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Saturday Seminar: "Good Bug/Bad Bug: Are the Good Guys Winning?"

13 Aug 2016

Dr. Jill Sidebottom, specialist in pest management of Fraser firs, will cover pest identification and management in the home landscape, with an emphasis on promoting beneficial insects. A display box will help us identify our friends and foes. Lucas Jack, head Horticulturist of The Cove and former head rosarian at the Biltmore Estate, will cover the use of beneficials. Lucas initiated the use of commercially acquired beneficials in the Biltmore Estate Rose Garden, decreasing the need for spraying. August 13 from 9:30 am - Noon. Free. Registration requested. Call 255-5522. Location: Buncombe County Extension Center, 49 Mt Carmel Rd, Asheville NC