Speakers Bureau 2025 Catalog of Topics
Home Horticulture—Edibles
- A Year of Good Food—a month-by-month guide for growing fruits and vegetables
- Ah! The Beauty of Citrus—citrus varieties, pests, diseases, care and feeding
- Amazing Avocados—planting, irrigation, care, and pest management of avocados
- Gardening in Small Spaces—using plants to enhance a balcony, patio, or small yard
- Grow it Now: Fall Vegetables—vegetables that grow from fall through spring
- Grow it Now: Spring Vegetables—vegetables that grow from late spring through summer
- Herbs—grow a variety of herbs in containers or in the ground
- Plant a Salad Bowl —grow salad green from seeds or transplants
- Plant a Salsa or Bruschetta Garden—variety of tomato, pepper and herbs, seeds vs transplants, harvesting and recipes
- Seed Starting —how to plant, when to plant, and building the best soil
- Tomatoes A to Z—grow them from seed, from transplants, in the ground, or in containers
- Your Backyard Orchard—choosing and caring for fruit trees
Home Horticulture—Ornamentals
- Bulbs—true bulbs, corms, tuber, and rhizomes that grow in our climate and produce beautiful flowers
- California Natives—Basic Gardening: choose natives that do well with little water while enhancing your landscape
- California Gardening—Channel Island Flora—a little history of Santa Catalina and the unique vegetation of the area
- Epiphytes—bromeliads, tillandsias, epiphyllums, orchids, and other plants that derive moisture from the air
- Orchard Culture Basics—care of various varieties
- Pass Down Plants—Propagation: start new plants from cuttings, division, and seeds
- Perennials in the Southern California Garden—choosing and maintain long-lived plants
- Right Plant, Right Place—Successful Garden factors to consider before you visit the nursery
- Roses 101—basics of selection, planting, fertilizing, pruning, and pest management
- Roses: Promise Me a Rose Garden—focus on types of shrubs, miniatures, and old garden roses
- The Busy Gardener Month-to-Month—garden tasks for each month
- Soil: Tending Your Soil—evaluating your soil and how to improve it
- Succulents—selection and care
Integrated Best Management
- Beneficial —insects that provide natural pest control
- GSI: Garden Scene Investigator—being observant, gathering information to lead to a diagnosis
- Managing Pests in Your Garden—prevention, avoidance, suppression, and responsible pest control
- Ten Worst Pests—pests that gardeners asked about last year, advance notice of possible new pests
- Tomato Pets and Diseases—dealing with pests and diseases that affect tomatoes
- What’s Bugging Your Plants—pest management practices that are least impactful to the environment
Sustainable Landscape
- Bees, Butterflies & Other Pollinators—the role of various creatures in pollinating our plants
- Butterflies in Your Garden—attract our native butterflies with the appropriate plants
- Composting 101—use your banana peels, coffee grounds, and leaves to create a soil amendment
- Create a Wildlife Habitat—attract birds, bees, and butterflies to your garden
- Drought Tolerant Gardening—select and care for plants that look great with minimal water
- The Thoughtful Gardener—proper planning to avoid problems
- Vermiculture—choosing and maintaining an irrigation system
- Water Better, Not Wetter—choosing and maintaining an irrigation system