This Landscape Is Our Landscape…

The Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii (LICH) is again inviting undergraduate and graduate students to submit abstracts for this year’s Student Poster Session at the LICH Green Industry Conference and Tradeshow, which will be held on October 14 at the Hawaii Convention Center. LICH is looking for research abstracts with relevant applications to landscaping and the landscape industry in Hawai‘i. All landscape-related topics are welcome, including nursery production/plant propagation/seed conservation techniques; new or potential landscape plants; Native Hawaiian plants; edible landscapes; green roofs (design, installation, maintenance, plants); landscape pest issues (diseases, insect pests, and weeds); plant nutrition issues (fertilization, nutrient deficiencies, toxicities, etc.); water issues in the landscape (xeriscaping, water-efficient irrigation); and environmental impacts of landscaping. Check out the attached call for poster abstracts and the student poster submission form for more information. The deadline for submitting poster abstracts is October 4. Feel free to distribute this call to your contacts.