Campus Units
Horticulture
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2006
Journal or Book Title
HortTechnology
Volume
16
Issue
1
First Page
143
Last Page
145
Abstract
A collaborative project between the Oregon State University Extension Service, and the green industry and allied professional organizations resulted in an educational seminar series for landscape professionals. In 2003 and 2004, the seminar series consisted of seven 3.5-hour sessions covering a range of horticultural topics and capitalized on expertise of extension personnel and green industry professionals. After the 2004 series, a survey was sent to all participants to determine attendance, overall evaluation, usefulness and applicability of information, participant learning, and behavior change as a result of the seminars. The response rate was 31%. Overall, participants gave the seminars a positive rating. A majority (83%) of respondents reported they had applied information learned at the seminar(s), and showed a significant increase in understanding of a subject as a result of participating in the seminar(s). Further, 98% of those who applied this information reported making multiple changes to their practices or recommendations to clients in the 6 months following the seminars.
Copyright Owner
American Society for Horticultural Science
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
VanDerZanden, Ann Marie; McMahan, Linda R.; Bell, Neil; Ries, Paul; Williams, Patty; and McAuliffe, Aimee, "A Collaborative Effort to Train Green Industry Professionals" (2006). Horticulture Publications. 29.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/hort_pubs/29
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Comments
This is an article from HortTechnology 16 (2006): 143. Posted with permission.