2019 Training - Speakers
Welcome to the 2019 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 30th: 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 6: Intro to horticulture
Karrie Reid
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
San Joaquin County
February 13: Intro to soils
Stu Pettygrove Ph.D.
CE Soils Specialist Emeritus - Davis
February 20: Home Orchard
Joe Grant
UCCE Pomology & Walnut Advisor Emeritus
San Joaquin County
Brent Holtz Ph.D.
UCCE Pomology & Plant Pathology Advisor / County Director
San Joaquin County
Paul Verdegaal
UCCE Viticulture & Almond Advisor Emeritus
San Joaquin County
February 27: Turf (Maintaining & Converting)
Karrie Reid
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
San Joaquin County
March 6: Entomology
Karey Windbeil-Rojas
Urban IPM Advisor
San Joaquin County
March 13: Landscape Trees
Igor Lacan Ph.D.
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
San Francisco/San Mateo County
March 20: Composting & Vermicomposting
Kevin Marini
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Placer/Nevada Counties
March 27: Vegetable Gardening
Richard Molinar
Farm Advisor Emeritus
Small Farm Program
April 3: Plant Propagation
Ellen Zagory
Past Director UC Davis Arboretum
April 10: Water in the Landscape
Steven Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Marin & Sonoma Counties
April 17: Weeds
Brad Hanson Ph.D.
UCCE Weed Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences - Davis
April 24: Plant Pathology
Beth Teviotdale Ph.D.
CE Plant Pathologist, Emeritus
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
May 1: IPM
Anne Schellman
Master Gardener Coordinator
Stanislaus County
May 8: Houseplants, potted plants and succulents, orchids and even carnivorous plants… Container plants inside and outside!
Ernesto Sandoval
Manager and Curator at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory
UC Davis
May 15: Landscape Plants for the Valley/Sustanable Landscaping
Karrie Reid
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
San Joaquin County
May 22:
To be filled
May 29: Diagnosing Plant Problems
Janine Hasey
Tree Crop Farm Advisor, County Director, Master Gardener Advisor
Sutter & Yuba Counties
June 5: Master Gardener Program Overview,
MG office & outreach overview, Group presentations(??TBD) Passing out finals
Missy Gable
Statewide Master Gardener Program Director
Marcy Sousa
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
San Joaquin County