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May/June 2018
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
FLORIDA HOSTS
PHC WORKSHOP
Fourteen employees representing
both Commercial Landscape Services
(CLS) and Residential/Commercial
(R/C) services from the southeast
operating group gathered in
Jacksonville, Florida, for a Plant
Health Care (PHC) workshop.
The workshop was facilitated by
A.D. Ali and Shawn Fitzgerald,
technical advisors, with the
Davey Institute.
Some of the topics covered
during the workshop were irrigation,
seasonal color displays, turf insects
and diseases, Fitzgerald said.
"Irrigation is a big part of the program
in the South" Fitzgerald said. "Also,
because of the warmer weather, it
Pictured from left are Shawn Fitzgerald, Calvin Gordon, Paul Dolan, Paul Kovacik,
Reymundo Navarro, Ramsey Tice, Armando Massiate, Ashley Roberts, Felipe Small,
Ben Wasielewski, Juwan Hughes, Rick Colosimo, Scott Ervin, Charles Lowder and A.D. Ali.
FIELD TRAINING IN THE SOUTHWEST
Employees from Residential/
Commercial (R/C) services, Commercial
Landscape Services (CLS) and Cortese
Tree Specialists, a division of Wolf
Tree, Inc., attended a Plant Health
Care workshop in San Antonio.
Pictured from left are A.D. Ali, Thomas Brooks, Christine Balk, Kevin Martin, Jeremy Roper,
Jeff Schmidt, Charles Esping, David Cox, Joseph Leopard, Britt Tyson, Ross Morehouse,
Robert Ponce and Dave Madden.
allows them to install multiple seasonal
color displays throughout the year."
During the workshop, Ali and
Fitzgerald turned over the reins to
workshop attendee Paul Kovacik,
account manager, Tampa CLS
Christine Balk, technical advisor,
Davey Institute, said the workshop
focused on giving attendees the basics
of Plant Heath Care and other skills
needed in the field.
The workshop also included a
demonstration on how to inject
a tree for oak wilt, Balk said.
A.D. Ali, technical advisor, Davey
Institute, said attendees also took
a trip to the West San Antonio R/C
office for a session on the use of
equipment and safety.
During the visit, Tim Jackson, district
manager, West San Antonio office,
led a discussion on customer service,
Ali said. He provided tips on how to
work with internal and external clients.
Both Ali and Balk wanted to thank
Andy Ferguson, operations manager,
south central operating group, for
making this workshop possible.
territory, to discuss safety and
equipment maintenance.
"The students can probably relate
to it more when one of their peers is
sharing their experiences with them
instead of us lecturing," Ali said.
