|Who:|
Teams entered so far include Cornerstone Solutions Group, the Industry Team, the Luke Brothers, Pay it Forward Farm, Raymow, Tampa Bay Landscaping, Wildrose Lawncare and the "Southwest Florida Water Management District(Southwest Florida Water Management District)":http://watermatters.org.
Station leaders include Gary England from the University of Florida at the Right Plant Right Place station, Chris Hayes from BioWorks at the Pest Management station, Will Womack from Tampa Bay Landscaping at the Irrigation station, and Dale Wallace from the Plant Connection at the Fertilization station.
||*What:*|Landscape maintenance professionals will compete for the title of Ruling Water Champions in the region's first Landscape Challenge.
Green industry teams compete against each other by demonstrating landscape management practices that protect our water resources.
Competition areas include Bug Out for pest management, Spreading the Bull for fertilization, Thirsty Plants for the right plant in the right place, and Water it Right for irrigation.
The competition is sponsored by Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association and the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
||*When:*|Friday, March 12, 9:30 a.m. to noon.|
|*Where:*|"Pay it Forward Farm(Pay it Forward Farm, Spring Hill)":http://www.payitforwardfarm.org
16625 Laura Lee Drive, Spring Hill.
||*District Contact:*|Robyn Felix, media relations manager, 813-781-9817 (cell)|