Annual Landscape Open House at UC Extension On Tap

Looking for expert landscape advise? Come to the annual Urban Landscape and Garden Education Expo on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine.

The facility is located at 7601 Irvine Boulevard. This is the sixth consecutive year that UC Extension and Irvine Ranch Water District cooperated on this event.

Included in the daylong event are guided garden walks, discussions about gardening and irrigation practices, and plant sales. Fifty percent of all household water use is in the yard, so residents can find out how to cut back on watering and save money.

There is no charge for admission to this event. Here is a sampling of what customers can expect at the Open House:

• Visit with gardening industry vendors
• Attend presentations by UC researchers and landscape aficionados
• Check out the various demonstrations throughout the day
• Learn about composting, irrigation and container planting
• Children’s activity – planting seeds
• Sample varieties of fruit grown at the South Coast Research and Extension Center
• Free tool sharpening (limit two small garden tools)
• Random opportunity drawings throughout the day

Visit the South Coast Research and Extension Center website, or contact Tammy Majcherek tjmajcherek@ucanr.edu for more information.