Winter 2012
Volume 27 Number 4
Moving On
By Brad Monroe
Inside this issue:
Calling All Alumni
3
On the Job with an OH Alum
4
6
CSAC-ASLA: Transforming a
Landscape, One House at a Time
SUL Conference
8
Welcome New Instructors
9
A New Book on Home Orchards
9
Schedule of Events
10
Spring 2012 Class Schedule
11
Change is inherently uncomfortable. It is a mantra I am reminded of anytime my life takes a
new direction. I have once again reached one
of those shifts. Next June,
after what will be 38 years
as a program coordinator of
a community college ornamental horticulture program, I find
myself at a time and place
where I want to move on. Cuyamaca College has been
good to me; I met my wife,
Therese, at Cuyamaca and
we raised our daughter,
Marta, during my years here,
and having more time with my
family is very appealing. But I
don’t say retirement, because
I do not think of this change as
retirement — I intend to remain involved with the CuyaBrad Monroe
maca College Ornamental
Horticulture Department.
During my years of teaching, some of the greatest satisfaction came from watching students
become successfully established in the industry.
This encouraged me to work in retirement to
establish a Cuyamaca College Alumni Network
(Cuyamaca CAN) for our Ornamental Horticulture alumni (see story, page 3). I am encouraging past and present students and faculty who
are interested in joining me in this effort. I will
also continue to look for opportunities to remain
active and/or employed in our field.
The nearly four decades in higher education
has brought me great pride, pleasure and satisfaction. The years have also
left me with great admiration
for those I work with, and for
those who have helped build our
program. At Southwestern College, as a raw 26-year-old
instructor hired to start a new
program, I was fortunate to
have been surrounded by professionals who gave me their
support and contributed to both
my horticultural knowledge and
to the particulars of life in an
academic institution. During my
first year at Southwestern College, Dean Thomas Hahn helped
guide me through the maze of
program administration, curriculum writing and site development. That first year, we also hired Ed Dimond,
a University Cooperative Extension Agent from
New York, whose Cornell education, professional experience and dedication helped shape
my career.
In 1980, the newly established Cuyamaca College gave me my second chance to build a
program literally from the ground up. Again,
this was with more than a little assistance. From
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Brad Monroe
Continued from page 1
In the first
semester, a
group of students
started a small
horticulture club
that has grown
into one of the
most active clubs
on campus.
the first week the
program opened in
January 1980 until
her retirement in
2003, Diana (Dee)
Maranhao was our
program’s Ornamental Horticulture Technician. She provided
assistance in all matters, including hiring
student workers,
establishing and
managing the nursery, assistance to the
Cuyamaca College
Botanical Society
(CCBS) and a myriad of outreach and
industry activities.
Brad Monroe receives the Irrigation Association’s prestigious Person of the Year award at
As the program
the Irrigation Show in 2008. He is flanked by 2009 Irrigation Association President Stephen
grew, we began to
Smith, left, and Douglas York, 2008 IA president.
hire adjunct faculty. I
quickly discovered
that industry experts and leaders were willing
als, has raised more than $400,000 in scholarto join our program. These individuals truly
ships given to Cuyamaca’s horticulture students
wanted to give back to the next generation
at 30 scholarship and awards banquets.
and, more often than not, became involved with
More recently, dedicated students and faculty
the program beyond the classroom. Their acestablished the nation’s first student affiliated
tivities ranged from helping develop new curriculum to building Del Mar fair displays, assist- chapter of the American Society of Landscape
Architects. Quite a feat for a community college
ing in the field site development, starting the
horticulture program, and it came about through
Urban Forest Field Day, which evolved into our
the persistence and dedication of faculty and
Spring Garden Festival, representing our prostudents in the landscape design program.
gram at professional organizations and much
more. Along with continual support of our colOver the years, support also came from other
lege and district administration, the program
sources. In 1995 the Rice Family Foundation
grew from two majors and five classes a sebegan a continuing program of support that
mester to eight majors with 20 or more offerhas contributed more than $500,000 to our
ings per semester.
