Schedule - Speakers
(Scroll down for Special Events)
Time Speaker Location
10:30

Brian Barth, Live Earth Farm
Permaculture: One of the Smartest Garden Arts

 Scotts Valley Senior Center
11:30

Thomas Wittman, Gophers Limited            
Controlling Gophers and Moles without Poison

 Scotts Valley Senior Center
12:30

Robin Stockwell, Succulent Gardens
Succulent Plants: Conservationists of the Plant World

 Scotts Valley Senior Center
1:30

John Laird, California Assembly           
Water Conservation in California

 Scotts Valley Senior Center
2:30

Bobby Markowitz, Earthcraft Landscape Design
Rainwater Harvesting & Water-wise Plant & Irrigation Choices

 Scotts Valley Senior Center
3:30

Cynthia Sandberg, Love Apple Farm           
How to Grow Better Tomatoes

 Scotts Valley Senior Center
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11:30

Dan Harder, Arboretum at UCSC
The Light Brown Apple Moth Reconsidered

Recreation Building
12:30

Roy Sikes, Soquel Creek Water District
Weather-based Irrigation Controller Installation Program

Recreation Building
1:30

Brett Graf, Habitat Garden
Steppingstones to Sustainability

Recreation Building
2:30

Monique Smith Lee,California Bat Conservation Fund
Bats in the Garden

Recreation Building
3:30

Roxanne Evan, Ecocentric Design
You Are Here: Plants that Want to Live in the Monterey Bay Area's Microclimate

Recreation Building
Schedule - Special Events
Time Event Location
9:45

Announcement of the Winners of the 2008 Water-Smart Garden Contest and Award of Prizes

Chris Perri, Scotts Valley Water District, with
Cynthia Jordan, President of the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners, Candice McLaren, Chairperson of the Water-smart Contest & Tour
Vai Campbell, Soquel Creek Water District and Santa Cruz Water Awareness Committee

Scotts Valley Senior Center

1:00–3:00

Home Composting Demonstration

Sherry Bryant, Ecology Action, representing the Santa Cruz County Home Composting Program

Booths #17 & 25
(near the Master Gardeners' Info Booth)

10:00–12:30

Bluegrass Stomp

Skypark Gazebo

1:00–2:30

Cabrillo College Farmers Market String Band

Skypark Gazebo