‘At Home with Natives’

Program -March 28,2009

Golden West College, Math/Science, Room 123

8:00-8:45 • Registration & Morning Refreshments

8:45-9:00 • Welcome – Dan Songster, Director of the Golden West College Native Garden; Bonnie Roohk,

Dean of Math/Sciences, Golden West College; Laura Camp, President, Orange County Chapter of the

California Native Plant Society.

9:00-10:00 • Dan Songster. GWC Native Garden – Horticultural Lessons learned over thirty years.

10:00-10:15 • Morning break

10:15-11:15 • Debbie Evans, Marketing Coordinator, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano. Hillsides to

Hedges – Natives for specific landscape situations.

11:15-12:15 • Bart O’Brien, Senior Staff Research Associate, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Our premier

native plant expert, popular speaker & workshop presenter. Springtime Blues to Fiery falls – Seasons of color

in the native garden.

12:15-1:30 • Box lunch & visiting in the Garden. Concurrent book & plant sales.

1:30-2:30 • Barbara Eisenstein, Horticultural Outreach Coordinator, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Equal

parts nuts, bolts & inspiration: How to convert your yard into a native paradise.

2:30-3:15 • In the Golden West College Native Garden. Dan Songster & Celia Kutcher will lead tours focusing

on practical design & maintenance issues related to almost any native garden–even yours!

Group I: Dan Songster, 45-Minute Design Tips

Group II: Celia Kutcher, 45-Min. Maintenance Tips

3:15-4:00 • In the Golden West College Native Garden.

Group II: Dan Songster, 45-Minute Design Tips

Group I: Celia Kutcher, 45-Min. Maintenance Tips

4:00-5:00 • End of Symposium Social. Adjourn to Garden for cookies, tea, plant, & book sales.