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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
Educating the Public With Plant, Turf and Pest Posters |
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Lead State: MD Lead Organization: University of Maryland |
| Undesignated Funding: $6,426 |
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Start Date: May-01-2010 End Date: Dec-15-2011 |
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Site/Commodity: residential, home, lawns, landscape, turfgrasses, trees, woody ornamentals |
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Area of Emphasis: education |
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Summary:
The Northeast Community IPM Working Group (CIPMWG) has been very active and successful in developing IPM content for web sites and colorful easy to read posters. This group's primary focus is IPM in residential settings. This proposal of 3 new IPM poster series is based on prior success with dissemination of IPM information to the public through many settings on a national, regional, and local level. The 1st poster series will feature 5 trees, 5 shrubs, and 5 herbaceous perennials that are considered relatively pest free and low maintenance. These 15 plants will be widely adaptable across the mid Atlantic, Northeast, and North Central regions. The 2nd poster series will be a redesign of 8 "Growing Green Lawns" lawn care posters. These lawn posters will be more user friendly and easier to read. The topics range from which grass cultivars to plant, to fertilizer, and pest control. The 3rd poster series will be 5 posters on common pest control issues in the home such as rats, mice, cockroaches, ants, and bed bugs. This proposal will design and print 2 complete sets of posters that will also be available on the CIPMWG web sites (growinggreenlawns.org and bughelp.org). Order forms on the web sites will request use statistics and feedback on poster usefulness. Poster sets will be printed on durable, weather-proof material so that they will stand up to many uses and weather conditions. It is hoped that this project will increase effective IPM messaging to the public on low maintenance plants, proper lawn care, and common household pests and become adopted by nurserymen, landscape professionals, turf maintenance personnel and pest control operators.
Objectives: We will produce new educational outreach posters for landscape, lawns, and pest control. Proposal |
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Outcomes The Expert Plant Picks poster series was developed to provide alternative choices for landscape plants that have few if any pest problems, require little care once established, and provide diversity in the landscape. There are fifteen plants in the series: 5 trees, 5 shrubs, and 5 perennials. Most of the plants range from zones 4 through 7. The plant selection list has been reviewed by specialists in horticulture from Cornell University, Longwood Gardens, Brookside Gardens, the United States Botanic Garden, the National Arboretum, and University of Maryland Horticulturists. Trees: American Holly, Ilex opaca Carolina Silverbell, Halesia tetraptera White fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus Persian parrotia, Parrotia persica White fir, Abies concolor Shrubs: Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora Dwarf fothergilla, Fotheriglla gardenia Oak leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia Virginia sweetspire, Itea virginica Winterberry holly, Ilex verticillata Perennials: False indigo, Baptisia australis Allegheny foam flower, Tirallea cordifolia Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium purpureum Showy stonecrop, Hylotelephium spectabile (formerly sedum) Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides In addition to the Expert Plant Picks poster series, there is a set of eight sustainable lawn care posters. These posters focus on best management practices for residential lawns. The idea is to take the mystery out of lawn care and to provide information on how to do it correctly and simply. These posters summarize important steps for maintaining lawns with minimal inputs. The posters are in an easy to read format with color photos. Subjects covered in the lawn care posters include: Benefits of Lawns Know Your Turf Mow Right! Feed Right! Water Right! Mowing Feeding Your Lawn Watering Managing Insect Pests and Diseases in Your Lawn Controlling Weeds in Your Lawn In 2011 a series of 5 pest posters were produced by Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Mary Kay Malinoski, and Steve Jacobs: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Stinging Insects, Mosquitoes, Spiders, and Norway Rat. Content, design, and many photos by authors. Reviewed by J. Lampman (Audubon International), L.J. Bushway (Cornell University) The focus of the posters is on IPM practices to prevent and manage these pests. They are available online for download at: http://plantdiagnostics.umd.edu/content/educational-resources.cfm |
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Impacts The posters have been viewed by many thousands of people at various field events such as the U.S. Botanic Garden Earth Day (2010, 2011, 2012), Garden Fest at the Smithsonian Institution (2011, 2012). They provide an alternative way of getting information out to the public, green industry, arborists, forestry professionals, gardens, etc. The lawn care and plant posters were on display in Bartholdi Park, United States Botanic Garden while the fountain was under renovation from 2010-2011. They were a huge hit with garden staff and visitors alike and provided educational moments for the staff. Many thousands of people have viewed the posters. The poster projects were supported by funding from the University of Maryland Extension, and Northeastern IPM Center grants program. The posters are available for download on our Plant Diagnostic web site at: http://plantdiagnostics.umd.edu/. Both high resolution print quality and low resolution versions are available for multi-use: posters in retail nurseries, gardens, arboreta, various events, and as information sheets to give to the public. Nearly 700 individuals to date from California to Puerto Rico, Alaska, and international locations such as Russia, Pakistan, Australia, Sweden, Egypt, and others have downloaded the posters. The audience ranges from K-12 teachers, university professors, extension educators, water quality professionals, landscape companies, arboreta, botanic gardens, U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force installations, etc. To download the posters, individuals must fill out a form requesting contact and usage information. An IRB approved survey has been sent to individuals who downloaded the posters. Preliminary results of the survey with details of the impacts can be viewed in the NEIPM Poster Grant Appendix Malinoski.pdf. |
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