program over the past 17 years. In the following decade, George and Pat Anderson doMy experiences at Cuyamaca College also
nated property that helped to establish an
brought me other new opportunities, support
endowment of more than $100,000. More reand pride. In the first semester, a group of
cently, Aloha Joy Ingals and Dorcas Utter bestudents started a small horticulture club that
queathed funds for the program and a butterhas grown into one of the most active clubs on
fly garden that is in the planning stage. And
campus.
now, Samuel Ciccati and the family of Jim
The CCBS, with faculty and industry help, esLovewell have established scholarship trusts
tablished the San Diego Xeriscape Council and
through the Osher Foundation.
held six industry conferences in the 1980s; 19
Additionally, the CCBS has provided additional
Turf Management seminars from the 1990s
funds to the Eugene and Vivian Monroe Memountil 2008; 15 Aggie Open golf tournaments,
which have raised thousands for the scholarship rial Scholarship Endowment to establish a third
Osher perpetual scholarship. In addition to
program; and now the Sustainable Urban
Landscape Conference. The club, along with
Continued on page 7
support of industry, garden clubs and individu-
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Calling All Alumni
By Brad Monroe
Have you ever needed a contractor, an arborist
or even a floral designer? Cuyamaca College
Ornamental Horticulture Department alumni can
fill those needs, and many more. Until now, the
problem was finding out who among us had the
skills, services or company we needed. Solving
that problem is one of the goals for the new Cuyamaca College Alumni Network (Cuyamaca
CAN) for our Ornamental Horticulture alumni.
Whom do we consider alumni? The Grossmont
Cuyamaca College Foundation is assisting us in
establishing our alumni network and defines an
alumnus as someone who has earned a degree
or certificate or has taken just one class.
We are now in the process of planning for this
new addition to the department’s service to the
students and our industry with both a website
and special events to bring our alumni together.
The first event we are planning for the Alumni
Network is “Pinot and Pints,” a wine and beer
tasting event this fall at the Water Conservation
Garden. As I transition out of teaching full time, I
find this an exciting way to stay connected with
our alumni, the program and the industry.
The Alumni Network will:
• Inform the alumni and friends about the college’s vision and achievements through oncampus and off-campus activities.
• Introduce current students to the role of alumni
in their future.
• Build a volunteer base to be advocates for the
horticulture program.
• Understand needs and expectations of our
alumni.
• Recognize distinguished alumni and feature
stories of student success through our website and
e-newsletters.
If you are interested in joining our network,
please send me an email at
[email protected].
Cuyamaca College Alumni Network
(Cuyamaca CAN)
Serving Our Alumni
and the Horticulture Industry
~
Interested in joining?
Email Brad Monroe at
[email protected].
This publication is made possible
through a grant from the
Rice Family Foundation.
The Urban Horticulturist is published by
the Cuyamaca College Ornamental
Horticulture Department and the Cuyamaca College Botanical Society. It has
a circulation of more than 9,000 industry members and horticulturists in
Southern California and the United
States. Correspondence regarding this
publication should be addressed to:
Cuyamaca College
Ornamental Horticulture Department
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway
El Cajon, CA 92019
(619) 660-4262
email address:
[email protected]
The first event
we are planning
for the Alumni
Network is “Pinot
and Pints,” a
wine and beer
tasting event this
fall at the Water
Grossmont-Cuyamaca
Community College District
Governing Board Members
Greg Barr
Bill Garrett
Mary Kay Rosinski
Edwin Ramon Hiel
Debbie Justeson
Student Members
Christopher Enders
Charles Taylor III
Chancellor
Cindy L. Miles, Ph.D.
Cuyamaca College President
Mark Zacovic, Ph.D.
Urban Horticulturist Staff
Joan Tammariello, Editor
Brad Monroe, Adviser
Conservation
Garden.
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On the Job: Alum Takes What She’s Learned to Lakeside Conservancy
By Don Schultz
Amy discovered
that her experience at Cuyamaca has helped
her greatly with
her job.
As Amy Huie drove
through Lakeside’s
River Park Conservancy recently she
suddenly stopped,
jumped off her golf
cart and briskly
walked toward an
ordinary-looking plant
growing a few yards
away. “Another stinkwort!” she said as she
yanked it out of the
ground and threw it in
the back of the cart.
