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This edition of the Urban Horticulturist is online only.
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Schedule of Events
| Fall Orientation 
Wednesday, August 17 6:00 to 8:00 pm Cuyamaca College, Room M-111 First Day of Classes
Fall 2011 Semester August 22 15th Annual Aggie Open Golf Tournament Friday, October 21 10:30 am Registration Noon Tee Time Bonita Golf Club |
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15th Annual
Aggie Open Golf Tournament
Bonita Golf Club
Friday
October 21
To benefit the Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture Society and Cuyamaca College Botanical Society
10:30 am Registration
Noon Tee Time
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Corporate Sponsor
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Reserve Early!
Sold Out in 2010
For more information, contact Brad Monroe at (619) 660-4261 or online at
www.cuyamaca.edu/ohweb.
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his publication is made possible through a grant from the Rice Family Foundation.
The Urban Horticulturalist is published by the Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture Department and the Cuyamaca College Botanical Society. It has a circulation of more than 9,000 industry members and horticulturists in Southern California and the United States. Correspondence regarding this publication should be addressed to:
Cuyamaca College
Ornamental Horticulture Department
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway El Cajon, CA 92019
(619) 660-4262
email address:
Brad.Monroe@gcccd.edu
Grossmont-Cuyamaca
Community College District
Governing Board Members
Greg Barr
Bill Garrett
Mary Kay Rosinski
Edwin Ramon Hiel
Debbie Justeson
Student Members
Christopher Enders
Charles Taylor III
Chancellor
Cindy L. Miles, Ph.D.
Cuyamaca College President
Mark Zacovic, Ph.D.
Urban Horticultural Staff
Joan Tammariello, Editor
Brad Monroe, Adviser |
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Sabbatical Reflections
By Brad Monroe The Ornamental Horticulture Department has been working on fundraising to build a second greenhouse on our site at Cuyamaca College since 1987, but the absence of an electrical power source near the site has been a major obstacle. My sabbatical during the 2011 spring semester provided the time and opportunity to establish the power requirements, site constraints, and functional characteristics of a grid-neutral, solar-powered greenhouse. Read the full story. |
Scholarships Awarded
By Don Schultz Forty-six students received scholarships May 12 as the Cuyamaca College Botanical Society hosted its 30th Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner at the Holiday Inn on the Bay in San Diego. Read the full story. To see the list of scholarship recipients, click here. |
It's all about growing... Come learn about growing with us. 
Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture Department Orientation Majors include: Sustainable Urban Landscapes ~ Irrigation Technology ~ Landscape Technology ~ Arboriculture Golf and Sports Turf Management ~ Landscape Design ~ Nursery Technology ~ Floral Design Wednesday, August 17 6:00 - 8:00 pm Cuyamaca College ~ Room M-111 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway ~ El Cajon, CA 92019 This free presentation is open to everyone, including new and continuing students. Meet the professors, find out about classes, careers, job opportunities, and the Ornamental Horticulture Program at Cuyamaca College. For more information, please call OH Technician John Thomas at (619) 660-4262 or visit us online at www.cuyamaca.edu/ohweb. |
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Sabbatical Reflections
By Brad Monroe
sab-bat-i-cal, noun
Leave time granted to a professor after serving for six or seven years on the same faculty. Its purpose is to give an extended period of time for concentrated study.
The Ornamental Horticulture Department has been working on fundraising to build a second greenhouse on our site at Cuyamaca College since 1987. Through donations and grants, we have been able to set aside nearly $100,000 for this project. One major obstacle has always been the absence of an electrical power source near the site for the new greenhouse. The cost of installing electrical power and the required transformer has been a major factor in prohibiting its construction. With the improvements in solar power over the past 20 years, it was our hope that a combination of solar power and natural gas, available at the site, would allow us to finally construct our greenhouse.
My sabbatical during the 2011 spring semester provided the time and opportunity to establish the power requirements, site constraints, and functional characteristics of a grid-neutral, solar-powered greenhouse. My original thoughts were to incorporate the new thin-film technology in which glass panels that transmit sunlight and generate electricity could be installed. The sabbatical provided the time for further investigation and onsite observation of some options. I met with solar technology professionals, worked with a solar installation class on campus, traveled abroad to see other installations, and did additional research locally and online. The conclusion was that it would be possible at our site, but using more traditional solar panels instead of thin film would be more practical and cheaper.
The sabbatical also allowed me time to visit horticulture sites in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. In total, I estimate during the 120+ days traveling here and abroad, I visited over 120 horticultural and solar installation sites. Below are a few photos of sites on my travels.
