Willamette Chapter ARS
Salem, Oregon
All are welcome to our chapter meetings which are free and open to the public. They are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from September through May. Our meeting may be in person or via Zoom. Meeting information will be sent to members via email and newsletter and also announced on this website. In person meetings will be held in a meeting room at La Margarita Restaurant and Grill, 545 Ferry Street SE, Salem, Oregon, with dinner at 5:00 p.m. and meeting/program to follow. There is a parking lot on east side of building.
Exciting to be back for
the first meeting of 2026–2027
Wednesday, September 9
Jim R. Frelich, Ph.D.
All About Lawns and More
Dr. Frelich will offer an interactive, multiple choice presentation about lawns, turf, and plants. It will challenge a person thinking about these elements that surround us daily and will include consumer and professional issues.
Throughout a career conducting research in lawn and garden, golf course, nursery plants, grass seed, vegetables, forestry, and other disciplines, Dr. Frelich has focused on product efficacy and safety, covering sales, marketing, advertising, and regulatory inputs. His formal education has included the University of Wisconsin, University of Nevada, and the University of Minnesota. Technically, he considers himself a research agronomist/soil scientist, or more simply put, a research scientist. .
The majority of his career has been with the Scotts/Miracle Gro company, conducting R&D on all consumer and professional product lines. For the last 30 years (with some overlap), Dr. Frelich has performed independent contract research in similar disciplines. He had an early career stint at the NRCS, (Natural Resource Conservation Service).