A big part of Amy’s
job as field supervisor
for the conservancy is
constantly looking out
Amy Huie at work at Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy. Photo by Don Schultz
for plants like stinkwort, a potentially invasive plant that has the
(CCBS) and worked for three years as an incapacity to proliferate and out-compete native
species, including those being planted by work- tern in nursery production. This real-world experience has helped her at the conservancy.
ers as part of a revegetation plan.
“As head grower at Cuyamaca (College Nurs“Planning for and eliminating weeds takes a lot ery) I got into the habit of doing walkthroughs
of my time. But hopefully after a while we’ll
weekly and saw everything that was happenget them under control and spend more time
ing, and I brought that habit here. I also
maintaining the plants we’ve installed,” Amy
learned how to prioritize my work duties since
said.
they were similar to my job at the conservancy,
though there was never enough time at CuyaAmy used knowledge gained in Cuyamaca
maca to get everything done. ”
College’s Plant Pest Control class to help develop a weed control strategy. Workers don’t
She was a partsimply attack every
time student at Cunon-native plant they “As head grower at Cuyamaca (College Nursery) I got
yamaca from spring
encounter, but in2006 to fall 2010,
stead refer to a pri- into the habit of doing walkthroughs weekly and saw
with an A.S. in Orority list Amy estabnamental Horticullished to eliminate the everything that was happening, and I brought that habit ture as a goal. She
more worrisome speworked at Lakecies. “We had gotten here.“
side’s conservancy
into a phase where
as an intern working
we were just spraying things we knew as
in restoration in 2008, but once she started her
weeds, but some, like castor bean, are not as
internship at Cuyamaca time constraints kept
bad as Arundo (donux) as well as others we
her away. She was very active as a student,
had yet to identify,” Amy said. “So I got the
not only with her studies and internship, but with
invasive plant list from the California Invasive
the CCBS, where she was club president in
Plant Council, identified everything that is here
2009-10. When the full-time job opened at the
and started less of an emotional approach,
Conservancy she temporarily put her studies on
establishing more of a scientific approach.”
hold to accept this great job opportunity. She
plans on returning to complete her studies, getAmy discovered that her experience at Cuyating degrees in both OH and Biology. She
maca has helped her greatly with her job.
thinks the combination is great for restoration
Classes like Plant Pest Control and Trees &
Shrubs taught her skills in weed control and
plant identification. Amy was also very active
with the Cuyamaca College Botanical Society
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Transforming a Landscape, One House at a Time
By David Clarke
The design
incorporated many
of the xeriscape
principles we
learned in OH 102.
The landscape was
designed to be low
water and low
maintenance,
incorporating both
Mediterranean
plants as well as
Southern California
natives.
As landscape design students and members of
the Cuyamaca College Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CSAC-ASLA), Lisa Bellora and I designed and implemented a landscape for a
community improvement program called FaceLift 2011. The program is sponsored by Community Housing Works (CHW), a San Diego
County nonprofit organization.
CHW describes the program this way:
“FaceLift is a spruce-up-a-block-in-a-
day event that is accomplished
through the help of community volunteers, neighborhood associations, local
business leaders, and local political
leaders acting as a catalyst to build
pride and equality. A dozen homes on
46th Street near Home Avenue were
made over during our one-day event.
FaceLift gives priority to senior citizens, disabled persons and lowincome families that need assistance.
FaceLift provides painting, minor landscaping and the removal of trash and
debris from the entire area.”
A house in a San Diego neighborhood, above, is shown
before volunteers joined to implement a drought-tolerant
front yard landscape designed by OH students David
Clarke and Lisa Bellora. Below, the many volunteers pitch
in to help. See more on page 7. Photos by Lisa Bellora
For this effort CHW reached out to local businesses, schools and universities, and other assistance groups. Hundreds of volunteers showed
up on Oct. 22, 2011, to get the job done!
Lisa and I designed a drought-tolerant frontyard landscape for one of the homes in the
improvement zone. Volunteers helped install the
design. This involved clearing the property of
unsightly debris, digging trenches and holes
and putting in several cubic yards of gravel,
decomposed granite and mulch. Lisa, the many
other volunteers and I installed trees, shrubs,
succulents and native grasses.
