Creative Spaces in Smaller Gardens
Mia McCarville, Cedros Gardens

Let’s face it, most homeowners don’t have an acre to landscape! While big is beautiful, patio gardens and small landscapes can absolutely sing with interest and creativity.

Landscape Design for San Diego
Tiger Palafox, Mission Hills Nursery

We live in a very special climate and can use some fabulous plants in our home landscapes. After covering some design basics, we’ll take to the gardens and learn how the display gardens will work for your home landscape.

New Trends In Landscaping
Cindy Benoit, ASLA, Benoit Exterior Design

Tired of the same old look? Learn what’s new in landscaping trends to update and refresh your landscape.

Herbs for Home and Garden
Carole Brown, Herbalist

Plants are not only beautiful, but also useful. Carole will share a host of ideas and information on herbs you can easily grow and use at home.

Landscaping with Native Plants
Greg Rubin, California’s Own Native Landscape Design

By knowing and understanding the nature of California’s native plants, you can create a beautiful, easy care, environmentally friendly landscape with the plants which grow best here.

Drought tolerant doesn’t just mean cactus! Designing with Succulents is the hot new book on gardening and the author will be sharing her enthusiasm for these wonderful plants.

You, too, can save money on supplements and create a beautiful nature-friendly garden. Learn how to put the right plant in the right place and enjoy your garden more by working with nature instead of against it.

By knowing and understanding the nature of California’s native plants, you can create a beautiful, easy care, environmentally friendly landscape with the plants which grow best here.

This family of easy care plants are not well known, but they have it all. In San Diego they will grow indoors or out. If grown in the house, they will still provide beautiful blooms. Learn about them from the expert.

Fall is a critical time to consider your annual tree care. Good pruning is more than just taking a nip here and a nip there, it can improve the health and production of your plants.

Here is the one, two, three to landscaping your home. Many people just buy a plant, take it home and find a place for it, but with a little planning you will make fewer mistakes and actually save money.

Maureen is a big advocate of motion in your garden, by providing the right environment you can add the beauty of nature, birds and butterflies, in an ever-changing element of action in your garden.

“Sustainable gardening” is hot. Everyone wants their garden to be “green”, but many wonder what that means and how to do it. This talk includes the basics of green gardening, and ten easy ways to make home gardens “greener.” It covers plant selection, hydrozoning, irrigation, composting, worm composting and more.

As hot, dry winds absorb the moisture in our environment, it’s a good time to consider multi-tasking your landscape to reduce risk of fire damage to your home. Plants can help. Learn how.