Docents will be on hand to explain the water saving features of the landscapes and to answer questions about plants. All plants are labeled, so if you see something you like, you'll know what to buy. There will also be tram tours of the fruit orchards, urban chickens, raised bed vegetable gardens, vendors, and a plant sale. If you get hungry, the Flip Truck will be selling sliders.
Lectures are as follows:
- 9:30 a.m. WUCOLs II – What is it? How to make it work for you
- 10:30 a.m. “So much beauty with so little water”-New WaterwisePlants
- 11:30 a.m. Maintaining Your Landscape During the Drought
- 12:30 p.m. The Drought and the Disease Triangle
- 1:30 p.m. Do It Right, Do It Right Now
Demonstrations include:
- 10:05 a.m. Portable Self-watering Vegetable Garden Containers – Learn how to create a portablevegetable garden.
- 11:05 a.m. Create a Hypertufa Pot – Learn how to make a hypertufa pot.
- 12:05 p.m. Compost 101 – Learn how to turn yard waste into black gold.
- 1:05 p.m. Preserving the Season's Bounty – UC Master Food Preservers
For more information: ucanr.org/sites/urbanwatermgmt/
Therry Vargas will be there to answer questions about urban chickens, and Isabel Barkman will be on hand with a taste of what's growing in the orchards. Vendors, local water agencies, and UC experts will provide information to help you have a healthier water-wise landscape.
The school garden area has been update and includes raised beds made from a variety of building materials. You're sure to find something you can reproduce at home. An assortment of different compost bins is actively making good stuff for the garden, and Master Composters will help you get started with your own. If you're looking for plants that can live with little water, wander over to the front landscape area. All plants are labeled, so if you find something you like, you can find it at the nursery. In fact, you may not have to drive to the nursery, because plants which have been carefully tended in the hoop house will be on sale right there.
Hop on a tram to see the orchards, listen to a speaker to find out about efficient irrigation, check out the self-watering tomato bins, and marvel at the demonstration landscapes. All for free! Who needs Disneyland?
It will be held again at South Coast Plaza Village, 1621 W. Sunflower St. in Santa Ana near the Corner Bakery and the Room & Board Store. This is just across Sunflower St from the main South Coast Plaza Complex.
There will be orchid growers from Western USA, South America and Asia showing thousands of exotic orchids for display and for sale.
Two large display rooms will give you the opportunity of seeing and smelling some of the finest orchids in the world.
A list of all of the Vendors and Seminars/Workshops are at http://ocorchidshow.com.
The goal of the Action Week is to increase public awareness of invasive species issues and promote public participation in California's fight against invasive species and their impacts on our natural resources.
Prevention is the most effective strategy in managing invasive species. However, hundreds of invasive plants and animals have already established in California and are rapidly spreading each year. These invaders are negatively impacting our waters, our native plants and animals (some of them rare, threatened or endangered), our agriculture, our health, our economy, and our favorite recreational places. Help us celebrate the inaugural California Invasive Species Action Week, and more importantly, help stop the spread of invasive species, by volunteering to take action.
Learn more about the 2014 California Invasive Species Action Week and what you can do!
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