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Organic Parks Workshop with Chip Osborne

What: Lisle Park District is transitioning four parks to organic and we want to show how they will do it! We will cover the importance of soil biology, cultural practices and other natural lawn care concepts.

Who: Natural lawn care expert Chip Osborne of Osborne Organics will provide a three hour crash course covering organic park management.

Who should attend: Managers of turf and other lands including those of park and school districts, municipalities, policymakers, non-profits and corporate campuses.

Cost: FREE! With a suggested $10 donation to the non-profit initiative Midwest Grows Green so we can provide refreshments and continue to assist communities with organic park and natural lawn care implementation.

More questions: Contact Ryan Anderson at randerson@ipminstitute.org or 773-878-8245

Thanks to: Stonyfield Organic Yogurt for supporting organic park implementation by the Lisle Park District and funding for Chip Osborne's visit. Also, to Jewel Osco for supporting the four organic parks & providing a light breakfast to the event.

This is a MGG Lawn & Land Forum event. The MGG Lawn & Land Forum is a collaboration between MGG and the Illinois Sports Turf Managers Association and supported by the North Central IPM Center to document, summarize and improve the state of Integrated Pest Management and Natural Lawn Care policies and practices locally, regionally and nationally. All summaries, findings and resources developed from this forum will remain free and open source to turf managers, policymakers and individuals interested in applying IPM policies and programs to their work.