New York State has a new law prohibiting the use of pesticides on all school playing fields for grades K-12. Want to keep your fields looking great without chemical pesticides? Join school professionals from across the Hudson Valley for a free one day organic turf management course. Grassroots Environmental Education, a non-profit organization, will be conducting this course, on Wednesday, February 2, in Rye specially for school turf managers. Based on our EPA-award winning program and taught by renowned natural turf expert Chip Osborne, this course will cover soil testing, microbiology, natural amendments, aeration and over-seeding, compost and compost tea, horticultural techniques and sports field management.
School facilities directors or qualified turf managers qualify to take this course at no cost (limit one per school or district). Contact Grassroots today to reserve your place.
You'll get snacks, lunch, all course materials and a copy of the course on DVD for additional staff training, and walk away ahead of the game for keeping your school's fields in amazing shape! (like this organically maintained school football field!)
For more information, including a short video, course outline, other dates and locations across New York State, click here.
