Week 1: Wednesday 2 March- Tree Tops Park, 3900 SW 100th Ave, Davie Oak Ridge Auditorium -Drive through to Admin Building

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1 UF-IFAS/Broward County Extension Education Section Parks and Recreation Division 3900 SW 100 th Ave, Davie, Florida Master Gardener Training Spring 2016 Class Schedule and Syllabus 2 March to 15 June 2016 Dr. John J., Urban Horticulture Extension Agent Mr. Julio Perez, Horticultural Technician Mr. Adam Pitcher, Horticultural Assistant Week 1: Wednesday 2 March- Tree Tops Park, 3900 SW 100th Ave, Davie Oak Ridge Auditorium -Drive through to Admin Building 8:00-8:30 am Sign-In/Materials Distribution 8:30 am- 9:45 am Previous Knowledge Survey 9:45-10:00 am Break 10:00-10:30am Introduction to UF/MG program; MG /Perez Policies, ethics, Online Extension Campus, etc. 10:00-12:30 noon Butterflies for your FL-Friendly Yard Perez/ 1:30-3:00 pm FL-Friendly Butterfly Gardening Perez/ 3:00-5:00 pm Plant Identification- Terms, Online tools, monographs, floras, keys; / Perez Week 2: Wednesday 9 March- Tree Tops Park Bring Insect REPELLENT and Hand Lens 8:00-9:30 am Plant Structure and Function / Perez 9:30-9:45 am Break 9:45 am-11:00 am Tree of Life ( ); Ferns and Allies / Perez 11:00-11:15 am Break 11:15-12:30 pm Seed Plants / Perez 1:30-3:00 pm Field Trip Treetops Park/Wetlands and Pine Island Ridge Natural Area, 3900 SW 100 th Ave, Davie corner of Griffin Road Meet at Satin Leaf Shelter Documents/TreeTopsMaplarge.jpg Eat Lunch at Satin Leaf Shelter- J:\Master Gardener Course\2016 Class\2016 Course Syllabus rev docx

2 Week 3: Wednesday 16 March-Tree Tops Park 8:00-10:00 am Introduction to Insects William Kern, UF-IFAS-FLREC 10:15 am-12 noon Introduction to Insects William Kern, UF-IFAS-FLREC 12-1:30 pm Lunch 1:30-3:00 pm Families of Flowering Plants- Basal Angiosperms, Magnoliids & Monocots 3:30-3:45 pm Break 3:45-5:00 pm Families of Flowering Plants- Dicots I and II Week 4: Wednesday 23 March- Tree Tops Park Field Trip to Fern Forest- Dress Appropriately and bring Insect REPELLENT 8:00-10:30 am Household & Structural Pests William Kern, UF-IFAS-FLREC 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45-12 noon Urban Nuisance Wildlife William Kern, UF-IFAS-FLREC 12 noon-5:00 pm MUST BRING YOUR LUNCH TO EAT AT Fern Forest Nature Center 201 Lyons Road South, Coconut Creek BRING HAND LENS / Perez Week 5: Wednesday 30 March- Tree Tops Park 8:00-11:30 am FIRST EXAM BRING HAND LENS and Laptop, Tablet, or ipad 11:30-12:30 pm Composting / Perez 1:30-3:30 pm Tree selection, Installation and Maintenance Dr. Michael Orfanedes UF- 3:30-3:45 pm Break 3:45-5:00 pm Tree and Shrub Pruning Dr. Michael Orfanedes UF- Week 6: Wednesday 6 April- Tree Tops Park- PLANT DISEASE & PROP LAB DAY 8:00-9:30 am Plant Pathology Lecture Dr. Aaron Palmeteer, UF-IFAS- 9:30-9:45 am Break 9:45 am-11:00 am Plant Pathology Lecture Dr. Aaron Palmeteer, UF-IFAS- 11:00 am-11:15 Break 11:15-12:00 Plant Pathology Lecture and Lab Dr. Aaron Palmeteer, UF-IFAS- 12 noon -1:00 pm Lunch LUNCH AT FLAMINGO GARDENS 1:00-2:00 pm Propagation Lecture 2:00-2:15 pm Break 2:15-5:00 pm Propagation lab at Flamingo Gardens: layering, cuttings, seeds, grafting, BRING YOUR GLOVES, pruning shears, sunscreen, a hat and INSECT REPELLENT Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S Flamingo Rd, Davie, FL 33330, Art Constantino,; Perez, Bryan Tozzie Master Gardener Training Class Schedule, page 2 of 5

