Flower Show Seminars
Two seminars are scheduled each morning of the Flower Show at the Elk's Lodge. All seminars are FREE to the public! We will be drawing raffle prizes for seminar attendees!!
Saturday April 26th 9:30 AM
Backyard Citrus Care
Presented by Lucy Heyming
UCCE Master Gardener
Lucy Heyming has been actively involved with the Master Gardener program since 2003 when she and her husband began the training classes. She has given numerous lectures over the years in a variety of topics. She was the host of the cableTV show, “Gardening with Lucy,” sponsored by the City of Riverside which can be viewed on YouTube.
Lucy and her husband, Frank, live on 5 acres in Riverside and have extensive gardens throughout including: a Vegetable Garden, a Water Wise Garden, a butterfly and beneficial insect garden, several formal gardens and the a new sculpture garden which features an oak tree garden planted with California native plants. Their yard is a Wildlife Refuge and a Pollinator Habitat. Lucy practices organic gardening and composts as much yard waste as possible. Their garden has been featured on many garden tours since 1999.
Saturday April 27th
10:30 AM
Craft Demonstration:
Dehydrated Citrus Peel and Mushroom Garland
Presented by
Debbra Corbin-Euston, Patty Walker, and Susan Wright
UCCE Master Gardeners
Riverside and Sacramento counties began the first pilot Master Gardener programs in California in 1980.
Master Gardeners serve the public in a variety of educational venues, ranging from e-mail help-line to local farmers markets to school and children's gardens to guided garden tours to community lectures. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained by UCCE Advisers, Specialists, and other qualified instructors to provide the gardeners of Riverside County with research-based information to promote environmentally responsible and sustainable horticultural practices.
Activities of volunteers are solely educational - without inclusion of any purpose or intention of carrying on a business, trade, avocation or profession for profit. The UCCE Master Gardener Craft Group work all year long to create stunning, unique items-each designed to support the Master Gardener Program.
Sunday April 27th
9:30 AM
The Forever Wildfire Season
Presented by Rebecca Levers
UCCE Master Gardener
Growing up on a small farm in the north-facing foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains gave Rebecca an early appreciation of plant life—both the cultivated crops she helped her grandfather farm and the wild things that grew in the hills. This set a pattern she continues to follow today, always having a vegetable garden coupled with an avid interest in native plants, both in the wildlands where they struggle to grow in spite of human interference and in our home landscapes.
After retiring from teaching in the Juvenile Justice system, she returned to school, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences with an emphasis in hydrology. She completed Master Gardener training in 2014 and became a volunteer at the UCR Botanic Gardens. She is an Outreach Educator for the California Native Plant Society and a certified UC California Naturalist. In the fall of 2022 she completed a 26-hour symposium, sponsored by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers focused on creating beautiful native landscapes in the face of water scarcity and fire.
Sunday April 28th
10:30 AM
Herbs: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy!
Presented by Jean Weiss
UCCE Master Gardener
Herbs have many uses and are the multi-taskers in your garden! We will learn the definitions and uses of herbs and spices and how, when and where to plant. We will also learn of the types of herbs that will grow well in our Inland Empire climate.
Jean Weiss has been a long-time Master Gardener and volunteer at the UCR Botanic Gardens where she has written a guide on colonial herbs, as well as several cookbooks. Her audiences are often surprised how herb flowers can add culinary color. If we're in luck she may bring lavender lemonade!