The design incorporated many of the xeriscape
Plant List
• Cercidium 'Desert Museum'
• Callistemon viminalis 'Little John'
• Rhus ovata
• Agave americana 'Mediopicta Alba'
• Agave attenuata, Aeonium 'Zwartkop'
• Aristida purpurea
principles we learned in OH 102 (Xeriscape:
Water Conservation). The landscape was designed to be low water and low maintenance,
incorporating both Mediterranean plants as
well as Southern California natives. In addition,
many different low-cost materials were used in
an artistic pattern to create beauty while the
plants are growing in (two different colors of
decomposed granite, gravel and wood mulch).
The landscape will also function as a demonstration garden for the neighborhood, and
hopefully many of the ideas will be used in
nearby residential landscapes!
This was a great community effort and the
amount of work put in by the volunteers was
amazing. Lisa and I were proud to represent
Cuyamaca College and the CSAC-ASLA, and
thank OH Technician John Thomas his assistance.
David Clarke and Lisa Bellora are studying landscape
design.
Read more about the Community Housing Works’ FaceLift
program at chworks.org.
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The landscape will
also function as a
demonstration
garden for the
neighborhood.
Transforming a Landscape
Above, from left, San Diego City Councilman Todd
Gloria and OH landscape design students Lisa Bellora
and David Clarke hold the plan for a re-do of a San
Diego front yard as the one-day project commences.
The work was part of FaceLift, a program sponsored
by the San Diego nonprofit group Community Housing
Works. At left, drought-tolerant plants, including a
Cercidium ‘Desert Museum,’ dot the finished landscape. See story on page 6.
Brad Monroe
Continued from page 2
these contributions to the program, we continue
to receive tremendous support from garden
clubs, professional organizations and individual
industry members. This financial support for
student interns and program equipment, like
the donation of a flatbed truck from Benchmark
Landscape, has helped make the program the
success it is today.
As I leave the day-to-day leadership in the program, I am proud to say it is truly in good hands.
Don Schultz has had four years of increasing
responsibility in the program, including a full
semester on his own this past spring while I was
on sabbatical. Along with the dedication of OH
Technician John Thomas, Assistant OH Technician
Rosalee Clanton and the outstanding adjunct
faculty, the program has a very bright future.
I cannot end this without thanking the hundreds
of faculty, staff, students, alumni, industry members and individuals who have adopted our
program. I will move on but not out, and I look
forward to joining our alumni and those outside
our program who continue to support it and
help it to grow.
Brad Monroe is program coordinator of the Ornamental
Horticulture Department.
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SUL Conference on March 8: The Bottom Line for Green Is Black
By Don Schultz
The keynote
speaker will be
John Picard, one
of the leading
thinkers and
builders of
sustainable
societies.
The Cuyamaca College
Ornamental
Horticulture
Department
will present
the 4th Annual
Sustainable
Urban Landscape Conference on Thursday, March 8.
“The Bottom
Line for
John Picard
Green Is
Black” is the theme for this year’s conference,
which once again will focus on how landscape
business models are the driving force in changing the face of the San Diego urban environment.
The keynote speaker will be John Picard, who
has conceptualized and built hundreds of the
smartest homes, workplaces and communities in
America, and has guided the planning of dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
Other speakers include Richard Restuccia, director of Water Management Solutions at ValleyCrest Companies Inc., who will speak about
the ValleyCrest sustainable landscaping program.
Horticulturist and author Nan Sterman will host
a panel discussion on urban farming, including
Karen Contreras of Urban Plantations, Bill Tall
of City Farmers Nursery and Crystal Montoya,
a local grower.
Tom Jesch of Waterwise Botanicals will speak
about the changing
plant palette of water-wise plants.
Dennis Pittenger, a
cooperative extension area environmental horticulturist
from the University of
California Riverside,
and Dave Shaw, a
farm adviser from
the University of
California Cooperative Extension in San
Nan Sterman
Diego County, will
discuss a simplified
approach for estimating landscape irrigation needs.
Four different talks
will take place at the
Water Conservation
Garden, where garden representatives
will discuss their experiences and influence in
helping to create the “San Diego look” in new
landscapes.
The Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference
is a joint presentation of the Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture Department, the
University of California Cooperative Extension
and the Cuyamaca College Botanical Society.
For more information and to register online, go
to the department website at cuyamaca.edu/
ohweb.
Don Schultz is an instructor in the Ornamental Horticulture Department.
On the Job
Continued from page 4
work since studying biology alone does not
provide the knowledge she needs for growing
plants.
Amy’s work efforts at the conservancy are
starting to make a difference. Her favorite
spot, the Ephemeral Flood Storage Area, which
she calls “the pit,” has been converted from a
sand mining pit with old concrete dumpings to a
lush riparian habitat complete with frogs and
birds. The progress she sees is the biggest payoff for Amy. “I was away for two years, and
the amount of change I saw was incredible.
Seeing the dramatic before and after photos
was a great feeling, ” she said. With Amy
Huie’s dedication and attitude, Lakeside’s River
Park Conservancy can expect to get many
more of those photos in the future.
Read more about Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy at
lakesideriverpark.org.
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Welcome New Instructors
By Don Schultz
The Ornamental Horticulture staff and students
welcome the addition of Jon Wreschinsky and
Mike Tverberg to our fleet of instructors.
Jon just completed his first semester teaching
our newest class offering, Principles of Sustainable Urban Landscaping.
He is a practicing landscape architect with
more than 26 years of public and private sector experience on a variety of project types.
This work has taken him throughout the United
States and Pacific Rim, where he has honed his
planning and design skills and developed a
philosophy based on utilizing the many design
influences he has encountered in an effort to
shape sustainable, human environments.
Jon is also an adjunct professor at the
NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San
Diego. He holds an MLA degree from Cal Poly
Pomona and a B.S. degree in Geography with
a minor in Environmental Studies from UC Riverside. He is a past president of the San Diego
chapter of the American Society of Landscape
Architects and serves on the chapter’s Stewardship Committee. He has served on a wide
variety of landscape architecture and green
industry forums, conference planning groups
and committees addressing water conservation,
sustainable landscaping and other important
industry issues.
Jon’s background makes him a perfect fit to
teach the Principles of Sustainable Urban
Jon Wreschinsky
Mike Tverberg
Landscaping class. Our students and the entire
horticulture department will benefit.
Mike Tverberg, who joined us this spring semester, will bring his extensive knowledge and
experience to the Landscape Construction: Irrigation & Carpentry class.
Mike, a licensed landscape contractor, has
been working for the past 12 years as an irrigation specialist with the San Diego Zoo and
the zoo’s Safari Park. His background — working with all types of irrigation projects, along
with his employee training work — makes him
a great fit for the job.
Mike is a Cuyamaca alumnus, having graduated with an A.S. degree in 1999. He is excited about returning to us as an instructor and
having the opportunity to give back to the program that helped him to establish his current
career. We all look forward to working with
Mike this semester and beyond.
Instructor’s New Book a Bounty of Information on Growing Fruit Trees
Leah Rottke, instructor for
Annuals & Perennials, is the
co-author of a new book,
The Home Orchard Handbook, with Cem Akin of the
Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF). The book was
published by Quarry
Books in August 2011 and
is included in the publisher’s “Backyard Series.” Geared toward a
global audience of first-time home gardeners,
the book offers basic information on the selection, planting and maintenance of fruit trees.
The “nuts and bolts” chapters cover all of the
basics, like site selection and tree selection, with
information about how to choose a cultivar, the
benefits rootstocks provide and understanding
chill hours and microclimates. Proper planting
techniques and orchard maintenance are also
explained. A chapter about enjoying the harvest presents recipes from world-famous chefs.
Leah is a member of the FTPF, a nonprofit organization dedicated to planting fruit trees to
benefit communities across the United States
and internationally.
FTPF installs dozens of orchards domestically
every year and plants thousands of trees at a
time abroad, seeking to plant three fruit trees
for every living person. Leah is FTPF’s volunteer
arborist. She offers technical advice for the
charity's projects and assists with local orchard
plantings.
Two new
instructors have
joined the
Ornamental
Horticulture
Department.
