Cooperative Extension's Environmental Horticulture Program works with wholesale nursery growers, the landscape industry, and agencies involved with the management and use of ornamental plants and turfgrass in Los Angeles County.
Research-based information from the University of California is disseminated at meetings, seminars, and conferences for industry professionals, providing them with the latest information on production, marketing, and pest control strategies. This information is important to Los Angeles County's billion dollar nursery industry as it helps improve business profitability.
Resources on related topics
Landscaping for Wildfire Protection
Trace Elements and Urban Gardens
Center for Landscape and Urban Horticulture
Use of Graywater in Urban Landscapes
Drought Landscape Recommendations
Contact our Advisors
Donald Hodel - Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
Landscape management (LA County)
drhodel@ucanr.edu
Dennis Pittenger - Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
Water conservation (Southern California)
dennis.pittenger@ucr.edu
John Kabashima - Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
Nursery management and exotic pests (LA and Orange counties)
(714) 708-1611 jnkabashima@ucanr.edu
Janet Hartin - Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emerita
Sustainable landscaping (LA and San Bernardino counties)
(951) 387-2171 jshartin@ucanr.edu
Siavash Taravati - Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor
(LA, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties)
(626) 586-1981 staravati@ucanr.edu
Christopher Shogren - Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Nursery crops and exotic and invasive pest management (LA County)
cjshogren@ucanr.edu
Links to additional information
UC IPM Online
California Landscape Contractors' Association
Center for Landscape and Urban Horticulture
California Master Gardener Handbook
UCCE Garden Information Series (brochures)