Lindsay Ono

Sally Sterns

Ornamental
Horticulture
Classes

Fall Semester

Introduction to
Ornamental Horticulture
ORNH B1

Ornamental
Plant Identification
ORNH B6

Introduction to
Landscape Design
ORNH B8

Ornamental
Horticulture
ORNH B35

Beginning Floral Design
& Floriculture
ORNH B36

Agriculture Leadership
Training
AGRI B49

Spring Semester
 

Fundamentals of
Nursery Management
ORNH B2

Landscape Installation
and Maintenance
ORNH B3

Plant Propagation
ORNH B4

Ornamental
Plant Identification
ORNH B7

Ornamental
Horticulture
ORNH B35

Beginning Floral Design
& Floriculture
ORNH B36

Environmental
Horticulture
Activities
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Garden Fest,  Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm is an open house featuring the Environmental Horticulture program that brings thousands of visitors to the Bakersfield College Environmental Horticulture Arboretum for a day of gardening, pet care, cooking, outdoor leisure,  and arts & crafts booths. Garden Fest is a one day event designed to educate, help raise awareness and raise funds for many nonprofit organizations. 

This year Garden Fest will be highlighting Earth Day with a “Garden Fest Green and Clean.” This year’s event will emphasize environmentally friendly garden concepts and how easy going green can be. Attendees will learn how they can be Earth friendly and save money with environmentally friendly landscaping and home improvement ideas. 

New this year will be the Mean and Green Car Show featuring local car clubs with beautifully detailed cars and manufacturers of environmentally friendly hybrid cars for a cleaner tomorrow.

The California Landscape Contractors Association Garden Stage will feature free seminars presented by industry professionals  who inform and entertain attendees about gardening, floral design, and cooking.  Learn how to install a water feature in your yard from start to finish with the Build-A-Pond seminar presented by Buck’s Landscape Materials and Pond Shop. 

Animal lovers will enjoy our “Pets and Plants” classroom featuring the BC small animal companion class presentation of pets and plant safety. “Adopt-A-Pet” will be presented by Kern County Animal Control.

This event also brings community gardening clubs, schools, forestry, parks and recreation, and green organizations to educate and inform the public.  

Garden Fest also features the Renegade Ranch Farmer’s Market featuring products produced by BC Ag students and fresh fruit and vegetables from Murray Family Farms.

Breakfast and lunch will be prepared by the outstanding BC Culinary Arts Department and have some ice cream from Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.

The Arts and Crafts fair is anchored by the BC Fine Arts Ceramics department, featuring works of art designed by both faculty and student artisans.  And to keep the younger crowd entertained don’t miss Battlefield Live laser tag  and River’s End Rafting climbing wall.

This year’s event has over 120 booths for the one day  event.  Some of the groups who  attend are: The Tree Foundation of Kern, The Hope Center,  Operation Smile, Kern High School Ag programs, community gardening clubs, BC Agriculture - Environmental Horticulture, Animal Science, Ag  Business, Forestry, Ag Ambassadors, and many  BC clubs and groups.  Many businesses, government and professional organizations attend: Old River Sod,  Reimer’s Wholesale Nursery, Bolles Nursery, Robby’s Nursery,  Buck’s Landscape Materials and Pond    Supplies, Abate-A-Weed, General Tree Service, Willits and Newcomb Citrus Growers, Murray Family Farms, California Landscape Contractors Association,  US Forest Service, BLM,  Kern County Parks and Recreation, and more!

For more information or how you can be a part of Garden Fest Contact:
Sally Sterns at 661.395.4446 or email ssterns@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Lindsay Ono at 661.395.4736 or email lono@bakersfieldcollege.edu

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