Past Meetings and Events
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2010 OIPC Annual Meeting The OIPC annual meeting was held Thursday, March 4, at Dawe's Arboretum in central Ohio. Featured speakers were Dr. Kayri Havens from the Chicago Botanical Garden speaking on "Invasive Plants: Global Issues, Local Challenges" and Steve Foltz from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden speaking on "Native vs. Non-Native: What’s A Responsible Gardener To Do?". See the promotional flyer and agenda for more information. |
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OIPC Invasive Plant
Workshop in SE Ohio Sept. 19, 2009
On Sept. 9, 2009, a workshop was offered on "Good Plants Gone Bad: Invasive Plants of Southeast Ohio" at Washington State Community College in Marietta, OH. See the flyer or brochure for more information. There were approximately 30 attendees. |
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Successful OIPC Workshop in
NW Ohio July 14, 2009
OIPC and USFWS
hosted an invasive plant workshop at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, at their new visitor
center on July 14th. Over 38 people attended
the event, which consisted of a indoor morning session in
the new visitor center and an afternoon session that included a field trip
(hay ride through the marshes) and various displays.
See the original
flyer for more
information or the agenda
for a list of speakers.
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OIPC Invasive Plant
Workshop in SW Ohio Feb. 14, 2009
A successful OIPC workshop was held Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden with the help of the Hamilton County Park District. Over 55 participants came to learn about invasive plants that can be found in the area as well as alternative non-invasive replacements or the garden. This workshop was geared towards the gardening public and nursery professionals. See the flyer for more information on what was discussed. |
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The OIPC 2009 Annual Meeting Featured Doug Pearsall
and Don Cipollini The 2009 OIPC annual meeting was held on Wednesday, February 11 from 9:30am-2:30pm, at Highbanks Metro Park north of Columbus, OH. The featured speakers were Doug Pearsall from the MI Chapter of TNC who spoke about TNC's collaboration with Meijer to limit invasive plants as well as his work with MI's Invasive Plant Assessement System. Our second speaker was our own Don Cipollini who talked about garlic mustard and its ability to use "novel weapons". Check here for the schedule. |
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OIPC SE Ohio Workshop Sept. 10, 2008
An OIPC workshop on invasive plants in southeastern OH was held in Marietta on Sept. 10. The agenda is still available here with a printable PDF flyer. |
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Creation of An Invasive Plant Educational Exhibit
OIPC partnered with the OSU Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens to create "Thugs, Mugs, Bullies, and Creeps: Invasive Plants of Ohio." The display, located in Columbus, featured potted specimens of a dozen of the most invasive plants in the state. Brochures, handouts, and laminated factsheets about each species are included in the display. Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens, is an extensive green reserve on the OSU campus, with annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, some native and some non-native for the central Ohio climate. "Thugs, Mugs, Bullies, and Creeps: Invasive Plants of Ohio," was on display at Chadwick through Autumn 2008.
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OIPC Invasive Plant
Workshop on April 3, 2008
OIPC and the Medina
County Park District hosted a successful invasive plant workshop on
Thursday, April 3rd at Wolf Creek Environmental Center.
The workshop included both a day session and an evening session (see
photos), both of
which were attended by about 30 different people. The day session
included refreshments, box lunches, 4 speakers, invasive plant
specimens, and demonstrations of control techniques. Box lunches were
provided by the Ohio Prairie Nursery and Townsend Chemical from the Wolf
Creek Deli. The evening session included 2 speakers and invasive
plant specimens. |
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2008 Annual Meeting
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Natural Area Conference Joint Session OIPC and MIPN hosted a special session on regional plant invasions at the Natural Areas Conference in Cleveland on October 10. The special session featured six presentations:
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May 2, 2007 Control Technique Workshop at Champaign County Community Center in Urbana
attracted many attendees. The agenda is still available. |
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March 21, 2007
Invasive
Plant Workshop at Ironton, Ohio was a success! There were 73 people who attended the three sessions of the Good Plants Gone Bad workshop. There were also some invasive species activities with some children participants in the evening! More information about the CWMA will be posted shortly for those who are interested. See the agenda here. |
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Ohio Invasive Plants Council Annual Meeting
The annual OIPC meeting for 2007 was
held February 21 from 10am-4pm at Highbanks Nature Center, Lewis
Center, Ohio. This meeting's
agenda included speakers on invasive species,
updates on OIPC activities, and the election of 4 new Board Members.
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OIPC elected four Board Members for a 3-year term beginning February 2007Four board members were recently elected for 4 positions that represent different regions of the state as well as state and Federal government (land-managing agencies), the green industry, and local government (such as county metroparks). A description of the board member position is available online. We had 7 nominated candidates and the vote took place at the Feb. 21 annual meeting. |
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The 2007 OIPC Conference on "Continuing Partnerships
for Invasive Plant Management" was a success!
For more information about the research conference, go to the 2007 Ohio Invasive Plant Research Conference Announcement. Contact information for each of the speakers is also listed there. |
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The September 2006 "Good Plants Gone Bad" OIPC workshop was a great success!
OIPC’s September workshop, “Good Plants Gone Bad” at Highbanks Metropark in Columbus was well attended and successful. The day-long workshop was designed to provide basic information on invasive plants and general control techniques for Master Gardeners, garden club members, land managers, and homeowners. Approximately 90 people attended. |


