CEU Tracking
A summary of Continuing Education Units available in the Western Region.
This page is under construction and will be updated regularly…
2019
- [1.5 CEU] Effects of a Changing Climate on Trees and Shrubs, Logan Collier (January 29th, Portland, OR)
2018
- [1 CEU] “Painting with Perennials: a Landscape Artist’s Perspective” with Bobbie Schwartz, FAPLD – APLD Oregon (February 5th, Portland, OR)
- [8 CEU] GardenPRO Conference (February 9th, Seattle, WA)
- [1 CEU] Landscape LED Lighting Systems, David Ferron (March 6th, Portland, OR)
- [2.5 CEU] Using Retaining Walls in the Landscape, Bjorn Nordquist (March 15th, Portland OR)
- [0.5 CEU] Mutual Materials Plant Tour, Mutual Materials (April 10th, Portland, OR)
- [3.0, half day/4.5, full day CEU] The Watershed Approach: Designing Drought Resilient Landscapes (November 10th, Portland OR)
2017
- [6 CEU] “Quality Construction Begins with Great Design” – APLD Washington Symposium (March 13th, Seattle, WA)
- [5 CEU] “A Watershed Approach to Landscape Design” – APLD Colorado (March 15th, Westminster, CO)
- [3 CEU] “A Triptych on Trees: What Designers Need to Know About the Largest Plants in the Garden” with Scott Clifton, Catherine Mushel and Sean Hogan – APLD Oregon & ANLD (April 1st, Portland, OR)
- [3.5 CEU] “Soil School” with the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District (April 8th, Portland OR)
- [3 CEU] “Showcasing a Designed Landscape – Photography for Portfolio and Website” – APLD Washington (May 18th – May 19th, Seattle, WA)
- [1 CEU] Landscape Lighting Lunch & Learn with David Ferron of Unique Lighting – APLD Oregon (May 24th, Portland, OR)
- [1 CEU] “Right Paint, Right Place: Paints and Coatings in the Landscape” with Brian Keil, Sherwin Williams – APLD Oregon (June 21st, Portland, OR)
- [up to 10 CEU] OSU International Master Gardener Conference (July 10th – 14th, Portland, OR)
- The following were approved for 1 APLD CEU each:
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Full Frontal Gardens
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Fifty Shades of Blue
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Multi- Dimensional Vegetable Gardening
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Creating and Managing a Plant Community
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The Forgotten Elements of Good Design
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Ten Years of Rooftop Gardening in Portland
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A World of Clematis
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Where Ecology Meets Horticulture: Designing Plant Communities
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Great Plant Picks as a Model for a Regional Plant Selection Committee
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Better Vertical Vegetable Gardening
- [1 CEU] “Managing Soil Erosion” with Kevin Jenison, ACF West – APLD Oregon (July 26th, Portland OR)
- [12 CEU] G3 – Soil Summit (August 8th, Los Angeles, CA)
- [3.75 CEU] “Mixing it Up – Landscape Design Principles Meet Permaculture Principles” with Carrie Preston and Marisha Auerbach – APLD Oregon (August 19th, Portland OR)
- [up to 14 CEU] OAN FarWest Trade Show (August 23rd – 25th, Portland, OR)
- The following sessions are approved for 1 CEU each:
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Foodscape Revolution – Ecology & Sustainable Management
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Underutilized Plants for the Northwest Landscape
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Scale Management
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The Importance of Food in the Garden Center
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The Morton Arboretum’s New Plant Development Program
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Conservation Biological Control and Biopesticides for Nursery IPM
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Roundup: The Situation in Europe
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Biocontrol Mindsets
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Honing in on the Best Plant Combinations
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Worker Protection Standards: Training for Employers
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The Dry Lush: Drought Tolerant Plants for Pacific Northwest Gardens
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Machinery Innovations for Field Grown Nursery Productions
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Mythbusters: Greenhouse Biocontrol Management for Specialty Crops
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Hot New Plants: Cutting Edge Garden Plants for Cutting Edge Retail
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The Growers Guide to Mycorrhizal Fungi: You Better Learn This Stuff
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Plant Protection of Greenhouse Insect and Mite Pests
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Plants from Across the Pond
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Management and Prevention of Boxwood Blight
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Soil Erosion Solutions
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The Future of Plant Breeding is NOW
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Plants for Now and the Future
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Getting Tough on Pests (While Staying Soft on Pollinators)
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Successful Sustainable Landscape Practices
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What’s New from Oregon State Plant Breeding?
