Ecological Pest Management

Gardening Basics Series - Class 4

 

Learn to manage pest problems in your landscape and garden by enhancing and restoring landscape ecology. You will learn how to provide habitat to attract and sustain beneficial organisms to destroy your pests. Specific plants, insects, habitat requirements and management techniques will be covered.

 

Bring pictures or a baggy filled with your latest insect problems (leaves or insects).

Ron Breland is owner of Organoscapes, a natural landscape and maintenance company and has many years experience in organic insect control. Dr. Bob Randall is author of Year Round Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers for Metro-Houston.

Thursday Oct 16

6:45-8:45 pm

Price: $20 members, $30 nonmembers, free for community or school gardeners

Location: Urban Harvest Classroom

To register: Call Urban Harvest at 713-880-5540 during our office hours. Please register at least three business days before the class.

 

This class is part of our six-part Gardening Basics series. This six-part series on key skills of gardening provides the basic techniques needed by the novice and lays the foundation for growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and lawns taught in other classes. Take this class for the price listed above, or take the whole series for $75 members, $150 nonmembers.