The photos included here show a solar "greenhouse" -- actually used as the reception area -- at a hospital outside Florence, Italy. The structure uses thin film that transmits light and generates electricity. In one photo you can see me with a hospital official, and the sign in the background gives real-time readouts on the electricity generated.
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The greenhouse/reception area at Meyer Children's Hospital near Florence, Italy. Photo by Brad Monroe
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Brad Monroe meets with Fabrizio Batacctii of Meyer Children's Hospital inside the hospital's reception area. The readout display of electricity generated by the hospital's solar installation is visible in the background.
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At a nursery in northern Italy, shown below, solar panels are being installed. The nursery, near Lugano, Switzerland, is building this structure for both its electrical power needs and to sell 75% of the power into the electrical power grid. The nursery's installation is interesting in that the panels' angle can be adjusted throughout the year as the angle of the sun changes.
I am grateful for the opportunity the sabbatical provided for study here and abroad. The knowledge gained will be incorporated into our classes, and with some additional funding, we may be able to build our second greenhouse.
Brad Monroe is chairman of the Ornamental Horticulture Department.
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New solar panels being installed at Floricultura Nursery in northern Italy. Photo by Brad Monroe
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This view shows a completed section of the Floricultura Nursery solar installation. Photo by Brad Monroe
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30th Annual Scholarship Awards
 | Cuyamaca College Botanical Society scholarship recipients for 2011. Photo by Fausto Palafox
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By Don Schultz
On May 12 the Cuyamaca College Botanical Society hosted its 30th Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner at the Holiday Inn on the Bay in San Diego.
Much has changed in the 30 years since the first event when $600 was awarded to just a few students. Thanks to the continuing generous donations from the OH Department's support base of business partners, alumni and others, this year a total of $29,500 was awarded to 46 students.
CCBS President Jay Davis hosted the festivities, and OH instructor Karen Sumek presented the scholarships. We were grateful to have in attendance Cuyamaca College Interim President Bob Garber, Vice President of Instruction Robin Steinbeck, Division ll Dean Danene Brown and Cuyamaca College Foundation President Sharon Bullard. Even OH Department Chairman Brad Monroe, who was on sabbatical at the time, made an appearance via Skype from his hotel room in Italy. Again, thanks to all of the scholarship donors for their generous support.
Don Schultz is a full-time instructor in the Ornamental Horticulture Department.
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Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the forty-six 2011 Cuyamaca College Botanical Society scholarship recipients. | Scholarship Name | Amount | Recipient | San Diego Floral Associations' Roland and Ethel Hoyt
Memorial Scholarship | $400 | Belquees Omar | San Diego Floral Associations' Roland and Ethel Hoyt
Memorial Scholarship | $400 | Steven Zampanti | | CSAC-ASLA Design Scholarship | $400 | Lauren Hallen | | Ron Heaviland Memorial Scholarship | $400 | Alan Stuart | | San Diego Greencare/Western Farm Service Scholarship | $400 | Aeischa Shefa | | Point Loma Garden Club Scholarship | $400 | Patrick Hillman | | New Way Landscape Scholarship | $400 | Robert Wright | | Cuyamaca College Foundation Scholarship | $400 | Mariam Sakhizada | | San Carlos Garden Club Scholarship | $500 | Carolyn Cohn | | San Carlos Garden Club Scholarship | $500 | David Clarke | | San Carlos Garden Club Scholarship | $500 | Todd Wilbur | | Grace Bender and Marguerite Beckman Scholarship | $500 | Lance Rallof | | Esther Croteau Scholarship | $500 | Hannah Murdoch | | The Brickman Group Scholarship | $500 | Cari Johnson | | Frank & Violet Pierce Scholarship | $500 | Janna Owens | | Noel & Edna Smith Scholarship | $500 | Andrew Hamman | | Cuyamaca College Arboriculture - Tree Hugger Scholarship | $500 | Linda Jimenez | | Nature Designs Scholarship | $500 | Damien Rosales | | Cuyamaca College Botanical Society / Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference Scholarship | $500 | Edward Garrity | | Cuyamaca College Botanical Society / Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference Scholarship | $500 | Alejo Rosete | | Cuyamaca College Botanical Society / Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference Scholarship | $500 | Andrew Lau | | Cuyamaca College Botanical Society / Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference Scholarship | $500 | Jonathan Fong | | Kirk Foster Memorial Scholarship | $500 | Nobuaki Fukui | | Bonita Valley Garden Club Scholarship | $500 | Margaret Kirtland | | Bonita Valley Garden Club Scholarship | $500 | Tracey Grillo | | California Landscape Contractors Association Scholarship | $500 | David George | | Robert "Bob" Tiglio Memorial Scholarship | $500 | Peter Nowell | | David Tiglio Memorial Scholarship | $500 | Jesse Peterson | | The Rice Family Foundation | $500 | Mannah Gbeh | | The Rice Family Foundation | $500 | Joshua Weintraub | | The Rice Family Foundation | $500 | Toni Ontiveros | | The Rice Family Foundation | $500 | Richelle Stoufer | | The Rice Family Foundation | $500 | Aura Yelverton | | San Diego Golf Course Superintendents Association | $1,000 | Jorge Alfaro Jr. | | Ray Spardy Memorial Scholarship | $500 | Christoban Garcia | | Jim Stalsonburg Memorial Scholarship | $800 | Debra Lynn Priddy | | Calif. Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers Scholarship | $1,000 | Nicole Schott | | La Jolla Garden Club Scholarship | $1,000 | Britta Kuhlow | | Intelligent Use of Water Scholarship | $1,000 | Carol Fuller | | La Mesa Beautiful Scholarship | $1,000 | Gail Ballard | | Don & Dorothy Walker Scholarship/San Diego Horticultural Society | $1,000 | Deborah Fehlberg | | Bernardo Gardeners Scholarship | $1,000 | Diane Bernal | | Bernardo Gardeners Scholarship | $1,000 | Eliana Uretsky | | Bernardo Gardeners Scholarship | $1,000 | Lisa Bellora | | Cuyamaca College Botanical Society / Bonita Golf Club Aggie Open Scholarship | $1,000 | Kimberly Walker | San Diego Golf Course Superintendents Association - Ray Spardy
Memorial Scholarship | $1,000 | Jorge Alfaro Jr. | | Hunter Industries Scholarship | $1,500 |
Gabriel Mitchell
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Courses and Careers in Horticulture
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE FALL 2011 CLASS SCHEDULE August 22, 2011 - December 16, 2011
| Course Name | Instructor | Day | Time | | Xeriscape - Water Conservation | Schultz | T | 3:00-4:50pm | | Floral Design II | Citrowske | M | 4:00-8:50pm | | Wedding Design II | Butler | T | 4:00-8:50pm | | Fundamentals of OH | Schultz | M | 5:00-6:50pm | | Sat 8/27, 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 12/3 | | | 8:30am-3:20pm | | Plant Materials: Trees & Shrubs | Schultz | W | Noon-2:50pm | | Plant Materials: Trees & Shrubs | Schultz | W | 4:00-6:50pm | | Landscape Drafting (8 Weeks 8/29-10/22) | Holladay | M | 5:00-9:45pm | | Intro to Landscape Design | Holladay | T | 5:00-9:50pm | | Annuals & Perennials | Rottke | M | 2:00-4:50pm | | Advanced CAD Landscape Design | Sumek | F | Noon-3:05pm | | | | + online | | Principles of Landscape Irrigation | Monroe | W | 5:00-9:50pm | | Greenhouse Plant Production | Palafox | T | 5:00-6:50pm | | Sat 9/10, 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/10 | | | 8:30 am-3:20pm | | Landscape Water Management | Schultz | TH | 1:00-4:50pm | | Sustainable Urban Landscapes | Wreschinsky | TH | 5:00-6:50pm | | Urban Forestry (5 Weeks 8/22 - 9/24) | Rottke | TH | 5:00-6:50pm | | Sat 9/10, 9/24 | | | 8:00am-2:25pm | | Arboriculture and Palms (5 Weeks 9/26 - 10/29) | Simpson | TH | 5:00-6:50pm | | Sat 10/8, 10/22 | | | 8:00am-2:25pm | | Tree Surgery and Special Pruning (5 Weeks 10/31 - 12/10) | Rottke | TH | 5:00-6:50pm | | Sat 11/5, 11/19 | | | 8:00am-2:25pm | | Business Management for OH | Switzer | W | 7:00-9:50pm | | Cooperative Work Experience | Butler | | To Be Arranged |
Cooperative Work Experience Required Orientation 5:00 pm Friday, August, 26, in Room M-111 For additional information, call (619) 660-4262 or visit the Ornamental Horticulture website at www.cuyamaca.edu/ohweb. Apply and register online at the Cuyamaca College website, www.cuyamaca.edu. |
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