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PROGRAMS

 

I welcome invitations to share my horticultural knowledge. Each presentation is designed to meet the needs of the audience, whether landscape professionals or garden enthusiasts. Selected topics include:

 

 

  • Designing California Native Gardens

  • Creating Wildlife Habitat Gardens

  • Re-imagining the California Lawn

  • An Embarrassment of Riches: Choice CA Natives

  • Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses

  • Indulging Our Senses in the Native Garden

  • Out of the Wild & Into the Kitchen: Edible Native Plants

  • Sustainable Garden Design

  • Enhancing Aesthetic Appeal: Design & Maintenance Tips

  • Gardening in Dry Shade: From Trade-offs to Payoffs

  • Pruning Demystified: Techniques for CA Native Plants

  • Moonlit Gardens

 

 

EVENTS

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   Upcoming

  • Welcoming Wildlife into the Designed Landscape, U.C. Master Gardeners of Marin County, October 22, 2026

  

   Recent​

  • Anticipating Rain: Autumn's Subtle Beauty, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, October 17, 2026

  • Native Plants: Right Plant, Right Place, U.C. Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County, September 26, 2026

  • California Native Grasses for the Garden, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, June 30, 2026

  • From Arctostaphylos to Verbena – Cultivars for California Gardens,  Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, May 2, 2026

  • Designing and Tending California Native Gardens, Master Gardener

  • training lecture, March 26, 2025

  • Enhancing Biodiversity in Designed Landscapes, Association of Professional Landscape Designers National Conference, April 25, 2025​

  • Some Favorite California Native Cultivars, Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society, May 7, 2025

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