Speakers Bureau 2027 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
- Grow Food Anywhere—how to utilize small spaces to have a harvest of fresh food and herbs
- 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
- Hydroponics—no garden space? Hydroponics will give you a process where you can garden without soil (New for 2027)
- Plant a Salad Bowl Garden —grow salad greens from seeds or transplants
- 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
- Indoor Plants—Learn what plants need to survive and thrive inside your home (New for 2027)
- 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
- Soil: Tending Your Soil—evaluating your soil and how to improve it
- Succulents—selection and care
- The Busy Gardener Month-to-Month—garden tasks for each month
- Trees of a California Landscape—learn about native trees and how to incorporate them at home (New for 2027)
Integrated Pest 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
- Rodents in an Urban Environment— learning to identify what you are sharing your garden with (New for 2027)
- What’s Bugging Your Plants—pest management practices that are least impactful to the environment
Sustainable Landscape
- Aging Gracefully in the Garden—gardening keeps us young; learn to be physically prepared to garden (New for 2027)
- Bargain Gardening—how to make the most of your gardening dollars and time (New for 2027)
- 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
- Firewise Gardening—learn how to maintain your landscape to reduce fire damage risk (New for 2027)
- Vermiculture—using worms to create compost for your garden
Water Better, Not Wetter—choosing and maintaining an irrigation system