Village Nurseries is delighted to invite you to be a member of our Landscape Architect and Design Group (LADG) in 2019. We are committed to building stronger relationships with the design community by introducing and obtaining feedback on new plants through field testing, hosting plant-driven events, and providing guest speakers and panel discussions on topics relevant to your industry. Your participation is important to us so we may become a better resource for you and your teams.

Village Nurseries would like to thank our Education Sponsor, Southern California ASLA, whose purpose is the advancement of knowledge, education, and skill in the art and science of landscape architecture as an instrument of service in the public welfare.

We are honored to partner with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources South Coast Research and Extension Center for this event, the regional home of the UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials. Darren Haver, Jared Sisneroz, and Karrie Reid of UC ANR will give a special update on the Irrigation Trials.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Mary Matava, President-Agronomist, Agri Service

Mary obtained her degree in Agronomy from Oregon State University in 1979. After moving to California, she started an agricultural consulting and laboratory business, Agri Service, to serve the local farming and landscape industries. The laboratory afforded a unique opportunity to study the local soils and our diversified Southern California crops.

In 1994 Agri Service entered the greenwaste recycling industry as the operator of the City of Oceanside’s El Corazon Compost Facility, which processes over 60,000 tons per year of yard trimmings, food discards and wood waste into high quality compost and mulch. She has developed and built facilities in Los Angeles and Riverside County and recently opened a new facility in Otay Mesa. Mary’s presentation will focus on a hands-on approach to integrating the physical, chemical, and biological parameters of soil to improve growing conditions and develop healthy soils.

Joe Walker, Owner, Obra Verde Growers

Joe Walker founded Obra Verde Growers with his wife, Julie, in 1974. Located in the lush foothills of Northern San Diego County, Obra Verde Growers offers an evolving and unique collection of over 100 Australian, New Zealand, and South African plant varieties. Mr. Walker presents often on these special varieties and consults with designers, architects and other landscape professionals on their application in the landscape.

Our guest speakers will be accompanied by Village Nurseries’ Suzie Wiest, Regional Marketing Representative and New Plants Chair, and Nicholas Staddon, Village Nurseries Plantsman. Ms. Wiest and Mr. Staddon will introduce new plant selections as well as Village Nurseries’ field-testing program, in which you’ll have the opportunity to assist us in selecting new and high-performing plants for future landscapes.

AGENDA

8:30 AM - Registration
9:00 AM - Opening Remarks: Darren Haver, UC ANR & Nicholas Staddon, Village Nurseries
9:15 AM - Guest Speaker: Mary Matava, Agri Service - Developing Healthy Soils
10:15 AM - Break
10:30 AM - New Plants and Field-Testing Program Overview
11:00 AM - Suzie Wiest, Village Nurseries - Field-testing program and Survey
11:15 AM - Nicholas Staddon, Village Nurseries - New Plants for 2019
12:00 PM - Lunch/Tours of Agri Service
12:45 PM - Guest Speaker: Joe Walker, Obra Verde Growers - Integrating Australian, New Zealand, and South African plants in the landscape
1:45 PM - Plant Giveaway