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UCCE San Diego County Residential Integrated Pest Management Outreach Activities May 9, 2006
UCCESan Diego County
Residential Integrated Pest Management
Outreach Activities
May 9, 2006
Current Projects
• PRISM Grant – SWRCB – Healthy Garden/Healthy Home
• FREP Grant – CDFA and WPHA(Completed December 2005)
– Hiring a Landscape Company
Healthy Garden/Healthy Home• Training
– Nursery Staff– Master Gardeners
• Educational Materials• Outreach
– Community Events– Retail Centers– Community Workshops– Media Activities
HG/HH TRAINING• Retail Nursery Staff
– Monthly Trainings– Seminar
• Master Gardeners– Advanced IPM Training Class
Retail Nursery Staff Training
• Individual Nursery Training Topics-Pesticides -Plant Diseases-Watershed -Ants & Termites-IPM -Weeds-Insects -Worms
• Seminar – August 10, 2006 Carlsbad, CA
Master Gardener Training
• Class Topics– Watershed and Water
Quality– IPM and Pesticides– Plant Pathology– Weeds and Weed
Management– Insects– Ants
• In-Service Training– Ants– Watershed Projects– Web Site Navigation– Life of an Active
Ingredient
Educational Materials• Pest Quick-Tip Cards• Retail Nursery Newsletter• Landscape Materials• 5-Pest Materials• Point-of-Purchase Tear-Off Sheets• Video/DVD
Educational Materials• Pest Quick-Tip Cards
– Safe Use and Disposal of Pesticides (E&S)– Gardening with Good Bugs (E&S)– Lawn Insects (E&S)– Ants (E&S)– Aphids (E&S)– Cockroaches (E&S)– Earwigs (E)– Fleas (E&S)– Giant Whitefly (E)– Head Lice (E&S)– Snails & Slugs (E&S)– Spiders (E&S)– Termites (E&S)– Tree Borers (S)
Educational Materials• Retail Nursery Newsletter
– Monthly Informational Newsletter (E)• 5-Pest Materials
– Identification Poster– Damage Poster
• Point-of-Purchase Tear-Off Sheets– General IPM (E)– Ants (E)– Aphids (E)– Snails & Slugs (E)
• Video/DVD– 5-Pest PSA’s (E)– Our Watershed and IPM (E&S)– Healthy Garden/Healthy Home PSA’s (E/S)
Educational Materials
• Landscape Materials– Brochure
• English & Spanish
– Worksheet• English &
Spanish
HG/HH Outreach• Community Events• Retail Centers
– Master Gardner Outreach– Information Distribution
• Community Workshops– IPM Series– Individual Workshops
• Media Activities– Kick-Off Event– PSA’s– CTN Programming
Outreach Activities• Community Events
– City Celebrations– City Offices– Community Colleges– Farmer’s Markets– Festivals and Fairs– Garden Clubs– Garden Tours– Home & Garden Shows– Libraries– Nurseries & Garden Centers– Parks and Tourist Sites– Plant Sales
Outreach Activities• Up-Coming Activities
– Escondido Farmers’ Market• May 16
– Spring Garden Celebration – San Diego Zoo• May 19 - 21
– Spring Garden Festival – Cuyamaca College• May 20
– Spring Escondido Street Fair• May 21
– San Diego County Fair• June 10 – July 4 (closed Monday except July 3)
– MG Summer Plant Sale• June 17
– Escondido Farmers’ Market• June 20
Outreach Activities
• Retail Nursery & Garden Centers– City Farmer’s Nursery– Walter Andersen’s Nursery– Grangetto’s Farms & Garden Supply– Mission Hills Nursery– Moose Creek Nursery– Plant World– Home Depot– Lowe’s
Outreach Activities• Community IPM Workshop Series
– North, East, and South County– Topics
+ Vertebrate Pest + Beneficial Insects+ Irrigation & Lawn Care + Composting+ Plant Selection + Tomato Pests & Diseases+ Weeds+ Backyard Citrus Pests+ Hiring a Pest Control Service+ Whitefly+ Ants+ Snails & Slugs
Outreach Activities
• Up-Coming Community IPM Workshops– Weed Control – El Cajon
• Saturday, May 13– Snail & Slug Control – Carlsbad
• Saturday, May 20– Irrigation and Lawn Care – Lakeside
• Saturday, June 10– Irrigation and Lawn Care – Chula Vista
• Wednesday, June 21– Whitefly Control – Carlsbad
• Saturday, June 24
Outreach Activities
• Media Activities– Kick-Off Event– PSA’s– CTN Programming– Local Talk Shows– News Reports– Print Media
• Newspapers• Magazines
Contact InformationFor Additional Information Contact
UCCE San Diego CountyScott Parker, IPM & Environmental Issues Program Rep.5555 Overland Avenue, Building #4, Suite #4101San Diego, CA [email protected]
