Sessions
The 2017 UC Master Gardener Conference offered a wide variety of session topics to keep attendees inspired and engaged. Click the title listed by session time below for more detailed information about each session and presentation download (if available).
Click here to download the complete Conference Program, to see detailed information about the conference offerings and activities.
Session A: 9 - 10 am (select one):
- How to Make an Insect Collection
- With PlantRight, You too can Prevent the Sale of Invasive Plants
- California Wildlife in the Home Landscape
- The Wonderful World of Succulents
- Generate a Buzz with Social Media!
- Tree Health: Recognizing and Understanding Diseases in Shade Trees
- Training and Pruning Grapes
- Search for Excellence Winners
- Training and Pruning Grapes
- Applied Desert Ecology for Home Landscapes
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Session B: 10:20 - 11:20 am (select one)
Session C: 12:30-1:30 pm (select one)
- Tree Management Techniques During Drought
- Gardening with Straw Bales
- Soil Solarization: The Weed and Pest Armageddon
- Rare Fruit for Climates with Relatively Frost Free Winters
- Ornamental Tree Training and Pruning
- Plant Photography
- Putting it All Together: Making Sense of Drip Irrigation
- No Watering Required -- Artsy Stuff in the Garden
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Session D: 1:50 - 2:50 pm (select one)
- California Soil Health
- What to do When a Reporter Calls
- Urban Tree Diversity
- You Can Garden For Life with Adaptive Gardening
- Rare Fruit for Climates with Freezing Winter Weather
- Rose Hybridizing
- How to Make an Insect Collection
- Converting to a Low-Water Landscape- Step-by-Step
- Advanced Rose Pruning
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Intensives (optional):
Session E: 9:15 - 10:15 am (select one)
- Native Bee Groups of California
- Edible Landscaping- The New American Garden
- Changing Climate, Changing Minds: Forging Alliances to Ensure a Sustainable Future
- Great Rose Collections
- Citrus Varieties
- You Can Garden For Life with Adaptive Gardening
- Designing for Drought with Succulents and other Climate Appropriate Plants
- Incorporating California Natives into the Landscape
- Graywater Systems-Laundry to Landscape
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Session F: 10:35-11:35 am (select one)
Session G: 12:45 - 1:45 pm (select one)
- California Native Plants
- Farm+Food Lab Demonstration: Great Park, Orange County
- Recipes for a Bee Friendly Habitat Garden
- Helping Landowners Through the Revegetation Process after Large Scale Tree Mortality
- Growing an Heirloom Garden: Vegetables and Flowers
- Sustainable Color Choices
- The Art of Bonsai: Selection, Styling, Maintaining, Presenting
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