President’s Message

Dear TTA Members,

I want to start by saying thank you to our membership for allowing me the honor of being president of this great organization. We have been on an upward trajectory of attendees at our conferences for both summer and winter. This means that you know the power of networking and education provided by TTA.

We had a great conference in Denton this past December with over 500 total attendees and vendors. Our vendors continue to bring great products to help everyone with their turf needs from municipalities to private golf courses and landscapers to sports fields. With a growing membership and more attendees to the conferences, more vendors want to be a part of this great organization.

It seems like every year, we have more snow and ice that can lead to turf renovation needs. Through board discussions, we have learned that our Board Advisors are working with Sod Producers soon on test plots and the knowledge gained will benefit our industry. Our advisors are also educational speakers at conferences that bring back the information to help all of us learn current ideas of what is changing with our turfgrasses. We truly have a great group of vendors and advisors that help each other to make everything better for all of us in this great organization.

As the temperatures warm up, we are all looking forward to the summer conference. Our great Executive Director, Katie, and the board have everything lined up for our summer conference July 16-18 at The Woodlands. Our summer conference is going to be a lot of fun for families as well as great networking and educational seminars for our members. I look forward to seeing everyone in July as we “Keep Texas Green.”

Thank you,

Houston Fullerton, MCPTM President - Hoot’s Lawn Care LLC

Howdy and Welcome to 2023,

Thank you to everyone who made this past Winter Conference in Denton such a success! We had record-breaking attendance since 2018 and the involvement, networking, and education was top- notch! Finding the right venue to accommodate our group is always a challenge and very important; Denton was a pleasant surprise, and we want to keep that momentum. If you have a City and Venue that you would like to see is for Summer or Winter, please let me know.

In addition to the conference, our amazing board advisors put on a two-day lecture for our CPTM program. Congratulations to our newest Certified Professional Turfgrass Managers who you will see highlighted in this newsletter. Two days of lecture paid off for these members and all of those who have tested understand the importance!

We are striving to grow and keep our education and association a vital part of this industry, in lieu of challenges we have faced. Throughout the past couple of years, I am sure we all in the industry have felt the growing and financial strain within our personal lives or our career. TTA hopes to keep this Association growing and thriving for education in turf but also for networking for all industry professionals. Thank you again to all exhibitors, members, and Sponsors for your help!

Lastly, I encourage you all to consider our Awards program. If you have a field, park, commercial area, golf course, or any project that your company or crew deserves recognition, start planning NOW to submit for to our Awards Committee, as submissions are due by October 1, 2023

Thank you again for 2022 and I hope to see and meet so many more of you this year in 2023!

God Bless! Warmest Regards, Your

Executive Director, Katie Flowers