2017 Training - Speakers

Welcome to the 2017 Master Gardener Training Speaker page. This page was created to give you a visual of the speakers that will be coming this year since remember a name is usually a little more difficult than a face. Some speakers are returning guests but may be a different than the speaker you had in your class and some are new to us. Please remember that at each class there will be opportunities to earn volunteer time as well as CE units. You do need to sign up on the VMS calendar for these different opportunities.

January 25th: Welcome Day
Books, Photos, Mentors, Payment & Food Safety Overview

Lynn Brock
UC Cooperative Extension Academic Coordinator of the UC Nutrition Education Professional Development Program
San Joaquin County

Marcy Sousa
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
San Joaquin County

February 1: Intro to horticulture

Karrie Reid
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
San Joaquin County

February 8: Intro to soils

Stu Pettygrove Ph.D.
CE Soils Specialist Emeritus - Davis

February 15: Turf

Ali Harvandi Ph.D.
Environmental Horticulturist, Emeritus
Alameda County

February 22: Entomology

Karey Windbeil-Rojas
Director for Urban & Community IPM/ Area IPM Advisor
UC Davis

March 1: Vegetables

Robert Norris
Department of Plant Sciences
Davis

March 8: Home Orchard

Joe Grant
UCCE Pomology & Walnut Advisor
San Joaquin County

Brent Holtz Ph.D.
UCCE Pomology & Plant Pathology Advisor / County Director
San Joaquin County

Paul Verdegaal
UCCE Viticulture & Almond Advisor
San Joaquin County

March 15: Invasive plants and pests

Stephanie Falzone
Project Manager - PlantRight
Invasive plants

Don McCoon
San Joaquin County
Deputy Agricultural Commissioner
Invasive Pests

March 22: Landscape Trees

Pam Bone
Horticulture Farm Advisor and Sacramento Master Gardener Program Coordinator (1st Northern California gradating class) Emeritus
Sacramento Master Gardener

March 29: Abiotic Disorders

Igor Lacan Ph.D.
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
San Francisco/San Mateo County

April 5: Intro to Weed Science

Brad Hanson Ph.D.
UCCE Weed Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences - Davis

April 12: Water

Loren Oki Ph.D.
Assoc Specialist in CE, Landscape Horticulture
Department of Plant Sciences - Davis

April 19: Plant Pathology

Beth Teviotdale Ph.D.
CE Plant Pathologist, Emeritus
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center

April 26: Vertebrate Pest Management

Roger Baldwin Ph.D.
Cooperative Extension Specialist: Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution
UC Davis

May 3: Plant Identification

Scott Oneto
Farm Advisor / County Director
El Dorado, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador County

May 10: Landscape Plants for the Valley