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UCSB Extension: Design Sustainable Gardens with Native and Edible Plants

  • 01 May 2014
  • 6:30 PM
  • UCSB Campus
Take gardening to the next level by utilizing form and function from a professional garden design perspective. In this course, students learn about planting design and how to best incorporate native trees, shrubs, perennials, groundcovers, and accents with non-native edible plants. Through lectures, field trips, and hands-on projects, students develop the skills needed to think and plan like a garden designer in creating a beautiful, functional, and sustainable garden space.

Topics include:

  • Ecosystem services and ecology
  • Native and fruiting trees specific to our bioregion
  • Native shrubs, hedges, groundcovers and accents in garden design
  • Using edible plants in garden design
Meeting: May 1, 2014 - May 29, 2014
Thursdays 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: UCSB Campus
Available for Credit: 2 units
Instructor: Meg West

  

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