As Snohomish County has become less agricultural and more urban, the
focus of the local WSU Extension horticulture program has been on serving
gardeners, not horticultural professionals
but we now have a horticulture
agent to do educational programming for growers of row crops,
nursery crop producers, park and commercial landscapers and maintenance
personnel.
Sharon Collman,357-6025 will take commercial calls and walk-ins. Sharon
will try to solve problems or direct you to other resources. She or
Dave Pehling, an expert diagnostician, can often do plant disease,
insect, weed and plant identification and save you the delay and fee
associated with sending a specimen to the Puyallup Lab. University
regulations do not allow Master Gardeners to handle commercial questions,
other than to take down information, so please identify yourself as
a horticultural professional.
WSU Snohomish County Extension offers
Hort Pro training to a limited number of people once a year. Check our web site in September or call our office for more information
Private Applicator License
- Information about pesticide applicator licensing is available from
WA State Dept. of Agriculture Web site at http://agr.wa.gov/PestFert/LicensingEd/default.htm.
For your convenience, study materials can be purchased at our office.
In addition, our office can administer the private applicator exam;
all other exams must be scheduled in Olympia or Mount Vernon (1-877-302-4555).
Updated 11/30/07
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