Green Scene Newsletter

• Next Horticultural Tour - Spain and Portugal, May 2025
• Master Gardener Program
• Webinar for Landscapt Professionals
• Pruning Shade Trees
• Tree Care Accidents

• Next Horticultural Tour - Spain and Portugal, May 2025
• Master Gardener Program
• Sun and Shadow
• September-What to do?
• And One More Thing-Roses
• Autumn and Tree Pruning

• Next Horticultural Tour - Spain and Portugal, May 2025
• Master Gardener Program
• Sun and Shadow
• Tree Decline

• Next Horticultural Tour - Spain and Portugal, May 2025
• Master Gardener Program
• Sun and Shadow
• Ants 

• Next Horticultural Tour - Spain and Portugal, May 2025
• Master Gardener Program
• Sun and Shadow

• Next Horticultural Tour
• Master Gardener Program
• Transition to Battery-Powered Lawn Equipment in California
• Rose Rosette Disease

• Next Horticultural Tour
• Master Gardener Program
• Transition to Battery-Powered Lawn Equipment
• Fall Planted Bulbs-Planting Time in a Few Months

• Welcome to Tulare County Readers!
• Next Horticultural Study Tour
• Tree Selection for Bakersfield and Environs

• Master Gardener Program
• Next Horticulture Tour
• Ethylene, Flowers and Fruit

• Annual Winter Pruning Demonstrations January 18th and 19th
• Master Gardener Program
• Next Horticultural Tour
• Annual Landscape Management Seminar update
• Those Fallen Leaves
• Rule of the Superbowl 

• Annual Winter Pruning Demonstrations
• Master Gardener Program
• Next Horticultural Tour
• "The falling leaves...

• Master Gardener Program
• Annual Winter Pruning Demonstration
• Next Horticultural Tour?
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses

• Master Gardener Program
• Annual Winter Pruning Demonstration
• Fall Color Development in Trees and Shrubs
• Galls on Oak Leaves 

• Master Gardener Program
• Next Horticultural Tour
• Fall Turf Management

• Roses
• Termites and Shade Trees
• Wasps

• Meeting and Announcements
• Air Quality Index
• Climate Change

• Meetings and Announcements
• Fertilizers and Soil Acidity

• Spring 2023 Horticulture Tour
• Nitrogen Application for Landscape Plants

• Tree Selection for Bakersfield and the Valley portion of Kern County

• Spring 2023 Horticulture Tour
• Fireblight Disease of Trees and Shrubs 

• Horticulture Classes for Landscapes and Gardens
• Spring 2023 Horticulture Tour
• Heading into March:  A Few Things to Do

• 40th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Horticulture Classes for Landscapes and Gardens
• Spring 2023 Horticultural Tour
• Shade Tree Pruning, A Cautionary Note
• A Reminder:  For Maintenance Gardeners and Those Who Employ Them  

• Annual Pruning Demonstrations
• Horticulture Classes for Landscapes and Gardens
• 40th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Spring 2023 Horticulture Tour
• Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard

• Annual Pruning Demonstrations
• Return to Chiang Mai, Thailand
• *New* Horticulture Classes for Landscapes and Gardens, Spring 2023
• 40th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Spring 2023 Horticulture Tour
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses

• Annual Pruning Demonstrations
• Return to Chiang Mai, Thailand
• 40th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Spring 2023 Horticultural Tour

• Meetings and Announcements
• A New and Free Publication on Principals of Xeriscape
• Spring 2023 Horticultural Tour, and Possible Future Tours
• 40th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Autumn Color Development in Shade Trees

• Meetings & Announcements
• A New and Free Publication on Principles of Xeriscape
• Pruning Shade Trees
• Tree Care Accidents

• Meetings and Announcements
• A Publication on Principles of Xeriscape
• Roses
• Later Summer Turfgrass Problems

