The UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Office is pleased to announce the following Commercial Horticulture program for August 2025. Commercial Horticulture agent Tatiana Sanchez-Jones is offering this program.
Green Industries Best Management Practices (GIBMP) – Aug. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Alachua County Ag Auditorium (22716 W. Newberry Road, Newberry)
Florida law states that all commercial fertilizer applicators working on residential/commercial properties must have a certificate from FDACS. To get this certificate, each commercial applicator must be trained in the Green Industries Best Management Practices and receive a certificate of completion from UF/IFAS and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Up to four Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available in the following categories: General Standard Core, Private Applicator, Ornamental & Turf, Limited Urban Fertilizer, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Limited Lawn and Ornamental and Commercial Lawn and Ornamental.
The registration fee of $30.00 (plus $3.85 Eventbrite fee) will include lunch and class materials. Participants must register online by Aug. 9. The registration fee after the deadline, or if paying at the door, will be $40.00 (plus a $4.52 Eventbrite fee). This class is limited to 30 participants. There are no refunds for the registration fee.
For more information about this program, contact Tatiana Sanchez-Jones, with UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, at 352-955-2402 or tatiana.sanchez@ufl.edu.
Visit the extension office website for additional programs offered by the office.
An Equal Opportunity Institution. Extension Service, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Dr. Andra Johnson, dean for UF/IFAS Extension. Single copies of Extension publications (excluding 4-H and youth publications) are available free to Florida residents from county extension offices.