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Schedule of Events
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Student Orientation 6:00 - 8:00 pm Cuyamaca College,
Room M-111
Tuesday, March 6
33rd Annual Arbor Day
Celebration - 2:00 pm Cuyamaca College
Nursery
Thursday, March 8
4th Annual Sustainable
Urban Landscape
Conference Cuyamaca College
Performing Arts Center
Saturday, April 28
19th Annual Spring
Garden Festival -9:00
am - 4:00 pm Cuyamaca College
Nursery & Campus
Wednesday, May 16
31st Annual Scholarship
and Awards Banquet Estancia Resort, La
Jolla
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Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture
Spring 2012 Class Schedule
Course
Description
Instructor
Time
102
Xeriscape: Water Conservation
Schultz
M 2:00 - 3:50 pm
114
Floral Design I
Citrowske
M 4:00 - 8:55 pm
118
Special Occasion Floral Design
Butler
T 4:00 - 8:50 pm
Please note that
120
Fundamentals of OH
Monroe
T 12:00 - 4:50 pm
two sections of
120
Fundamentals of OH
Schultz
*Lab Track 1
T 5:00 - 6:50 pm
Sa 8:00 am - 3:20 pm
OH-120,
121
Plant Propagation
Palafox
*Lab Track 2
W 5:00 - 6:50 pm
Sa 8:00 am - 3:20 pm
Fundamentals of
130
Plant Pest Control
140
Soils
170
Plant Material: Trees & Shrubs
Schultz
O’Leary
*Lab Track 1
Schultz
W 12:00 - 4:50 pm
W 7:00 - 8:50 pm
Sa 8:00 am - 3:20 pm
Th 12:00 - 2:50 pm
170
Plant Material: Trees & Shrubs
Schultz
Th 4:00 - 6:50 pm
172
Intro to Landscape Design
Holladay
M 5:00 - 9:50 pm
omitted from the
173
Intermediate Landscape Design
DeLorenzo
Th 5:00 - 9:50 pm
college’s Spring
180
Annuals & Perennials
Rottke
M 4:00 - 6:55 pm
2012 Class
Mitchell
Th 12:00 - 4:50 pm
Schedule.
Tverberg
*Lab Track 2
Siers
Monroe
Simpson
*Lab Track 1
Love
W 5:00 - 6:50 pm
Sa 8:00 am - 3:20 pm
Sa 9:00 - 3:10 pm
Balboa Park
W 1:00 - 4:50 pm
Th 7:00 - 8:50 pm
Sa 8:00 am - 3:20 pm
Th 5:00 - 9:50 pm
Butler
Hours to be arranged
235
Landscape Construction
Concrete & Masonry
Landscape Construction
Irrigation & Carpentry
Japanese Garden
2/25, 3/10, 3/24, 5/5, 5/19
Landscape Irrigation
260
Arboriculture
276
Equipment Repair & Maintenance
Cooperative Work Experience
Required orientation Fri. 1/27
5:00 pm in M-111
220
221
222
290
*For classes with labs on alternate Saturdays:
Lab Track 1 — Saturday 1/28, 2/11, 3/3, 3/17, 3/31, 4/28, 5/12
Lab Track 2 — Saturday 2/4, 2/25, 3/10, 3/24, 4/21, 5/5, 5/19
Spring classes begin January 23, 2012.
Benchmark Landscape donates truck to the Ornamental Horticulture program.
For additional information, please call (619) 660-4262
or apply and register online at the Cuyamaca College website:
www.cuyamaca.edu
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Ornamental Horticulture
Department Orientation
Landscape Design ~ Nursery Technology ~
Floristry ~ Golf & Sports Turf Management ~
Arboriculture ~ Irrigation Technology ~
Landscape Technology ~ Sustainable Urban
Landscapes
Wednesday, January 18
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Cuyamaca College, Room M-111
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway
El Cajon, CA 92019
This free presentation is open to the
public, as well as new and continuing
students. Meet the professors, find out
about classes, careers, job
opportunities and the Ornamental
Horticulture Department at Cuyamaca
College.
For more information, call please John
Thomas at 619-660-4262, or visit us
online at www.cuyamaca.edu/ohweb.