Selected Master Gardener / General Public Talks

• (1) Going After the Low-Hanging Fruit, and (2) IPM for Fruit Trees, The New Backyard Orchard (workshop), UC Master Gardener Meeting, Cameron Park, CA, 11/2/2017 (PDF 15.2mb)

• Fertilizers, Amendments, Mulches, and Cover Crops, UC Master Gardener Meeting, San Jose, CA, 10/19/2017 (PDF 5.7mb)

• Training Fruit Trees for Production and Ease of Management, UC Master Gardener Conference, Long Beach, CA, 8/24/2017 (PDF 10.9mb)

• Putting it All Together: Making Sense of Drip Irrigation (Handout for outdoor talk), UC Master Gardener Conference, Long Beach, CA, 8/24/2017 (PDF 2.7mb)

• IPM for Fruit Trees, International Master Gardener Conference, Portland OR, 7/13/2017 (PDF 9.3mb)

• Irrigation Lessons Learned at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, Sacramento County Master Gardener Monthly Meeting, Mar. 14, 2017 (PDF 13.9mb)

• Advanced Fruit Training, UCCE Master Gardeners Sacramento County, Feb. 25, 2017 (PDF 17mb)

• MG trainee fruit talk - Fairfield 1-27-2017, Solano County MG training, Jan. 27, 2017 (PDF 19.6mb)

• Asian Citrus Psyllid & Huanglongbing (Beth Grafton-Cardwell), citrus leaf miners, and brown marmorated stink bugs, Placer County MG presentation, 11/17/2016 (PDF 10.5mb)

• Physical Characteristics of Soil, Plant Roots, and Practices to Protect and Enhance Soils, Secrets of the Soil workshop, El Dorado County, 11/1/2016 (PDF 6.5 mb)

• Growing Fruit Trees and Grapes in the Home Garden, Master Gardener Training, Riverside, 3/17/2016 (PDF 11.3mb)

• Root Structures, Functions, and Growth, Master Gardener Training, Sacramento, 2/25/2016 (PDF 9.6mb)

• Soil Nutrition, Fertilizers, and Cover Crops, Master Gardener Training, Feb. 25, 2016 (PDF 5.1mb)

• Potpourri of Fruit Tree Questions Answered, Master Gardener monthly meeting, Feb. 9, 2016 (PDF 10.3mb)

• Growing Fruit Trees and Grapes in the Home Garden, Master Gardener Training, Woodland (Sacramento/Yolo/Solano), 1/21/2016 (PDF 12.0mb)

• Drip Irrigation Basics: A Workshop for Home Landscapers and Gardeners, Nov. 7, 2015 (PDF 11.4mb)

• Espalier: More Than a Fancy Fruit Tree, Harvest Day 2015 handout (PDF 360kb)

• Wave of the Future: Espalier for Production and Pest Management, Master Gardener monthly meeting, Napa 5/28/2015 (PDF 11.5mb)

• Introduction to Soils, Master Gardener Training, Sacramento, 2/11/2015 (PDF 6.8mb)

• Growing Berries and Grapes in the Home Garden, Master Gardener Training, San Andreas, 2/5/2015 (PDF 7.5mb)

• Budding and Grafting, In-depth presentation on all major methods (PDF 9.3mb)

• Training and Pruning, Calif. Rare Fruit Growers, 1/18/15 (PDF 10.1mb)

• So You Think You Need Fertilizer? Think Outside the Bag, Statewide MG Conference, 10/9/2014 (PDF 2.7mb)

• Drought and Trees, Master Gardener monthly meeting, Sacramento, 9/9/2014 (PDF 1.9mb)

• Invasion of the True Bugs, Sacramento Master Gardener meeting, Jan. 14, 2014 (PDF 5.2mb)