Horticulture Program New educational materials available for professional horticulturists! Two new leaflets entitled 'Best Management Practices to Reduce Production of Organic Materials in Landscape Plantings' and 'Reusing Turfgrass Clippings to Improve Turfgrass Health and Performance in Southern California' are now available free of charge, thanks to funding provided by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. An extensive 150 page publication titled Golf Course Management in the New Millennium is also available. Please call or email author Janet Hartin at (909)387-2166, jshartin@ucdavis.edu for copies and additional information.
- Want to Learn How to Compost? Would you like help composting your home greenwaste? UC Master Composters are available to help you learn how to recycle your lawn, tree, and garden trimmings. Call the MG hotline for more information (909)387-2182.
- Have a Home Horticulture Question? Are your tomatoes shriveling up before you can harvest them? Is your lawn more brown than green? Is your peach tree producing lots of foliage but little fruit? For answers to these and other backyard gardening questions, phone the Master Gardener hotline for help from a pro. (909)387-2182. Or send them an email at MGSANBER@UCDAVIS.EDU
- Visit our Master Gardener Page, on this website, under "Programs" for more information.
Two publications authored by UC Cooperative Extension advisors are available free of charge by contacting Janet Hartin at (909)387-2166 or via email: jshartin@ucdavis.edu They are entitled Best Management Practices to Reduce Production of Organic Materials in the Landscape (authored by Janet Hartin, Dennis Pittenger, J. Michael Henry) and Reusing Turfgrass Clippings to Improve Turfgras Health and Performance in Southern California (authored by Janet Hartin and J. Michael Henry). The authors would like to express gratitude to the California Integrated Waste Management Board for supporting all associated layout, design, and printing costs.