Irrigation
The focus will be water conservation in the residential irrigation system. The class will emphasis drip and low volume irrigation, troubleshooting, upgrades, repairs, and smart timers. This will be a hands-on class,
displaying irrigation parts and components.
Michael Johnson has been gardening in Santa Cruz County since 2001 and has a BS in Business Administration (Agribusiness concentration) from CSUMB and an AS in General Horticulture from Cabrillo College. He is also a Certified Master Composter, Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor, and is the co-owner and manager of California H2orticulture Services, a local water management and ecological horticultural consultancy. Through CHS Michael collaborates with the City of Watsonville to implement its Landscape Water Conservation Program and works with the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County to manage its On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program.
Bees in the Urban Garden
His most recent interests in the garden are winter squashes and potatoes, and of course, a continued fascination of
Apis Mellifera, the honey bee. This workshop will address urban or backyard beekeeping, bee biology, bee’s needs to
stay healthy, how to get started as a beekeeper, and ample question/answer time.
Rock Lerum has been gardening locally for 25 years and keeping bees since 2000. He teaches gardening, circus arts,
and drama in the K-6 level at Orchard School in Aptos. He is a physical comedian/clown and performs locally through
his business Clown Clubhouse.
Planting Your Perennial Herb Garden
Select the best plants, decide on a location, arrange them in the ground or in containers for appearance, growing needs, and ease of harvest.
Culinary Magic of Herbs
Use fresh herbs in your daily cooking, harvest them at their peak for drying, and other means of putting herbs to good use in your life.
Pamela Mason completed the Master Gardener class in 1999 and a year later, with her husband Steve, founded Cole Canyon Farm, which focuses on organic herb and vegetable starts for the home gardener. Seasonal vegetable starts and a wide array of culinary and medicinal herb plants round out their unique inventory of plants for the Monterey Bay Area's diverse communities. Cole Canyon Farm plants are sold at ten farmer's markets on the Central Coast and at such retail outlets as New Leaf Community Market (West Side & Half Moon Bay), Filoli, Flora Grubb Gardens and Kingdom of Herbs in San Francisco, and Roger Reynolds Nursery in Menlo Park, among others. For more information about Cole Canyon Farm, visit www.colecanyonfarm.com.
Soil
Learn practical ways to better understand your garden's soil. Topics include pH levels, nutrients, and water management. The objective is to understand how to keep your soil healthy and working for you.
Sharon McCray is a certified lifetime Master Gardener in Santa Clara county and president of the Prusch Farm Park Foundation. She established the home composting program in 1994 in Santa Clara County and has been teaching soils classes for fifteen years.
Chicks in the City: Backyard Chicken Keeping
Learn about the variety of poultry available both locally and through websites and poultry catalogs. Candice will talk about local city codes, types of feed, where to place the coop, predators, and when to expect that first egg! Before you bring those baby chicks home you’ll want to know how to prepare their first home, how to keep chicks warm, what to feed them, and how to make their transition from a warm house (yours!) to their new chicken coop outside. Come and find out why Sunset Magazine calls the chicken coop the new doghouse.
Candice McLaren is a certified UCCE Master Gardener and chicken enthusiast. She has taught a course on chickens at nearly every nursery in Santa Cruz County.Candice has raised chickens for over 20 years and is a member of the
American Poultry Association.
Biological Solutions for Managing Soil in the Landscape and for Food Production
The class will focus on utilizing microorganisms to help reduce fertilizer, pesticide and fungicide use in the garden and landscape
Angus Mills studied at the Agroecology Center at UCSC and at UC Davis. For the last five years, his work and research has focused on the field of soil biology.
Organic Growing Practices
This class will introduce the principles behind organic gardening and practical methods for getting started. Emphasis will be on: building soil health, reducing off-garden inputs, crop rotation and designing your garden system to reduce risk from pests and nutrient deficiencies and toxicities.
