up to 20 years,” Kelley said. “It’s continuing harm. It’s doing more harm than we realize. I want to get off the dependency of this chemical. It’s going to take a little bit of muscle.”

The board voted in April to set a yearlong moratorium on the use of glyphosate on town-owned land. The moratorium is set to expire March 31.

Congratulations go out to CCLA member Elaine M. Johnson Landscape Design of Hyannis who has won a "Best of Houzz" award for Customer Service on Houzz.  This is the ninth consecutive year that Elaine M. Johnson Landscape Design has been chosen by the Houzz community.  

As part of the Gardening for Life Speaker Series the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents Gardening with Native Plants to Buffer the Impacts of Climate Change with Carolyn Summers, author and owner of Flying Trillium Gardens and Preserve in Sullivan County, NY.  The class will be held at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural history on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 1:00 PM.

For more information contact Teresa Izzo at tizzo@ccmnh.org

From Taryn LaScola-Miner, Director of Crop and Pest Services Division, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.

The Pesticide Subcommittee hearing notice relative to the Neonicotinoid review has been posted at https://www.mass.gov/event/neonics-scientific-literature-review-public-hearing-2020-03-13t140000-0400-2020-03-13t160000

 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bayer-glyphosate-epa-idUSKBN1ZT2SB  

CCLA members are being offered free admission to attend the Northeast Hardscape Expo which will be held on March 11-March 12 at the Hartford Convention Center.  To take advantage of this you may register for the show at  https://www.expotracshows.com/ne-hardscape-expo/2020/.  The registration code is TRADE0321.

A class offered by Barbara Conolly, MCLP of Gardens by Barbara Conolly, Inc.

Whether you are simply looking to learn more or you are ready to tke the next step in your career as a professional landscaper, this 6-week course will improve your skills and/or help you prepare for certification.

These classes will meet from 01/21/20 - 05/12/20: 

HOR101 Plant and Soil Science

Monday and Wednesday from 2:00 - 315 PM

HOR101L Plant and Soil Science Lab

Wednesday from 4:00 - 5:50 PM

HOR202 Landscape Design and Construction

Tuesday from 6:30 - 9:30 PM

This class meets from 01/21/2020 through 03/11/2020

HOR105 Equipment Maintenance and Operation

Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 - 8:30 PM                

Frankly Speaking: The State of Golf and Government Affairs - Frank Ross

https://www.turfnet.com/podcasts/rossi/michael_lee/