By: Andrew Jeffers, Greenville County Horticulture Agent
The IPM Symposium has grown into a place where pros compare notes, sharpen their diagnosis, and leave with steps they can use the next morning. That momentum has been building—237 attendees at the 6th annual event underscored the demand for practical, field-tested guidance, and last fall’s 7th Annual IPM Symposium kept the focus on decision-making with sessions like “Will Consumers Purchase a Landscape Scouting Program?” that translated research into service design for real clients.
This year, Horticulture Agent Drew Jeffers is taking the next step. The 8th Annual IPM Symposium will be simulcast to extend access to teams who can’t travel—municipal crews, small shops, and out-of-area professionals—so more people can engage with the duplicate evidence-based content that’s guided the series, including insights from our work on consumer IPM knowledge. The goal is simple: reach more practitioners, keep the conversations grounded in data, and help crews make better choices that protect people and landscapes across the state.
