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Chip
Osborne is a professional horticulturist with thirty-five years’ experience
in the green industry. After
education in conventional greenhouse management and several years following that
approach, he converted his greenhouse operation to an organic environment.
In the mid-1990’s his extensive horticultural background was broadened
to include turfgrass management. He
is a NOFA Accredited Land Care Professional and a member of the NOFA Organic
Land Care Governing Body. Chip is a
member of the Board of Directors of Beyond Pesticides in Washington DC. He is also a ten-year elected member of the Town of Marblehead MA
Recreation and Park Commission where he developed an organic management program
for parks and athletic fields in 2001 in response to a Board of Health mandate
that the town eliminate the use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In 2007 he founded Osborne Organics, a company that provides natural turf
consulting services to business, municipal, and institutional clients. A major focus of the business is providing education in the area of
natural turf management. Chip
developed A Systems Approach to Natural Turf Management™ as a method of
maintaining turf without the use of toxic chemicals. In this presentation Chip Osborne will
discuss some compelling reasons why we should consider a natural approach to
lawn care. Public health,
children’s health, storm-water runoff, and water quality issues are all
reasons why we should begin to reduce our dependence on synthetic and chemical
products to grow our lawns and gardens. This presentation will allow the do-it-yourselfer to care for the lawn or
for the homeowner to convey their wishes to their landscape contractor. The information in this presentation is also a very good introduction to
natural lawn care for the landscape contractor. For
more about Chip and Osborne Organics see http://www.osborneorganics.com |
