About FNGLA

Short Course

The FNGLA Short Course is held in conjunction with FNGLA's The Landscape Show each year. The two-day format offers programs on garden center management, grower management, landscape design and landscape management.

To add to the educational experience and limited to Short Course participants, the FNGLA Short Course at The Landscape Show typically offers a guided tour of a premier Orlando-area resort or garden area. Designed to excite even the most seasoned landscape professional, this tour offers unique and cutting-edge plant palates!

Who Should Attend?
Retail Garden Center Professionals, Landscapers, Landscape Designers, Woody Ornamental Growers

Continuing Education Units

• FNGLA Certified Horticulture Professional (FCHP)
• FNGLA Certified Landscape Contractor, Technician & Designer (FCLC, FCLT, FCLD)
• Restricted Use Pesticide Applicator Licenses (FDACS)

Contact Linda Reindl at FNGLA for more information.
(800) 375-3642

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Schedule and Pricing

Complete Seminar Registration
includes Show Badge, Thursday & Friday Short Course options & luncheons. DOES NOT INCLUDE TOUR
Register now -- $240 before September 3; $315 after September 3

or purchase individually:

1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tour to Bok Towers (T1)
Come take a stroll through the meandering garden created by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. This guided tour will showcase the acres of ferns, palms, oaks and pines which provide a year-round backdrop. Let the gardens inspire your landscape designs. Space limited and pre-registration required. This tour is not part of the full package. $60 before September 3

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Success with color (S1)
Heather Will-Browne, Walt Disney World, Buena Vista, FL

Heather Will-Browne will share her tried and true design secrets that will add the right splash of color to gardens and hanging baskets. She will share both the art and science of color from a Disney horticultural perspective. With over 35 years of experience at WALT DISNEY WORLD® focusing on basket production and bedding plants, some of Heather's Disney magic is sure to rub off on you.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Robert Bowden

Lounging with edibles (S2)
Robert Bowden, Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL

This session will go in-depth into the specific plants that flourish in an edible garden setting as well as specific growing techniques that can be shared with customers to enhance their outdoor living experience.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Smart irrigation controller technologies (S3)
Kurt K. Thompson, K. Thompson & Associates, LLC, Pace, FL

With over 29 years of experience, Kurt Thompson will share with attendees the newest technological products to manage irrigation currently available to industry professionals. This session will also demonstrate the proper use of smart controls in order to make them an effective tool for the landscape manager to integrate into the overall plant-soil-water strategy.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Tom Shay

How to win the battle with your competition! (S4)
Tom Shay, Profits-Plus, St. Petersburg, FL

If Patton ran your business... There is a war going on out there. Should a business defend its market position, become an attacker, a flanker or a guerrilla warrior? This interactive workshop helps a business owner to define the property strategy and then determine the tactics to implement. Using stories and experiences of General George S. Patton, Tom Shay leads participants in this most useful exercise.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

 

 

 

 

11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Raymond Jungles

Luncheon: Passion for Outdoor Living (L1)
Raymond Jungles, Raymond Jungles, Inc., Miami, FL

FNGLA is pleased to welcome world-renowned landscape architect, Raymond Jungles, to The Landscape Show. Raymond's passion lies in the creation of three dimensional garden spaces, where a design of the mind becomes a thriving reality amid the elements of the outdoors. His early experiences as a young boy in Yosemite and Sequoia were followed by a Midwestern upbringing on the edge of human expansion. To Raymond, the natural world is his therapy which continues to renew his spirit to create. He believes a garden to be a stage, with plant placement, water movement, fragrance, color, texture and habitat as its actors. Raymond will discuss how his landscapes reflect his dedication to the preservation of natural habitat and the use of indigenous species.
Register now -- $55 before September 3; $65 after September 3

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

General Session: Riding the Wave of Change (G1)
Harold Lloyd, Harold Lloyd Presentations, Virginia Beach, VA

"Don't rock the boat." "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "Let sleeping dogs lie." "Who moved my cheese?" All familiar phrases bemoaning the most fundamental law of human nature...CHANGE is inevitable. So, why bemoan CHANGE if it's coming our way anyway? This session will explain the inevitability of CHANGE and how to embrace it. We will highlight two dramatic change agents underway today and demonstrate how to get your team on board and ride the waves of CHANGE. This session is of paramount importance to all those in business today. Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

Designing Kitchen Gardens (S5)
Lloyd Singleton, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

With today's popularity for "home grown," edible gardens are great enhancements to traditional landscape designs. This session will provide fun ways to incorporate edible gardening features into existing or new landscape designs as well as offer ideas for designing the ideal kitchen garden.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Tropical-Looking yet cold hardy plants (S6)
Eric Schmidt, Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL

With the cold temperatures of 2009, Florida's landscapes took on many new looks. Some tropicals survived during the extended periods of cold weather and others did not meet the challenge. This session features tropical-looking varieties that are cold hardy.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Lee Bloomcamp

Pest control: How to Get more with Less (S7)
Lee Bloomcamp, Syngenta, Gainesville, FL

The environmentally conscious consumer today is looking for the same results with fewer chemicals. Come see how the proper monitoring and right application process can result in more successful control of pests in the landscape. Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Catch Some big ideas, creativity & innovation (S8)
Tom Laughon, Your Limit Consulting, Tallahassee, FL

Talk to any business leader today and sooner or later the words "innovation" and "creativity" will come up. In a tough economy where competition is fierce, you need to have the creative edge. But for many, these terms are simply buzzwords. Few truly know how to foster creativity and innovation in their workplace. Come find out how to fill your workplace with productive creativity.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Designing Landscapes with Tropicals (S9)
Robert Bowden, Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL

Come hear how to incorporated tropical foliage into landscape designs to reflect the wonder and simple beauty of nature. Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Turf wars: Turf vs. Turf Alternatives (S10)
Dave Dymond, H & H Sod Co., Kenansville, FL; Keri Leymaster, SeaWorld, Orlando, FL

The industry has an array of opinions on whether it's more important to use turf or turf alternatives in landscape designs. Using the right plant in the right place is the consistent factor in any successful and sustainable landscape. Come see how different turf or turf alternative varieties thrive when used in right spaces.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

So Many Plants, So Little time (S11)
James Socash, JFS Design, Inc., Pembroke Pines, FL

"Better to think eight minutes, than to work eight days..." is an old Costa Rican saying and can certainly apply to landscape maintenance. This session will look at how to use plant characteristics when considering different species for proper placement and planting. It can be the difference between failure and success in the landscape.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3

Creating a Great First & Lasting impression (S12)
Harold Lloyd, Harold Lloyd Presentations, Virginia Beach, VA

First and last impressions have almost nothing to do with your products, prices or services. In fact, a large part of your business' image is formed in the parking lots, at your entrance or exit areas. So, what message is your business sending? Friendly or apathetic? Clean or cluttered? High-priced or competitive? Fun or boring? The images go on and on. But do they complement your desired marketing strategy? You do have control over the image you're sending and the messages you are conveying. This session will look at fabulous and fatal first and lasting impressions and offer suggestions on how to deliver appropriate and desirable messages to your customers.
Register now -- $45 before September 3; $55 after September 3