CEUs

Irrigation Association Recertification

Click here to see full recertification details on the Irrigation Association website. IA Certified Professionals must earn and submit 20 continuing education units every two years.

These courses at Northern Green may qualify for recertification based on the activities and requirements listed on the Irrigation Association website.

1/20/2025 | 7:30 PM – 4:30 PM
PLT Relicensure

1/21/2025  |  9:00am – 9:45am
Water/Irrigation Village: What Trends Will Help Your Irrigation and Landscape Business Thrive?

1/21/2025  |  10:00am – 10:45am
Water/Irrigation Village: Advanced Two-Wire Controls

1/21/2025  | 11:00am – 11:45am
Water/Irrigation Village: Promoting and Protecting Your Company with Career Paths for Landscape Irrigation

1/21/2025  |  12:30pm – 3:00pm
Water/Irrigation Village: Advanced Pumps and Pump Controls

Continuing Education – Landscape Architects

The Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design (AELSLAGID) does not pre-approve any courses or activities for continuing education. It is up to each licensee or certificate holder to become familiar with the statutory requirements and to determine for themselves whether or not a particular course or activity meets those requirements.

Several Northern Green seminars may meet the continuing education requirements outlined in MN Statute 326.107. Final discretion is up to the Board. Click here to download the AELSLAGID Continuing Education Assessment Form to assist you in determining which courses or activities will meet the statutory requirements.

Visit http://www.aelslagid.state.mn.us/conted.html to learn more about AELSLAGID continuing education requirements.

International Society of Arboriculture CEUs

Click here for a link to “Maintaining Your ISA Credentials.”

Below are a list of approved sessions for ISA CEUs at Northern Green 2025:

01/20/2025 | 07:30 AM – 09:00 AM
Pre-Conference Session – Pesticide Recertification: Category P – Vertebrate Pest Management
ISA Credits: CA – 1.5; BCMA Science – 1.5

01/20/2025 | 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Pre-Conference Session – Pesticide Recertification: The Basics of Integrated Pest Management
ISA Credits: CA – 1; BCMA Practice – 1

01/20/2025 | 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM
Pre-Conference Session – Pesticide Recertification: Worms, Borers, and Beetles…Oh My!
ISA Credits: CA – 1; BCMA Practice – 1

01/20/2025 | 02:45 PM – 04:00 PM
Pre-Conference Session – Pesticide Recertification: Diagnosing Tree Issues Properly, Before Treatment
ISA Credits: CA – 1.25; BCMA Practice – 1.25

01/21/2025 | 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Management Path: Reducing Repetitive Motion Injuries
ISA Credits: CA – 1; BCMA Management – 1

01/21/2025 | 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Landscape/Hardscape Village: Drainage and Soil Types of Minnesota
ISA Credits: CA – 0.75; BCMA Science – 0.75

01/21/2025 | 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Management Path: Aggressive Homeowners: Training for a Mindset of De-Escalation
ISA Credits: CA – 1; TW Specialist – 1; Utility Specialist – 1; Municipal – 1; BCMA Management – 1

01/23/2025 | 09:00 AM – 09:50 AM
Tree Care/Arborist Village: Leadership for Crew Leaders and Managers
ISA Credits: CA – 0.75; Municipal – 0.75; BCMA Management – 0.75

01/23/2025 | 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Management Path: Reducing Repetitive Motion Injuries
ISA Credits: CA – 1; BCMA Management – 1

01/23/2025 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Garden Center/Grower Village: What Plays Well with What: Compatibilities in the Bio-Control World
ISA Credits: CA – 0.75; BCMA Practice – 0.75

01/23/2025 | 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Tree Care/Arborist Village: Safety First
ISA Credits: CA – 0.75; TW Specialist – 0.75; BCMA Management – 0.75

01/23/2025 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Turf, Grounds & Snow Mgmt Village: Yearlong Maintenance of Woody Plants
ISA Credits: CA – 1; TW Specialist – 1; BCMA Practice – 1

