HLA Happenings

March 16-20, 2015

March 14-22
Indiana Flower & Patio Show - Indianapolis (State Fairgrounds). John Orick and Rosie Lerner, Plant Info to Go
Booth
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 from 12:30-4:00 p.m.
Good Agricultural Practices A to Z - Focus on Cantaloupe (Adams County)
4-H Dining Hall, Adams County Fairgrounds, Monroe, IN
This Good Agricultural Practices workshop will share strategies to reduce microbial contamination of produce
from seed to the moment you sell it. Use these on-farm preventive controls as a basis for on-farm risk
assessment and writing a food safety plan or even becoming GAPs certified. This workshop is focused on
cantaloupe production and processing but all growers will gain useful tips. Preventive control criteria for
cantaloupe as well as proposed FSMA rules to reduce microbial contamination will be discussed. This activity
was funded, by Purdue, as part of AgSEED Crossroads funding to support Indiana's Agriculture and Rural
Development.
COST: Free: This workshop is funded by an AgSEED grant.
REGISTER: Sign up online at <a
href="http://tinyurl.com/RegisterGAPsAtoZ">tinyurl.com/RegisterGAPsAtoZ</a>, or call 260-724-5322.
For more information: Email bkohlhag@purdue.edu or call 260-724-5322.
Thursday, March 19 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. (Central Time)
NW Indiana Floriculture Association at County Line Greenhouse, 383 N. County Line Rd., Hobart, IN.
Rosie Lerner will be presenting Gardening for Pollinators at 7:00 p.m. (Central Time)
For more information contact Liz Maynard, vegcrops@purdue.edu or 219-531-4200.
In The Grow by Rosie Lerner
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/in_the_grow/mar_2015.html
**Everyone please make sure to take a look at the Distinguished Professor pictures hanging in the hallway
outside of room 207 HORT. Also, next time you are in the conference room 217 HORT, take a look at all the
former Department Head pictures.
Upcoming events
Wednesday, March 25 from 10:00-11:00 a.m., HORT 217
Coffee Hour. Drop in to interact with your colleagues. Graduate Students, this is your chance to chat with
faculty. Please bring your own cup.
Friday, March 27 at 5:00 p.m. at Jakes
HLA Third Friday Social will be delayed one week. Join us for conversation and networking.
SAVE THE DATE:
The Landscape Architecture department will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary on April 18, 2015.
The itinerary is now posted on our website: http://hort.purdue.edu/LA50