Desert Horticulture Conference, May 20, 2011
7:00 – 8:00 am
8:00 – 8:50 am
9:00 – 9:50 am
9:50-10:15 am
10:15-11:30 am
11:30-12:30 am
12:30-1:20 pm
1:30 – 2:20 pm
2:30 – 3:20pm
3-30 pm
Registration and Coffee
Arboriculture
New Tree Cultivars for the
Arid West Dennis Swartzell,
Horticulture Consultants,
Inc.
Tree Laws Mark Porter, Mark's Tree
Service & Consulting
Managing Tree Roots at
Installation Sarah Maitland, Carescape
Juan Barba, Juan J. Barba &
Assoc.
Rick Allen, Bartlett Tree
Experts
Abiotic Disorders of Palms Don Hodel, University of
California Cooperative
Extension, Los Angeles
Basic Care of Trees - The
First Three Years Juan Barba, Juan J. Barba &
Assoc.
Trees and Irrigation Joe Fortier, Mohave Water
Management
Sign up for CEU’s in Lobby
“Celebrating 20 Years of Horticultural Education Excellence"
Hot Topics
Plants of Life and Death:
Medicinal (and not so
medicinal) plants commonly
used in Southwest landscaping
- *Charles Kane, Tucson Clinic
of Botanical Medicine
Water Scarcity Travis Huxman, Ph.D., UA Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology
Design
Designing with Recycled
Materials Margaret Joplin, Design
Collaborations
Tucson Convention Center
Maintenance
Novel Technology and Controlling
Perennial Weeds in the Landscape Bill McCloskey, Ph.D., UA Plant
Sciences
Lizard Habitats Protecting Workers from Risks in
Heidi Flugstad, Wheat Scharf
the Landscape
Ursula Schuch, Ph.D., UA Plant
Assoc.
Sciences
Dennis Caldwell, Caldwell
Design
Break (visit sponsor booths, networking) – Please Recycle
Climate Change and What We Can Do Experts Top 6 Color Favorites - Converting Lush Landscapes to
About It Xeriscapes - Dennis Swartzell,
Janet Rademacher, Mountain
Mike Crimmins, Ph.D., UA Soil, Water States Wholesale Nursery,
Horticulture Consultants, Inc.
and Environ. Sciences
*Greg Starr, Starr Nursery, Russ David Kopec, Ph.D., UA Plant
Theresa Crimmins, Ph.D., UA National Buhrow, Tohono Chul Park,
Sciences
Phenology Network
David Jernigan, The Gardener's Joe Fortier, Mohave Water
Touch
Management
Lunch (visit sponsor booths, networking, *book signing in lobby) – Please recycle
Urban Soils Small Fruits – Shrubs and Small The Nuts and Bolts of Water
Al Key, Silva Cells
Trees
Harvesting Peter MacDonagh, Kessler Group
Glenn Wright, Ph.D. UA Plant
Cado Daily, UA Cooperative
Sciences
Extension, Cochise County
Landscape Lighting Insects in the Landscape Utility Line Clearance & Urban
Forestry: Compromise and
Kris Klein, FX Luminaire Hunter Carl Olson, UA Entomology
Collaboration Industries
Jonathan Arnold, City of Mesa
Design with Vegetables Desert Rain Gardens Mow NativeMargaret West, Margaret West Dave Kopec, Ph.D., UA Plant
*Scott Calhoun, ZonaGardens
Designs
Sciences
MarciBeth Phillips, Pima County
Master Gardener