3 Week 7: Wednesday 13 April- Tree Tops Park FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING DAY 3900 SW 100 th Ave, Davie Oak Ridge Auditorium Drive through to Admin Building 8:00-10:00 am FL-Friendly Landscape Design 10:15 am-12:00 noon Landscape Design to Soothe The Urban Soul and Unite One with Nature at TreeTops Park we to go Jesse Durko s immediately afterward 1:30-4:30 pm FIELD TRIP JESSE DURKO NURSERY, 5151 SW 70 th Ave, Davie, FL (954) BRING HAND LENS, MOSQUITO REPELLENT, SUNSCREEN, HAT Akiko Iwata, Ai Design Dr. Jesse Durko, Week 8: Wednesday 20 April- Tree Tops Park BRING INSECT REPELLENT 8:00-9:45 am Palm care, maintenance, nutrition and Dr. Monica Elliott, UF-IFASdiseases FLREC 9:45 am-10:00 am Break 10:00 am -12 noon Integrated Pest Management Dr. Michael Orfanedes UF- 12:30 to 5 pm Bring Lunch: Field Trip- Tall Cypress Natural Area, 3700 Turtle Run Blvd, Coral Springs; Cypress Dome, Pine Flatwoods, fern review, wetland plants MUST BRING YOUR LUNCH TO EAT AT TALL CYPRESS ON BLEACHERS BEHIND OFFICE Week 9: Wednesday 27 April Tree Tops Park BRING INSECT REPELLENT 8:00-10:30 am SECOND EXAM 10:30 am-10:45 am Break 10:45 am-12 noon The value of Urban Forests and Sustainable, Florida Landscapes in Mitigating Factors Contributing to 12:00pm -5:00 pm Climate Variability & Change Bring Lunch: Field Trip BONNET HOUSE 900 Birch Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL BRING $8 CASH DISCOUNT ENTRANCE FEE FOR TOUR MUST BRING YOUR LUNCH TO EAT ON PICNIC TABLES AT BONNET HOUSE We will hear a lecture during lunch. Master Gardener Training Class Schedule, page 3 of 5

4 Week 10: Wednesday 4 May- Tree Tops Park BRING INSECT REPELLENT 8:00-9:00 Vegetable Gardening / Perez 9:15-10:30 Green Industries BMPs: Overview 10:30-10:40 Break 10:40-11:30 GIBMP -Lawn and Landscape 11:30-12:30 Vegetation Types; native plants and their habitats in South Florida 12:30-5:00 pm Travel to Criswell Farms, 24 NW 6th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL MUST BRING BAG LUNCH we will eat there MG Kevin Quigley/ Week 11: Wednesday 11 May- Tree Tops Park 8:00-10:00 am Invasive Species: Laws and Biology 10:15-11:00 am Int l. Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi & Plants; Int l. Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants 11:00-12:00 am Plant Identification and Diagnostic Lab Please bring your ID Decks and Sheets AND HAND LENSES 12:00 to 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 to 4:30 pm Poisonous and Irritant Plants Jeffrey Bernstein, Medical Director, Greater Miami Poison Info Center Week 12: Wednesday 18 May Tree Tops Park Recommend you not bring your laptop 8:00-9:45 am Soil Structure and Biology Kim Moore/ UF-IFAS-FLREC 9:45-10:00am Break 10:00-12:00 noon Plant Nutrition Kim Moore/ UF-IFAS-FLREC 12:00 to 5:00 pm BRING YOUR LUNCH: Field Trip- John Lloyd State Park Parking Lot Number 4, 6303 N Ocean, Dania Beach, FL Eat Lunch at State Park at Pavilion next to Parking Lot 4. BRING SUNSCREEN, WATER< INSECT REPELLENT, HAND LENS Master Gardener Training Class Schedule, page 4 of 5

5 Week 13: Wednesday 25 May Broward County Extension 8:00-9:45 am Volunteer Management System / Perez - volunteering for events, reporting hours and participants, signing up for projects; finding documents and resources 9:45-10:00am Break 10:00-12:00 noon Broward County Sunsational [Customer] Service Angie Horn, Training Coordinator, Broward Co Parks & Recreation 12 Noon to 1:30 Lunch pm 1:30-3:00 pm Office and Public Desk Orientation with disease and insect ID Group I-II-III; searching as / Perez, Master Gardener many pubs are on individual web pages (e.g., Mannion)+ EDIS; FDACS, PLANTS, DDIS, Bugwood.org; Useful Websites; etc., Mastergardener@broward.org 3:00-3:15 pm Break 3:15-5:00 pm DIAGNOSTIC LAB- Please bring your ID Decks, Plant Pathology information and your hand lenses; online ID resources. / Perez Wednesday 1 June Memorial Holiday Week--No class Week 14: Wednesday 8 June Tree Tops Park 8:00-10:15 am Tropical Fruit 10:15-10:30 am Break 10:30-12:00 noon Sustainability and Climate Change 11:45-1:15 pm Lunch 11:30 to 5:00 pm Field Trip to MIRAMAR PINELAND, Snake Warrior s Island Natural Area, and C. B. Smith Park MG Public Service Center. BRING YOUR LUNCH, Eat at Miramar Pineland. ; Perez, Terri Ward, Week 15: Wednesday 15 June- Tree Tops Park 8:00-11:00 Final Lecture Exam 11:00-12:30 Final Lab Exam /Perez 12:30-2:00 pm Pictures and Reception /Perez Master Gardener Training Class Schedule, page 5 of 5