LAWN CARE SUMMIT

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Headline News

7/15/2009

Save the Date: Lawn Care Summit
PLANET, NPMA announce joint educational conference for lawn care technicians.

HERNDON, Va. - The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) and the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) announced today they will jointly sponsor The Lawn Care Summit, a national forum on current trends and future developments in lawn care. The meeting, scheduled for December 2-4, at the Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate in Orlando, is the result of years of dialogue between the groups about harnessing the strengths of both organizations to best serve lawn care professionals.

In announcing the partnership, NPMA Executive Vice President Rob Lederer noted, “as pest management professionals seek to expand the resources they can offer customers, more and more are finding themselves considering lawn care. We also have seasoned veterans who have provided pest and lawn care services for years. It’s critical we provide professionals at both ends of the spectrum with the tools they need for ultimate success. The Summit is certainly a prime example of how the power of two groups working together can produce a networking and educational forum that neither group could offer independently.”

Attendees at the Summit should expect to walk away with information from case histories, insight for business plans, and lessons learned from those who have "been there and done that," said PLANET COO Sabeena Hickman, adding that many sessions plan to offer insight from professionals who have previously worked exclusively in lawn care or pest management and made the transition into offering both services.

Dual tracked sessions will offer both technical and management sessions for owners, managers and technicians. Programming, developed by leaders in the lawn care field, will bring experts from national firms to share thoughts on what the future holds as well as veterans to offer practical advice on how they are responding to current issues in the field. The complete schedule for The Lawn Care Summit, sponsorship information and registration materials will be available by Aug. 1 at www.npmapestworld.org/events and www.landcarenetwork.org/do/eventList.