• Weekly Horticulture Zoom Talks
• Karlik Announcement
• A Publication on Principles of Xeriscape
• A Historical Note

• Weekly Horticulture Zoom Talks, Thursdays at 4:30pm
• A Note About Air Pollution

• Weekly Horticulture Zoom Talks, Thursdays at 4:30pm
• Part 2:  Lawn and Garden Equipment  

• Weekly Horticulture Zoom Talks, Thursdays
• Lawn and Garden Equipment:  California's Recent Law

• Weekly Horticulture Zoom Talks
• March-April:  A Few Things to Do
• Fireblight Disease of Trees and Shrubs
• Lawn and Garden Equipment:  California's Recent (2021) Law

• Meetings and Announcements
• Planting Time

• Meetings and Announcements
• Deciduous Fruit Trees for the Home Orchard

• Meetings and Announcements
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses
• Winter Irrigation for Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards

• Meetings and Announcements
• Plant Parasitic Mistletoes and Their Control 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Tree Selection for Bakersfield and the Valley portion of Kern County

• Meetings and Announcements
• Soil Testing for Diagnosing Soil Problems

• Meetings and Announcements
• Climate Change

• Meetings and Announcements
• Landscape Design and Aesthetic Choices

• UCCE Kern Office Reopening
• Weekly Zoom Presentations
• Xeriscape Principles

• Meetings and Announcements
• Weekly Zoom Presentation
• Horticultural Study Tour XII: Wales, Edinburgh, Northern Scotland
• Position Announcement from NOR
• Ants

• Meetings and Announcements
• Weekly Zoom Presentation
• Horticultural Study Tour XI: Wales, Edinburgh, Northern Scotland
• Saving Water (And $) in Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards    

• Meetings and Announcements
• Tree Decline

• Meetings and Announcements
• Planting and Early Care of Deciduous Fruit Trees
• A Note About Shade Trees  

• Meetings and Announcements
• A Note About Irrigation
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses - Still Time
• Rule of the Superbowl
• Wood Ashes for the Garden and Landscape

• Weekly Zoom Presentation
• 39th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Annual Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstrations
• A Note About Irrigation
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses
• Dormant Treatment for Home Fruit Trees and other Plants

• Weekly Zoom Presentations
• 39th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Pruning Shade Trees

• UCCE Office Status
• Weekly Zoom Presentations
• Air Quality Index
• Redhumped Caterpillar
• Tips for Selecting an Arborist

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom - Ecosystem Recovery at Chernobyl
• Time:  Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• UCCE Office Status
• Weekly Zoom Presentations
• Renovation of Turf
• How to Send a Greeting with Herbicides

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom - MN Landscape Arboretum & Ancient Gneiss
• Time:  Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom - Oxford, Salisbury, Stonehenge
• Time:  Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom - Landscapes of China
• Time:  Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom - Rose Symposium at Gifu, Japan
• Time:  Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom - South of France Gardens
• Time:  Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Borers in Landscape Trees
• Management of Nutsedge in Turf

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom- Berlin, Prague, and Vienna
• Time:  Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom- Floriade 2012
• Time:  Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom-Thailand Ratchaphruek
• Time:  Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Landscape Design and Aesthetic Choices
• Slime Mold

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom-Thailand Gardens
• Time:  Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom-U.K. Gardens
• Time:  Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom-Small Garden Design 
• Time:  Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom to Spain, Part 2
• Time:  Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Rose Rosette Disease
• Tree Problems in the Bakersfield area

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom to Spain
• Time:  Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom to Northern Italy
• Time:  Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Horticulture Zoom to Iceland
• Time:  Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Gardens of Scotland
• Time:  Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Ideal Conditions for Fireblight-Repeat

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Gardens of Ireland
• Time:  Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Please join John Karlik for a Zoom Meeting with Travel Gallery
• Topic:  Gardens of Europe
• Time:  May 6, 2020 at 4:30pm
• See attached for details! 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Ideal Conditions for Fireblight
• A Lawn Care Tip 

