Spring Training for Landscape Professionals

ABOUT SPRING TRAINING

This one-day training event for landscape professionals is planned by the Spring Training Committee. We use the feedback gathered during the previous year’s event, as well as insights gained during a bustling season to carefully curate two distinct tracks of education. There is a track focused on the needs of crew members and a second track for owners and managers. We also feature a greenhouse full of suppliers showcasing cutting-edge products, equipment, and services.  This event has an attendance of 350 with 21 exhibitors.

• Crew Member Sessions
  • Managing Difficult-to-Control Weeds in the Landscape
    • Presented by Kyle Daniel, Purdue University
  • A Day in the Life of an Arborist – Identifying Preventable Tree Issues
    • Presented by Aaron Schulz, Oak Bros Tree Care & Removal
  • Drainage Fundamentals and Most Effective Downspout Runoff Solutions
    • Presented by Martin Juven, NDS
• Owners & Managers Sessions
  • Growth Strategies for Landscaping Businesses: Mastering Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships
    • Presented by Mark Bradley, LMN
  • Leading Others Well
    • Presented by Janelle Reeb, J. Reeb Consulting
  • What’s Growing in 2025
    • Presented by John Cottrell, Stoneleaf Nursery
  • Professional Services Panel
    • Panel participants include Mike Ackley, Goodfield State Bank; Matthias Pope, Dill Wealth Management; TBD; Moderator – Adam Bellas, Bellas Landscaping
• Combined Sessions for all Attendees
  • Complying with Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulations
    • Presented by David Whittaker, Illinois State Police
  • Emergency Trauma Care at the Jobsite
    • Presented by Ron Yanor, Adamax Tactical Academy
  • Walk on the Blocks
    • Presented by Phil Bahler, PaveTool Innovators

Alta Equipment Company
American Rentals
Blunier Implement
Brickworks Supply Center
Foster Brothers Wood Products
Fosters Inc
J&L Morris Trucking
Ledgestone
LMN
Martin Equipment
PaveTool
Peoria Brick Company
SiteOne Landscape Supply
SmartGate Conveyors
Spring Meadow Nursery
Stoneleaf Nursery
Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp
Trinity Stone
Unilock
Vermeer Midwest