The Santa Barbara Green Living
Co-op
And
The Environmental Horticulture
Department at SBCC
Present
Sheet Mulching: If, When, and How It
Works
Creating Best Practices for Sheet
Mulching in the Santa Barbara area
A panel, discussion, and tour of sheet mulched beds in the Lifescape Garden
Saturday, April 7, 2012
1:30-3:30
pm
Room A162, in the Administration Building on East
Campus, Santa Barbara City College,
721 Cliff
Dr, Santa Barbara 93109
Our panelists include:
Pam Berstler, Exterior Designer, G3 Green Gardens Group
Meg West, Arcadia Studios, host of the “Gardenwise” TV show
Cathie Pare, City of Santa Barbara Smart Landscape Rebate Program
Julia Pfeifer
Many people have experience challenges as they have attempted to
convert turf to natives or veggies and this event hopes to address those
issues and, as a group, come up with best practices for sheet mulching in our area. We may talk about materials, when to sheet
mulch, for how long, how practices might differ depending on the turf
involved, what kind of maintenance to expect, and how we can make it
easiest, most successful. We will also look at the controversy about
using sheet mulching to get rid of perennial grasses. Please join us and
share your own experience, questions, and ideas.
This
event is free and open to the public.
Parking
at City College is free on the weekend
We will have a donation basket
for the Environmental Horticulture Dept to help defray the cost of hosting this
event on campus
Please give generously so that we
may continue to use this facility
For more information please contact Barbara Wishingrad, Program Manager,
Santa Barbara Green Living Co-op
Directions: You can come onto campus at the East Campus main entrance off of Cliff Dr. A162 is in the Administration building which is just to the south and to the east of the security kiosk a short distance from that entrance. Here is the link for a campus map that shows the buildings. http://www.sbcc.edu/about/ files/sbcc_campusmap.pdf
Thanks to those who are able to carpool, bike, walk, or take public transportation to this event.
See you there!