• Meetings and Announcements
• Return to Chernobyl, August 2020
• UCCE Office Closure
• March:  A Few Things to Do
• New Publications

• CPRS Conference - February 7th
• 38th Annual Landscape Management Seminar - February 12th
• Return to Chernobyl, August 2020
• Rule of the Superbowl
• New Publications

• Scholarships offered for training opportunity to become a Master Food Preserver through University of California Cooperative Extension
• See attached flyer for more information and application links

• Free Pruning Demonstrations
• Tuesday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 8, 2020
• UCCE Kern County - See attached for details

• Annual Winter Pruning Demonstration
• 38th Annual Landscape Management Seminar, February 2020
• Return to Chernobyl, August 2020
• Plant Parasitic Mistletoes and Their Control   

• Meetings and Announcements
• Fall Color Development in Trees and Shrubs
• Galls of Oak Leaves

• Fall Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstrations
• Return to Chernobyl
• Soil Testing for Diagnosing Soil Problems

• Fall Horticulture Classes
• Hort Study Tour - May 2020
• Return to Chernobyl
• Dieback of Raywood Ash
• Girdling of Ornamental Trees

• 2019 Horticulture Classes - Beginning August
• Horticultural Study Tour XI:  May 2020 - Wales, Edinburgh, Northern Scotland
• Return to Chernobyl and more...

• Horticultural Study Tour XI:  May 2020
• 2019 Horticulture Classes - Beginning August
• Xeriscape Principles for Water Conservation

• Horticultural Study Tour XI:  May 2020
• 2019 Horticulture Classes
• Preventing Nuisance Fruit Formation in Shade Trees
• Dieback of Raywood Ash

• 2019 Horticulture Classes
• 2020 Horticultural Study Tour
• Rose Rosette Disease in Kern County

• 2019 Horticulture Classes
• 11th Horticultural Study Tour: May 2020
• Nitrogen Application for Turf and Landscape Plants 

• 2019 Horticulture Classes
• 10th Horticultural Study Tour
• Fireblight Disease of Trees and Shrubs

• 37th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Wednesday, February 27, 2019
• Hodel's - Begins at 7:30am

• 37th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• 2019 Horticulture Classes
• Planting and Early Care of Deciduous Fruit Trees
• Wood Ashes for the Garden and Landscape 

• December Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstrations-Dec. 12th & 13th
• 37th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses

• Horticultural Study Tour: Thailand
• December Pruning Demonstrations
• 37th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Pruning Shade Trees

   *Please note, we are sending another issue of the Green Scene September 2018 to reflect correction to the departure date of the 2019 Horticultural Study Tour to Thailand. We apologize for any inconvenience and please contact the office if any questions.*

• Bakersfield Fall Horticulture Class: Special Topics
• 2019 Horticultural Study Tour: Thailand
• Fall Horticulture Class -  Tehachapi
• Fall Turf Management 

• Bakersfield Fall Horticulture Class: Special Topics
• 2019 Horticultural Study Tour: Thailand
• Fall Horticulture Class -  Tehachapi
• Fall Turf Management 

• Class Forming Now!
• Monday nights starting October 8th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
• See flier attached for links to syllabus and registration

• Fall Horticulture Class - Tehachapi
• Bakersfield Fall Horticulture Class:  Special Topics
• 2019 Horticultural Study Tour:  Thailand 

• Our July Weather
• Meetings and Announcements
• Soil Testing
• Rose Rosette Disease in Bakersfield
• 2019 Horticulture Study Tour: Thailand 

• Rose Rosette Disease Has Been Discovered in Kern County

• Fall Horticulture Class-Tehachapi
• Xeriscape Principles for Water Conservation
• Early Announcement - 2019 Horticultural Study Tour: Thailand

• Fall Horticulture Class-Tehachapi
• Tips for Saving Water in Landscape Irrigation
• 2019 Horticultural Study Tour: Thailand

