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Global Climate Change and Your Backyard

Presented by the California Center for Urban Horiculture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Activities and Recreation Center: Ballroom

 

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Schedule of Events


Friday, May 30


Saturday, May 31
8-9AM
Check In
  • Please arrive early to pick up conference materials and enjoy a continental breakfast

7:45-9:30AM
Tours of the UC Davis Arboretum Gardens
  • Mary Wattis Brown Garden
    CA Native Plants
  • Ruth Storer Garden
    A Guide to 'Valley-Wise' Plants and Gardening Practices
9-9:30AM
Welcome
  • Dean Neal Van Alfen
    Dean of College of Ag & Environmental Sciences
  • Dave Fujino
    CA Center for Urban Horticulture

   

9-10AM    
Check In
  • Please arrive early to pick up conference materials and enjoy a continental breakfast
9:30-10AM
What We Know
  • Cort Anastasio
    UC Davis Land Air Water Resources

10-10:30AM
Welcome and Re-cap from Friday
  • Gary Hudson
    Gary Hudson & Associates
10-11:30AM
Keynote Address
Seize the Moment - Garden Green
  • Katy Moss Warner
    American Horticultural Society

10:30-12:30PM
Panel Discussion
  • Moderator: Ira Flatow,
    NPR Science Correspondent
  • Panelists:
    • Pam Geisel, Master Gardener Program
    • Colleen Hamilton, Assoc. of Professional Landscape Designers
    • Tom Tomich, Agricultural Sustainability Institute
    • Bryan Weare, UC Davis Land Air & Water Resources
    • Robert Parkhurst, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
11:30-1PM
Lunch

12:30-2PM
Lunch
1-1:40PM
California Water: What Do
Lawns Have to Do With It?
  • Ellen Hanak
    Public Policy Institute of CA

2-2:40PM
Sustainable Home Landscape Design
  • Cheryl Sullivan
    Cunningham Engineering
1:40-2:20PM
Urban Water Use & Runoff
  • Loren Oki
    UCCE Landscape Horticulture

2:40-3:20PM
Creating More Ecological Landscapes
  • Ellen Zagory
    UC Davis Arboretum
2:20PM-2:40PM   
Break

3:20-3:40PM
Break
2:40-3:20PM
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Diane Pataki
    UCI Adjunct Assistant Professor

3:40-4:20PM
Sustainable Business Practices
  • Dennis Dougherty
    Cagwin & Dorward
3:20-4PM
50 Million Trees in CA Backyards,
Knowing the NIMBY
  • Greg McPherson
    Center for Urban Forest Research

4:20-5PM
Shifts towards Sustainability in the Industry
  • Nicholas Staddon
    Monrovia
4-4:40PM
SMUD Shade Tree Program - Creating
an Energy Efficient Urban Forest
  • Misha Sarkovich
    SMUD

5-5:20PM
Closing Statements
  • Gary Hudson
    Gary Hudson & Associates
4:40-5PM
Closing Statements
  • Dave Fujino
    CA Center for Urban Horticulture






Registration Information:

 

Registration fee includes the following: conference admission, parking breakfast, lunch

  • General Admission..............................................$150
  • Friends of the UCDavis Arboretum......................$125 & conference coupon for free All-Star plant
  • Master Gardeners...............................................$125 & conference coupon for free All-Star plant