- February 1, 2020, 9:30 am: Annual Scionwood Exchange and grafting demonstration
Los Angeles Arboretum http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&daddr=301+N+Baldwin+Ave++Arcadia+CA++
The annual Foothill chapter scionwood exchange. We will also host a grafting demonstration and discussion of fruit varieties.
- April 4, 2020, 9:30 am: Fruit Tree Pathology
Los Angeles Arboretum http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&daddr=301+N+Baldwin+Ave++Arcadia+CA++
Annemiek Schilder will speak to us about Fruit Tree Pathology.
Annemiek Schilder is the Director of the University of California Cooperative Extension Office in Ventura County and the Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Santa Paula. She grew up in an extended family of dairy farmers in the Netherlands. She studied Agronomy at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana, followed by Plant Sciences at Wageningen Agricultural University in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Her graduate studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York focused on diseases of wheat. She then spent 3 years as a researcher at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria, and 20 years as a small fruit pathologist at Michigan State University. Fungi are the “common thread” in her career.
Our regular chapter meetings are at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of
alternate months (February, April, June, August, October, December) at the Arboretum
of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia (just south of the 210 Freeway).
There is no charge to enter the Arboretum to attend the meeting, which is usually in
Lecture Hall “A”. The easiest access is straight through the Gift Shop, then down the
stairs to the right in the adjacent building.
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In her 35 years in the Garden Industry, Gisele has accumulated a wide range of experience and knowledge. She earned her degree in Ornamental Horticulture from California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. She has owned an Interiorscape company, worked for the State Department of Agriculture, practiced as a horticultural therapist with senior citizens and launched an outstanding sales career by helping establish top-selling organic gardening products. She is currently the Organic Gardening Educator for Kellogg Garden Products and shares her vast knowledge with the sales team, provides product knowledge trainings, and speaks to groups educating them on organics & soil health.
Events in December 2019
The Power of Organics in your Garden - Gisele Schoniger