8:00 AM - 8:50 AM REGISTRATION
CHECK IN to receive a registration packet, seminar admission badge, and lunch ticket. Complimentary light snacks, coffee and tea will be available throughout the day.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM SESSION 1 (Choose one)
101
Designing with Succulents
Debra Lee Baldwin
YES, there is a diminishing water supply. But if you garden with plants that store water in their leaves and stems, you'll have a lush landscape without sacrificing beauty. Award-winning garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin, author of Designing with Succulents (a Timber Press bestseller) will show photos of creative design ideas and explain how these easy-care, sculptural plants---which range from groundcovers to tall trees---are perfect for low-water gardens, in applications that range from fire-wise landscapes to patio containers.
102
Creating a Beautiful, Edible Garden
Kay Havens & Teena Spindler
Ready to go on a culinary adventure in your own back yard? Master Gardeners Kay Havens and Teena Spindler will show you how to incorporate beautiful, edible plants into your landscape gradually transforming your garden into a more user friendly and resource responsible landscape. Step by step, they will show you how to create a great looking and tasting garden.
103
Your Garden Tools and the Garden Tools You Need the Most
Erick Lux
Professional horticulturist, certified arborist, and Master Gardener Erick Lux will sharpen your knowledge of simple techniques for taking care of your garden tools – and tell you the scoop on the most useful tools in the garden! Erick’s style is so entertaining that you will never look at your garden tools the same way again!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM SESSION 2 (Choose one)
201
Growing Winter Crops the Money-Saving, Organic Way
Pat Welsh
Pinch pennies with perennial and practical Pat Welsh as she shares her tried and true methods for growing hearty winter vegetables. Author of Pat Welsh’s Southern California Gardening: A Month-by-Month Guide and other popular books, Ms. Welsh has been a garden communicator for more than 30 years as an editor, columnist, TV host and winner of many awards, including the San Diego Emmy.
202
Wicked Plants, Oh My!
Amy Stewart
Eh heh heh, my little pretty! The Wicked Witch of the West has nothing on Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities. Amy will expose you to the deliciously dark side of plants and combine fascinating historical facts and information about the very plants that may be lurking in YOUR garden…the ones that are out to get you!
203
The Economy of Water
Darren Haver, Ph.D.
As the water reserve meter nears the EMPTY zone almost as fast as your gas gauge does the same, there must be someone who can come to the rescue! Enter Darren Haver, Water Resource/Water Quality Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Orange and Riverside Counties, who will give you the lowdown on the use of efficient irrigation systems to help you to save water.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
Got a (Pest) Problem? The (County) Doctor is In
Join John Kabashima, Ph.D., County Director/Environmental Horticulture Advisor, for lunch and conversation. Dr. John is a leading entomologist who enjoys talking about those pests in your garden. He reveals how to keep your garden healthy by using Integrated Pest Management strategies to rid it of harmful pests and attract beneficial ones. He also enjoys answering questions about your personal battles with pests!
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SESSION 3 (Choose one)
301
Designing a Friendship Garden
Heather Lenkin
Like flipping the pages of a photo album, a stroll through your garden will bring cherished memories of friends and family to mind. Heather Lenkin, the first two-time recipient of Garden Design magazine’s “Golden Trowel” award honoring ‘America’s Best Gardens.’ Her own home gardens were selected by Japanese public television, and Great Gardens magazine as ‘One of the Top Ten Great Gardens in the United States.’ Cottage Living magazine selected Lenkin’s garden as ‘One of the Ten Most Romantic Gardens in the United States.’ Heather will share her ten principles of design, and show you how to create a beautiful garden that both reflects you and elicits memories of friends and family.
302
Edible (YUM!) Ornamental (WOW!) Fruit Trees
Robert Woolley
Looking good and tasting good, too! There’s nothing like having your own backyard orchard and Robert Woolley will explain how fruit trees and vines – such as multiple budded and espaliered trees – can be used in the home landscape for both ornamental value and food production. Robert is a second generation son-in-law owner of the nursery, which was established by Dave Wilson in 1938.
303
Mainstreaming Sustainability in your Dream Garden
Nan Sterman
What is the garden of your dreams? Nan Sterman, award winning garden communicator, horticulturist, garden designer, gardening coach and author of California Gardeners Guide vol II, can help you achieve it. Learn how to replace your lawn with drought tolerant plants, and re-design your landscape using fruits, vegetables and herbs – in other words, create mainstream sustainability!