Green Industries Best Management Practices (GI-BMP) Training - October 2025

Green Industries Best Management Practices (GI-BMP) Training - October 2025

The GI-BMP program teaches environmentally safe landscaping practices that help conserve and protect Florida's ground and surface waters.

By UF/IFAS Leon County Extension

Date and time

Tuesday, October 7 · 8am - 4pm EDT

Location

UF/IFAS Extension Leon County

615 Paul Russell Road Tallahassee, FL 32301

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 1 day before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 8 hours

This workshop is designed to provide training in the Green Industry Best Management Practices (GI-BMPs) for anyone working in the lawn, landscape, pest control, or municipal groundscare business.

The GI-BMP program is focused on reducing non-point source pollution resulting from fertilizer or pesticide applications.  

At the end of this training you will be given a post-test to determine knowledge learned. If the post-test is successfully completed, you will be mailed a Green Industries BMP certificate of completion. This certificate allows for the issuance of a Limited Urban Fertilizer (LUF) License through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).

This training will also satisfy the training requirements of the City of Tallahassee and Leon County fertilizer ordinances. If you apply lawn & ornamental fertilizers as part of your job in these areas, you must now receive this training and certification.

This class also provides CEUs needed to renew a Limited Urban Fertilizer License and other pesticide applicator licenses through FDACS. CEUs are provided in the following categories:

2 CORE (487 and 482)

2 Private Ag

2 O&T

2 LUF

2 LCLM

2 LLO

2 L&O

Lunch is provided.

Organized by

The Cooperative Extension Service is a partnership between state land grant universities, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and county governments throughout the nation. In Leon County, the partnership includes the University of Florida (UF), Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), and Leon County Government.

 

UF/IFAS Extension’s mission is to develop knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences, and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life. Leon County Extension conducts research-based educational programs in Agriculture and Food Systems, Horticulture, Family & Consumer Sciences, and 4-H Youth Development.

 

The University of Florida is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. For disability accommodations such as sign language interpreters and listening devices, please contact Marcus Boston (marcusb@ufl.edu, 850-606-5200) at least one week in advance. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.An Equal Opportunity Institution. UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Andra Johnson, Dean. Single copies of UF/IFAS Extension publications (excluding 4-H and youth publications) are available free to Florida residents from county UF/IFAS Extension offices.
$30Oct 7 · 8:00 AM EDT