PLS222 Ecology of the Home Landscape
Spring 2004

http://www.uri.edu/cels/pls/casagrande/pls222.htm

and

2004 Cooperative Extension Master Gardener
Basic Training Curriculum

Faculty Coordinator (and instructor): Dr. Richard Casagrande; phone: 874-2924; email: casa@uri.ed

Class Coordinator- Master Gardener Volunteers: Cathy Desourdy, Master Gardener 2001; email: sateee2@aol.com

Master Gardener Program Coordinator: Rosanne Sherry 874-2929; email: mastergardener@uri.edu

Cooperative Extension Education Center Director: Marcia Morreira; phone: 874-2900

Grading for PLS222:

Class attendance (will be checked at end of class): 30%

Take-home quizzes (administered by M.G. program): 30%

Exam (April 28): 30%

10-hour directed practical experience: 10%

Schedule: Class Meetings: Wednesday nights at Chafee Hall, Room 271 (Large Auditorium) 7:00-9:30 PM (except as noted)

Syllabus

Please read the appropriate chapters as listed prior to each class.

Jan. 14 6:30-9 PM

(Attendance this night optional for undergrads in PLS222)

Program Orientation session: CE faculty and staff, MGA, Chafee Hall 271

Jan. 21

Botany Basics Dr. Brian Maynard, Dept. of Plant Sciences
(Chapters 1 & 22)

PRE TEST

Jan. 28

Soil, Amendments, Fertility, and Irrigation Dr. W. Michael Sullivan, Dept. of Plant Sciences
(Chapter 2)

Take home quizzes Botany and Soils

Feb. 4

Entomology for Gardeners Dr. Roger A. LeBrun, Dept. of Plant Sciences
(Chapter 14)

Feb. 11

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Home Gardens Dr. Richard Casagrande, Dept. of Plant Sciences
(Chapter 20)

MEET YOUR MENTOR (Master Gardeners)

Take home quizzes Entomology and IPM

Feb. 18

Physiology and Propagation of Landscape Plants Dave Hughes, URI Master Gardener Hall of Fame 2002
(Chapter 3)

Feb. 25

Vegetable Culture and Composting Rudi Hempe, URI Master Gardener 1999, URI Master Gardener Hall of Fame AND Nan Quinlan, URI Master Gardener 2003
(Chapters 5, 7, 15 and 16)

Take home quizzes Propagation and Vegetable Gardening

Mar. 3

Trees and Shrubs - Selection, Siting, Maintenance Frank Crandall, President Wood River Evergreens
(Chapters 9 & 21)

Mar. 10

Spring Break (PLS222 students are excused from attendance, but should read chapter 6)

Water Quality and Water Gardening Holly Burdett, CE Water Quality Specialist, Dept. of Natural Resources Science AND Judy Gould, URI Master Gardener 1989, URI Master Gardener Hall of Fame, URI MGA Past President
(Chapter 6)

Mar. 17

Household & Nuisance Pests, Vertebrates & PesticidesDr. Richard Casagrande, Dept. of Plant Sciences

(Chapters 18 & 19)

Take Home quizzes— Trees and Shrubs and Household and Nuisance Pests

Mar. 24

Proper Lawn Planting and Seed Selection Vickie Wallace, Technical Agronomist, Turf-Seed, Inc.

Maintaining Home Lawns and Turf Diseases Dr. Nathaniel Mitkowski , Dept. of Plant Sciences

(Chap. 12)

Mar. 27 (Saturday - East Farm) 9-1 PM

Required of all URI students

Berry and Tree Fruit Care Heather Faubert, CE IPM Specialist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, AND Dr. Steven Alm, Dept. of Plant Sciences

(Chapter 10 & 11)

Mar. 31

Turf Insects & Weed Control Dr. Steven Alm, Dept. of Plant Sciences, AND Dr. Ray Taylorson, Dept. of Plant Sciences

(Chapter 12 & 17)

Take home quizzes all related Turf classes

April 7

Gardening with Perennials and Hot Annuals Cheryl Cadwell, URI Master Gardener 1991, URI Master Gardener Hall of Fame, URI MGA Past President

(Chapter 8)

April 14

Diagnosing Pest Problems with Ornamentals Dr. Larry Englander, Dept. of Plant Sciences

(Chapter 16)

April 17—Saturday—East Farm)

Required of all URI students (Signed-in attendance will count as volunteer time for Master Gardeners)

Pruning Trees and Shrubs David Renzi, Master Gardener 1999, licensed arborist

(Chapter 4)

April 21

Native Plants / Avoiding Invasive Plants Lisa Gould, Exec. Dir. RI Natural History Survey, URI Master Gardener 1996

Take home quizzes Pests and Diseases and Native and Invasive Plants

April 24—Saturday – CE Learning Landscape Site