For Immediate Release
August 4, 2008

Agriculture and Landscape classes offered this Fall Quarter at UCR Extension

UCR Extension
Agriculture & Landscape Calendar
Fall 2008

Arboriculture

Sept. 17 - Nov. 19, 2008
Urban Arboriculture Practices, Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. Location: UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside. Fee: $475.

Sept. 17 - Nov. 19, 2008
Urban Arboriculture Practices, Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. Location: Online. This class meets concurrently with UCR Extension’s room section (see above). 1200 University Ave., Riverside. Fee: $475.

Home Gardening

Aug. 22 and 23, 2008
Growing Plumerias, The Flowers of Love, Friday, 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. Location: UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside. Fee: $59/ $49 multiple enrollment discount (one person in two or more gardening courses or two or more people in one gardening course) (includes parking).

Oct. 2 and 4, 2008
Selection and Care of Flowering Plants for Inland Empire Gardens, Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. Location: UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside. Fee: $59 / $49 multiple enrollment discount (one person in two or more gardening courses or two or more people in one gardening course) (includes parking).

Landscape Irrigation

Sept. 15 – Nov. 3, 2008
Soil-Water-Plant Relationships, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays. Location: Palm Desert, UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center, 75-080 Frank Sinatra Dr. (A Riverside section of this class meets concurrently with Palm Desert section via live video conference.) Fee: $475.

Sept. 16 – Nov. 4, 2008
Introduction to Landscape Irrigation, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Location: Palm Desert, UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center, 75-080 Frank Sinatra Dr. (A Riverside section of this class meets concurrently with Palm Desert section via live video conference.) Fee: $475.

Turfgrass Management

Sept. 16 - Nov. 25, 2008
Foundations of Turfgrass Management, Tuesdays, 6 to 9 p.m. (no meeting Nov. 11). Location: UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside. (This class also meets concurrently online). Fee: $559.

Sept. 18 - Nov. 20, 2008
Turfgrass Irrigation and Drainage, Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Location: UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside. (This class also meets concurrently online). Fee: $499 (includes materials).

Nov. 13, 2008
Sports Turf Management Seminar, Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside. Fee: $179 (includes continental breakfast, lunch, materials and parking).