Thursday, February 5, 2026
Sharonville Convention Center
11355 Chester Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45246
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS this coming Saturday, January 17
Don’t miss this premier Tri-State Green Industry one-day educational event!
Visit the Tri-State GIC Website for registration fees and more information
https://u.osu.edu/greenindustryconference/
Or register directly by clicking this hotlink:
https://web.cvent.com/event/9ecc5aa1-1cc5-4c63-9de2-03e196ee6a47/summary
What is the Tri-State GIC?
The Tri-State Green Industry Conference (GIC) has been offered annually for over 85 years. From its humble beginnings in a greenhouse head house, the GIC has grown to a premier regional one-day training event with 10 educational tracks:
- General Pest and Disease Management: A focus on a range of issues related to insect pests, diseases, and weeds, including cutting-edge management options.
- Annuals and Perennials: A focus on topics related to working with herbaceous plants in production, design, and maintenance.
- Trees and Shrubs: A focus on topics related to working with woody plants in production, design, and maintenance.
- Turfgrass Management: A focus on management of commercial, residential, and athletic turfgrass.
- Greenhouse and Urban Ag: A focus on management of greenhouse crops, especially ornamental annuals, and urban vegetable crops.
- Landscape Ecosystems: A focus on sustainable landscape management.
- Emerging Ideas and Issues: A focus on breeding programs involved in developing resistant varieties to our top insect issues, as well as soilless mix issues, plus updates on the future challenges we will be facing.
- Green Industry Classroom to Career: A focus on resources available to educators for their classrooms and students to introduce them to green industry careers and incorporate horticulture into their lessons
- Worker Safety: A focus on keeping workers safe by addressing PPE, proper equipment maintenance and use as well as other issues that threaten the safety of Green Industry employees.
- Spanish Track: Este curso cubre el diseño del paisaje, preparación del suelo, el manejo de plagas emergentes, y las mejores prácticas para la selección de plantas y el éxito a largo plazo del paisaje. This track covers landscape design, soil preparation, management of emerging pests, and best practices for plant selection and long-term landscape success.
Professional Credits/CEUs Available at the 2026 Tri-State GIC:
Ohio (ODA) Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits:
- ODA Commercial Applicator: CORE = 4 hrs.; 3A = 1 hr.; 4A = 1 hr.; 5 = 1 hrs.; 6A = 5 hrs. (1 hr. is in Spanish); 6B = 1 hr.; 6D = 1 hr.; 8 = 2 hrs.; 10A = 0.5 hr.; 10D = 0.5 hr.
- ODA Private Applicator: CORE = 4 hrs.; 4 = 6 hrs. (1 hr. is in Spanish); 5 = 1 hr.; 7 = 4 hrs.
ISA Credentials CEUs:
- Certified Arborist = 23; Utility Specialist = 4; Urban Forest Professional = 23; Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA)-Science = 8; BCMA-Practice = 4; BCMA-Management = 11; Tree Worker (TW) Climber Specialist = 8; TW Aerial Lift Specialist = 8
Ohio Green Industry Association (OGIA), OCNT Credits:
The event is worth 6 credits.
Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) CEUs
24 teaching presentations qualify
Indiana and Kentucky Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits have been requested and are pending
Cutting-edge horticultural training sessions
Networking Opportunities
Vendor/Trade Show
The Tri-State Green Industry Conference is a collaborative educational effort between the following organizations, arboreta, and botanical gardens, as well as Green Industry leaders:
Ohio State University Extension
Purdue Extension
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
University of Cincinnati
The Boone County Arboretum
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
Questions?
Amy Coors: coors.15@osu.edu
J.T. Benitez: benitez.6@osu.edu
See you at the 2026 Tri-State GIC!