Doug O’Brien is the Horticulture Instructor for Organic Food Production 1 and 2 at Cabrillo College. He is
a long-time organic gardener. Doug also owns and operates an on-farm consulting business. He has an undergraduate degree in agriculture and a Masters and PhD in plant diseases.
Small Tree Pruning
Pruning can either provide long term benefit or do long term damage to your garden trees. Understanding how trees grow and respond to pruning is key to proper tree pruning. Learn the basic concepts and pruning techniques to both control growth and maintain a tree's natural growth habit.
Garden Tree Care
Trees can be a major investment in our gardens and a long term benefit to the environment. Keeping them healthy is a high priority. While trees have a remarkable way of maintaining their own health, strength and beauty, many times our gardening practices and erroneous beliefs about tree growth work against tree health. Learn some basic tree care that works with your tree's natural abilities to stay healthy, strong and looking great.
Peter Quintanilla is an ISA Certified Arborist, a UCCE Master Gardener and pruning specialist. Peter is a landscape pruning instructor for Monterey Bay Green Gardeners, Master Gardeners and Cabrillo College. He also works on tree surveys with Barrie D. Coate and Associates.
Aquaponics
Peter will present an overview of Aquaponics, a system of raising fish, plants and microbes together. He will talk about various system types available either for large- or small-scale production. Peter will also discuss the selection of plants and fish for the various systems and construction options
Peter Shaw is the Program Chair of the Horticulture Department at Cabrillo College. He has spent the last 20 years teaching crop production at Cabrillo College and Spokane Community College. He has a PhD in Horticulture from WSU. .
Preventative Gopher Control
Learn preventative options to control gophers in your garden. Learn how to make your own gopher cages. Discuss plants that deter gophers and other humane ways to control gophers.
Gardening Tools: Selection & Maintenance
Learn how to choose the right tool for the job and maintain optimal use of your tools. We will cover how to choose the right hand tools for various gardening jobs and how to maintain and prolong the life of those tools.
Gardening is Tanya Stocker’s passion. Much of what she has learned in the garden has been through trial and error. Tanya practices organic gardening methods and natural preventative control of pests. She uses gardening as a means to relax and remain grounded. She is a member of the Elkhorn Gardening Club.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
This class introduces the concepts and practices of integrated pest management emphasizing identification of insects, vertebrates, diseases and weeds in managed landscapes, crops, nurseries and greenhouses on the Central Coast. Covers pesticide use and safety and the techniques of integrated pest management including: biological control, resistant varieties, cultural controls and mixed cropping.
Sean Swezey teaches IPM in Cabrillo College’s Horticulture Dept. He has served as the technical representative to the CA Organic Products Advisory Committee. From 1999-2004, he was the Director of the statewide UC Sustainable Ag Research and Education Program. He has a PhD in Entomology from UC Berkeley.
How Plants Grow
Learn to use your plant biology knowledge to become a better gardener.
Common Plant Pests & Their Control
The class will focus on common plant pests, diseases and management of these pests in the Monterey Bay Area.
Steve Tjosvold (pronounced chess-vold) is Environmental Horticulture Farm Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension. He is responsible for the planning and implementation of educational and field research programs in floriculture, nursery production, turf management and landscape horticulture in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. He oversees the local Master Gardener Program. His current primary research program includes the biology and management of Phytophthora ramorum and light brown apple moth in nursery production. He has been with the UCCE in Watsonville since 1983.
Landscape Design
This class will offer a brief introduction to Landscape Design including basic elements of design and site analysis. Learn the tools needed for turning your landscape vision into a reality.
Carri Wagner is a Master Gardener (Class of 2004) and a Landscape Designer. In 2004, she was part of a team that designed the gardens of San Lorenzo Valley Historical Museum in Boulder Creek. Currently she is a part of the re-design team for the same facility. Carri participated in the award winning Cabrillo Hort landscape design for the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, CA. She also designs home gardens.
Carri teaches California Natives and Landscape Design classes for the Master Gardener program and at Quail Hollow Ranch.
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