Registration Eligibility
Landscape professionals including contractors, designers, architects, arborists, and growers.
Start Date
02/03/2021
End Date
02/03/2022
Description
60 acres. 200,000 plants, 22 employees 3 managers, 6 Greenhouses and miles of hoses and irrigation! Rachel and Jeff will walk you through what it takes to create the Gardens at Ball. Along the way they will highlight some of the history, and stories that helped to make the gardens you see each summer.
Along the way they will preview the coming attractions for annuals and perennials for spring 2021/22.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Design-Build
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Learn techniques used for creating large scale public horticulture displays.
2. Discuss effective management of seasonal workers
3. Review new and existing, great for landscape and garden center varieties.
Instructors
Jeff Gibson, Ball Horticultural CompanyRachel Prescott, Ball Horticultural Company
Course Codes
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association
Provider
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association