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 92123858-694-2184saparker@ucdavis.eduwww.cesandiego.ucdavis.edu