• Fireblight Disease of Trees and Shrubs
• Spring Planting of Trees and Shrubs
• Horticulture Class Tehachapi, autumn, 2018 

• 36th Annual Landscape Seminar - February 7
• Spring Horticulture Class-Ridgecrest
• Horticulture Class-Tehachapi
• Crabgrass and the Rule of the Superbowl
• Deciduous Fruit Trees for the Home Orchard
• Return to Chernobyl, April 2018-Last Announcement

• Job Opportunity:  Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator-Fresno
• 36th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Spring Horticulture Class-Ridgecrest
• Spring Horticulture Class-Tehachapi
• Winter Irrigation for Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards
• Roof Rats
• Return to Chernobyl, April, 2018

• December Pruning Demonstrations - December 12th & 13th
• 36th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Spring Horticulture Class- Ridgecrest
• Spring Horticulture Class- Tehachapi
• Water Irrigation for Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards
• Dormant Treatment for Home Fruit Trees and other Plants
• Return to Chernobyl, April, 2018

• Palm Workshop - November 27th
• December Pruning Demonstration - December 12-13
• 33rd Annual Landscape Management Seminar - February 7, 2018
• Possible Spring Horticulture Classes in Ridgecrest and Tehachapi
• Rose Pruning
• Return to Chernobyl - April 2018

• Food Preservation Class
• Fall Horticulture Classes - Not too late to join
• Ants
• More meetings and announcements

• Food Preservation Class-Please Respond if Interested
• Fall Horticulture Classes Starting in August
• Announcement:  Return to Chernobyl, April, 2018
• 2019 Horticultural Study Tour destination Thailand
• Later Summer Turfgrass Problems

• Food Preservation Class
• Fall Horticulture Classes
• 2018 Horticultural Study Tour - Thailand
• Return to Chernobyl
• Saving Water in Landscape Irrigation
• Drip Irrigation for Home Landscapes
• Summer Pruning of Shade Trees   

• Food Preservation Class offered
• Fall Horticulture Classes
• 2018 Horticultural Study Tour destination: Thailand 
• Chernobyl: April 2018
• Nitrogen Application for Landscape Plants
• Fertilizers and Soil Acidity 

• New County Publication, Shade and Ornamental Trees for Kern County
• Food Preservation Class
• Fall Horticulture Classes
• 2018 Horticultural Study Tour destination:  Thailand
• Tree Problems in the Bakersfield Area 

• Field Trip to UCLA:  Landscape Design, Landscape Conversion and the Mathias Garden
• 2017 Horticultural Tour:  Iceland, July 15-22, 2017
• Fireblight Disease of Trees and Shrubs 

• Horticulture V Class - It's not too late to join!
• 2017 Horticulture Tour:  Iceland, July 15-22, 2017
• Crabgrass and the Rule of the Superbowl - Now is the time
• Fruit Trees for the Home Orchard 

• 35th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Horticulture V Class-Starts February 16, 2017
• 2017 Horticulture Tour:  Iceland
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses
• Dormant Treatment for Home Fruit Trees and Other Plants
• Crabgrass and the Rule of the Superbowl

• December Pruning Demonstrations - December 13th and December 14th
• 35th Annual Landscape Management Seminar - February 1, 2017
• Horticulture V Class - Starts February 16, 2017
• 2017 Horticulture Tour:  Iceland
• Winter Pruning of Outdoor Roses
• Wood Ashes as a Garden Fertilizer
• Dormant Treatment for Home Fruit Trees and other Plants 

• December Pruning Demonstrations
• 35th Annual Landscape Management Seminar
• Horticulture V Class
• 2017 Horticulture Tour: Iceland
• Pruning of Outdoor Roses
• Toxicity of Landscape and Garden Plants

