Continuing Education

 

Continuing Education Calendar

SFPGA 2010

"Environmental Stewardship"

The 59th Year of Education

Education Meetings: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Conversation with a little Business thrown in,
follows the education portion of the evening, ending at 10:00 p.m.

Location:

Environmental Horticulture and Floriculture Department,

City College of San Francisco, see MAP for details.

Non-members pay $20 per education meeting for CEU Hours.
Checks only please, payable to SFPGA.

2010 Educational Program
 
1-21-2010 Remaking Sharpe Park: Challenges of Multi-use management goals and pesticide use.
Speaker Casey Allen
2-18-2010 Amphibians in the landscape: Developing and maintaining habitats that foster safe havens for amphibians with selective pesticide use.
Presented by Chris G.
3-18-2010 Oaks in the Urban Landscape: - a look at stewardship issues over the past ten years relating to Sudden Oak Death.  The importance of cultural practices and regulatory requirements to select, manage and preserve oaks in our landscapes.
speaker Larry Costello, UCCE
4-15-2010 Creating Pest Free Water Features: Designs that foster the least use of pesticides.
Presented by Tom Bressan, Urban Farmer Store
5-20-2010 Assessing Tree and Woody Plant Health: - Assessing the risks and benefits of cultural and pesticide use to mitigate abiotic and biotic pests.
Speaker Ellen Shea, Certified Arborist and Trainer
6-17-2010 TBA:
Presented by TBA
7-15-2010 No Meeting - Summer Break
8-19-2010 TBA
Presented by: TBA. 
9-16-2010 TBA:
Presented by TBA.
10-21-2010 Identifying and managing Pests in the Nursery Trade:
Presented by Donald Baldocchi, Owner of Pacific Nurseries
11-18-2010

TBA:

Speakers TBA, Moderator Bernie Corace

12-16-2010 No Meeting
   

Legend for Certification Hours.

  • CNP - Certified Nursery Professional

  • CUF - Certified Urban Forester

  • DPR - Department of Pesticide Regulation

  • IA - Irrigation Association

  • WCISA - Western Chapter, International Society of Arboriculture

Watch for our new schedule.