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Biocontrol of Thrips in Greenhouse Crops: Advanced Session
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Critical Ecology: The Importance of Biodiversity in the Landscape
2016
- [1.25 CEU] “Wild Things: Designing for Life” with Amy Whitworth of Plan-It Earth Design – APLD Oregon (January 20th, Portland OR)
- [1.5 CEU] “The iPhone Gardener” lecture with David E. Perry – APLD Oregon (April 21st, MJCC, Portland, OR)
- [3.5 CEU] “The iPhone Photographer” workshop with David E. Perry – APLD Oregon (April 22nd – 23rd, MAC, Portland OR)
- [up to 26 CEU] OAN FarWest Trade Show (August 25th – 27th, Portland, OR)
- The following sessions are approved for 1 APLD CEU each:
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Plants with Style
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New Tools of the Trade: Insecticides and Fungicides for Ornamental Crops
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Underutilized Plants for the North
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Plants with Promise
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Nematodes for Problem Pests in Nursery & Greenhouse
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Management of Soilborne Pathogens in Nursery Production
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How to Manage Pests While Protecting the Pollinators
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Bringing Back Grandma’s Plants
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Dig Into Soil Health for Home Landscapes
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A Roadmap to Better Plants: Case Studies in Cotoneaster and Mockorange
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Containers, Pots with a Purpose – The Exciting World of Container Culture
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Diamides, a New Class of Insecticides for Ornamental Plant Production
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Regional Plant Selection Programs with National Impact
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Fragrance in the Air
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Selling Wellness: Cultivating the Relationship between Gardening and a Healthy Lifestyle
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Sharpen Your Diagnostic and Identification Skills through a Review of Recent Disease Problems
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Sanitation, Pest Identification and Crop Monitoring
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You’ve Got a New Plant – How Do You Choose What to Market and Why?
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Three Critical Keys to Successful Water Treatment
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Plants that Save the World
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Inspiration and Creativity, Taking Cues from Nature
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Bio-Control Quality – Know What You Are Getting
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Early Biocontrol: Starting BCA’s in Propagation, Starting with a “Clean” Plant and Understanding Life Cycles
- Approved for 1.5 APLD CEU:
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Sustainable Landscape Management
- The following are approved for 1 APLD Business CEU each:
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Marketing in the Digital Age: Reaching Today’s Time Starved Consumers
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Homestyle Merchandising; Marketing to Generation Me
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The Changing Dynamics of Garden Retailing
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Social Media & Digital Communication Learning Exchange
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The Inner Secrets to Double Your Memory
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Employment Law Today: The Wild, Wild West
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Establishing a Design/Build Department in a Garden Center
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We’re Still Trying to Sell An 80’s Message in the 21st Century
- The following are approved for 1.5 APLD Business CEU each:
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Chasing Spring: A Walk Through History and Life with Ernest Wertheim
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Pursuit of Leadership
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How to Create Outrageously Effective Marketing Materials
- Approved for 2 APLD Business CEU:
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Build a Website that Delivers Results You Can Measure
2015
- [up to 23.5 CEU] OAN FarWest Trade Show (August 27th – 29th, Portland OR)
- The following is approved for 1.5 APLD CEU:
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Looking Outside the Garden for Planting and Design Inspiration
- The following sessions are approved for 1 APLD CEU each:
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Customer Service Touchpoints
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New Diseases on the Horizon
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Must Be Present to Win!
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Contained Joy
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Diagnostics: What’s Wrong With My Plants
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The Top 5 Trends for 2016 That You Were Not Thinking About
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Foodscaping
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Water-borne Pests and What You Can Do About Them
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Gardening in Modern Times: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
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How to Dominate Your Market Niche
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Right Plant, Right Place: Best Native and Adapted Plants for Here
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Annuals
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Using Your Website to Help Meet Business Objectives
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Home Ground – Forming Regional Identities with Native Plants
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Designing and Gardening with Ferns
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Beyond Time Management: How to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time
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Native Plants: Addressing Today’s Market Needs and Desire
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Designing with Conifers: Making the Best Choices for Year- Round Interest in Your Garden
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Lean and the Power of Continuous Flow
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Good Design, Better Business
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Tips for Writing Good Marketing Copy and Designing Great Signs and Advertising