• Welcome to New Readers
• Redhumped Caterpillar
• Tips for Selecting an Arborist
• Horticulture Tour 2017:  Iceland
• Future Classes 

• Fall 2016 Horticulture Classes - Starting soon!
• More Tree Problems in the Bakersfield Area
• Future Horticulture Tours and Classes

• Fall 2016 Horticulture Classes
• Tree Problems in the Bakersfield Area
• Xeriscape Principles for Water Conservation
• Where is the grass greener?
• Return to Chernobyl, Ukraine
• Future Horticulture Tours and Classes for 2017

• Fall 2016 Horticulture Classes
• Saving Water and $ in Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards
• Estimating Landscape Water Use: How am I doing?
• Leaf Diseases Appear on Trees and Roses
• Return to Chernobyl, Ukraine
• Future Classes and Horticulture Tours  

Upcoming Classes and Events

• 34th Annual Landscape Management Seminar-Tuesday, February 9
• 2016 Tehachapi Horticulture Class
• 2016 Ridgecrest Horticulture Class
• 2016 Horticultural Tour:  Gardens of Northern Italy and Tuscany 

• Winter Sale! Up to 30% Off Select Books and Book Bundles
• See Flyer

• Welcome to New Readers
• Pruning Demonstrations
• Upcoming Classes and Events
• Cold-Weather Injury to Landscape Plants
• Dormant Treatment for Home Fruit Trees and other Plants

Annual Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstrations

Monday, December 14, and Tuesday, December 15, 2015  

UC Riverside Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day

Thursday, September 17, 2015, UC Riverside

• Bug Outbreaks in Ridgecrest
• Horticulture for Landscapes, Orchards, and Gardens:  Fall Classes
• Horticulture I Class starting Tuesday, September 1, 2015 @ 5:30pm to 8:30pm
• Horticulture II Class starting this Wednesday, August 26, 2015 @ 5:30pm to 8:30pm
• Return to Chernobyl, Ukraine--November 2015 

• Horticulture for Landscapes, Orchards, and Gardens:  Fall Classes

          Horticulture I Class, starting Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.

          Horticulture II Class, starting Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 5:50 p.m. 

• Return to Chernobyl, Ukraine--November, 2015 

• Horticulture For Landscapes, Orchards, And Gardens:  Classes Offered Fall 2015

         Correction to start date for Horticulture II class - Wednesday, August 26, 2015 

• Horticulture For Landscapes, Orchards, And Gardens:  Classes Offered Fall 2015
• Future Classes and Horticulture Tours
• Update on the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Citrus Greening
• Citrus Leafminer

- California's Drought Emergency and the Landscape

- Saving Water (And $) in Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards

- Saving Water in Turf and the Landscape:  A Seminar Series, June 9th and June 10th

- Fall 2015 Horticulture Classes Offered by UC Cooperative Extension

Centennial Celebration - Thursday, August 21, 2014 - Kern Ag Pavilion

Upcoming Classes and Events

Horticulture Class Ridgecrest; begins Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 5:30-8:30 pm

Horticulture Class Tehachapi; begins Thursday, February 27, 2014, 5:30-8:30pm

2014 Horticultural Tour Scotland  

- Pruning Demonstrations for Deciduous Fruit Trees

- Horticulture Classes in Ridgecrest and Tehachapi

- 2014 Horticultural Tour

- Maintenance Gardener Reminder

- Cold-Weather Injury to Landscape Plants

Fall Horticulture Classes 2013

-Heating with Wood
-Planting and Early Care of Deciduous Fruit Trees
-Spring 2012 Horticulture Study Tour
-The Rule of the Superbowl for Timing Application of Pre-emergent Herbicides
-30th Annual Landscape Management Seminar

-Pruning Demonstration for Deciduous Fruit Trees
-Green Kyllinga
-Autumn Color Development in Plant Foliage
-Spring 2012 Horticulture Study Tour

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Attached is an announcement for the Free Pruning Demonstration.

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