01/23/2025 | 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Tree Care/Arborist Village: How to Prepare for and Select New Software to Manage Your Business
ISA Credits: CA – 0.75; BCMA Management – 0.75

01/23/2025 | 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM
Tree Care/Arborist Village: Adopting Battery-Powered Equipment
ISA Credits: CA – 1.25; TW Specialist – 1.25; BCMA Practice – 1.25

01/23/2025 | 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Management Path: Aggressive Homeowners: Training for a Mindset of De-Escalation
ISA Credits: CA – 1; TW Specialist – 1; Utility Specialist – 1; Municipal – 1; BCMA Management – 1

01/23/2025 | 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Tree Care/Arborist Village: Maintain Small Equipment for Efficiency & Safety
ISA Credits: CA – 1; TW Specialist – 1; BCMA Practice – 1

Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) CEUs

Visit https://www.apld.org/certification1 to learn more about APLD continuing education requirements.

The courses listed below have been approved for APLD recertification points:

01/21/2025 | 07:45 AM – 8:30 AM
Keynote: How to Conquer Anything – 1.25

01/21/2025 | 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Landscape Design/Architecture Village: American Roots – 1

01/21/2025 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Landscape/Hardscape Contractor Village: Managing Next Level Hardscape Projects – 1

01/21/2025 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Landscape Design/Architecture Village: Healing Inspired Landscapes – 1

01/21/2025 | 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Landscape/Hardscape Contractor Village: Drainage and Soil Types of Minnesota – 0.75

01/21/2025 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Landscape Design/Architecture Village: Inside Scoop on Designing A Naturalistic Garden – 1.5

01/23/2025 | 7:45 AM – 8:30 AM
Keynote: Mastering Change – 1.25

01/23/2025 | 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Professional Gardening Village: Managing Invasive Species – 0.75

MDA Pesticide Recertification

There will be a Pesticide Recertification course offered as a pre-conference session on Monday, January 20, 2025 of Northern Green week.

Category P (Vertebrate Pest Control)
This course begins at 7:30 a.m. and will end at approximately 9:00 a.m. For licensed applicators to receive credit for or Category P (Vertebrate Pest) they must also attend the Category A & E Pesticide Recertification track from 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM (details below) and have their license scanned in and out.

Category A & E (Core & Turf and Ornamentals)
This course begins at 9:15 a.m. and will end at approximately 4:00 p.m.

By attending the Pesticide Recertification workshop at the Northern Green on Monday, January 20, you are completing the recertification requirements in Categories A – Core and E – Turf and Ornamentals. This workshop has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). Licensed applicators with Categories A and E who last attended a recertification workshop in 2023, and newly-licensed pesticide applicators in 2024, must attend an MDA-approved workshop by December 31, 2025. By attending the Pesticide Recertification track and scanning in and out onsite with staff of the Department of Agriculture, applicators will obtain recertification credit.

Applicators must attend the entire Pesticide Recertification track to obtain MDA recertification credit. Attendance will be monitored. The MDA reserves the right to deny recertification credit to participants who arrive later than 30 minutes after the start of the program or who are absent during substantial portions of the program. Workshop participants should bring license and photo identification cards to the workshop.

Power Limited Technician Relicensure

Northern Green will feature a pre-conference session on Monday, January 20 with the opportunity to obtain re-licensure hours towards the Dept. of Labor and Industry Power Limited Technician License.

The course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry as satisfying eight hours of continuing education requirements for the Power Limited Training Licensure, including 2 hours of code, and 6 hours of technical training.

Course Approval Code #: CRSE2408-0009

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) CEUs

MGCSA received approval from GCSAA for Education Points at Northern Green 2025. (Copies of the Approval Code Notice attendance sheets to submit to GCSAA will be available in the Golf Village room at Saint Paul RiverCentre.)