http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/lmg+state+conference/speakers/index.htm Speakers LSU AgCenter CMS Stager Copyright2009, LSU AgCenter 180 webmaster@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda Benedict) web@agcenter.lsu.edu (Sam Razi) en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lsuagcenter.com/images/agcenter-logo.gif http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/lmg+state+conference/speakers/index.htm http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Bartholomew+Mel.htm Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:32:09 GMT Mel Bartholomew is the originator and author of “Square Foot Gardening.” http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Bartholomew+Mel.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/A52C16E4-B45C-4A17-B3EB-EBC118CFBDCD/54547/BartholomewMel1.JPG http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Motsenbocker+Carl.htm Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:03:57 GMT Carl Motensenbocker is a professor of horticulture at LSU and the LSU AgCenter in the School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences (Department of Horticulture) since 1991. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Motsenbocker+Carl.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/DED59C7F-5220-4CC7-9979-3714510096FF/54356/motsenbocker_carl.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Gill+Dan.htm Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:09:51 GMT Dan Gill is a horticulturist with the LSU AgCenter, a position he has held since 1980. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Gill+Dan.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/F1DD9B03-D45D-4A9A-9E89-46B4C1DD81B7/54195/GillDan.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Picou+Steve.htm Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:45:43 GMT Steve Picou is a futurist, community activist, musician and public safety advocate. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Picou+Steve.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/145DC702-B413-401B-8FFD-8A296AC8C02D/54355/PicouSteve.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Fletcher+Bobby+H+Jr.htm Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:24:00 GMT Bobby Fletcher is assistant director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and is the state leader of the Louisiana Master Gardener volunteer program. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Fletcher+Bobby+H+Jr.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) 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web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/577E0A39-2EF4-4072-8690-06755E55D126/54364/PolletDale.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Baker+Anne.htm Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:08:37 GMT Anne Baker is a popular sustainable farm and organic garden educator in the New Orleans area. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Baker+Anne.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/FB78C94E-FDFA-4F52-A5EB-C6A89C198457/54348/BakerAnne.JPG http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Ferrin+Donald+Dr.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:32:38 GMT Donal Ferrin is a Plant Pathologist with the LSU AgCenter Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Ferrin+Donald+Dr.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) 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Cheston Stevens, Jr., is associate professor and specialist in soil fertility and nutrient management with the LSU AgCenter. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Stevens+J+Bird.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/A6B1A701-A74A-4FCE-82F4-0B6246886DC8/54359/Stevens_Jay.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Himelrick+David.htm Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:37:30 GMT Dr. Himelrick is professor of horticulture with teaching and extension responsibilities in fruit crops at the LSU AgCenter. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Himelrick+David.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/8683B2A9-D78A-4088-9684-EC928633BA43/54423/HimelrickDavid.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Bandele+Owusu.htm Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:13:06 GMT Dr. Owusu Bandele is a professor of horticulture at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Bandele+Owusu.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/B3CAC5D5-D566-4ACF-9545-AB2C3CEBDA6B/54363/BandeleOswusu.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Smith+Carlos.htm Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:02:40 GMT Dr. Carlos Smith is a county agent with the LSU AgCenter in Avoyelles Parish. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Smith+Carlos.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/AC7E3D74-7412-430C-B71E-38B192EA2194/54524/SmithCarlos.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Owings+Allen.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:10 GMT Allen Owings is a horticulture professor with the LSU AgCenter located at the Hammond Research Station, Hammond, LA. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Owings+Allen.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/FADC901F-C590-49AB-B73B-654B8DC3A82B/54102/OwingsAllen.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Wiesinger+Chris.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:16:31 GMT Chris Wiesinger, also known as "The Bulb Hunter," owns The Southern Bulb Company, a flowerbulb farm in East Texas that offers perennial flowerbulbs for warm climates. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Wiesinger+Chris.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/C4EAC611-2615-4160-B421-A174F10DCD57/54110/Wiesinger_IMG_8574.JPG http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Winter+Norman.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:19:14 GMT Norman Winter, who received his bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and master’s degree from Texas A&M University, is no stranger to the world of horticulture. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Winter+Norman.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/8EEA4ED1-8E41-46AE-B73C-E14A99FA84F8/54082/WinterNorman.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Welch+William+C.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:27:29 GMT Dr. William C. Welch is Landscape Specialist for Texas AgriLife Extension Service in the Horticultural Sciences Department at Texas A & M University. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Welch+William+C.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/20B5B494-6147-47D0-A704-5E034982F769/54062/WelchWilliam.JPG http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Perkins+Beth.htm Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:21:17 GMT Beth Banting Perkins is a horticulturist, co-manager of a family-owned business, Banting's Nursery now in its 50th year of business. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Perkins+Beth.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/69F62F39-7C92-4006-80E3-B995CDA92C44/54421/PerkinsBeth.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Soniat+Paul.htm Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:58:44 GMT Paul Soniat is founding director of the New Orleans Botanical Garden and Celebration in the Oaks in City Park. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Soniat+Paul.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/5D76F975-DA88-43DA-B833-3C8CA391F1ED/54384/Paul_Soniat.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Lampl+Joe.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:55:43 GMT Joe Lamp’l, (aka joe gardener®) is the host of two National television shows: GardenSMART on PBS and DIY Network’s Fresh from the Garden. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Lampl+Joe.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/18EB93E5-1A52-4A88-922A-CFCFBF0CA997/54181/LamplJoe.jpg http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Besh+John.htm Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:18:45 GMT John Besh, a Southern Louisiana native, is a nationally acclaimed chef who has set the benchmark for fine dining in New Orleans with four successful restaurants — Restaurant August, Besh Steak, Lüke and La Provence. http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/master_gardener/LMG+State+Conference/Speakers/Besh+John.htm web@agcenter.lsu.edu (LSU AgCenter) http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/F418C535-F291-42B0-B32A-349D18C78CBD/54116/BeshJohn.jpg