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See Photos of the
2010
Coastal Sage Scrub Walk/Talk
See
Photos of the 2010 Plant Classification Lecture
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Richard Borevitz
Owner/operator of
Gourmet Gardens
Community Liaison for
the Friends of the
Palomar College
Arboretum and past
President of the
Arboretum.
email:
rborevitz@cox.net
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Mr. Borevitz is the owner/operator of
Gourmet Gardens and a seed
distributor
for over 30 years.
Owner of Agricultural Irrigation Systems, Inc for 33
years. In 1985 the Borevitz
family purchased 20 acres in Twin Oaks Valley and
started another farm venture called Gourmet Gardens.
They cleared the land, put in the irrigation and sewer
systems, and designed and built a commercial barn as a
center
of operations. Their family grew and sold specialty
vegetables there for 16 years,
with their two girls working in the farm stand and their
son doing the tractor work,
and producing the vegetables with Richard.
Mr. Borevitz was born in San Diego and
grew up in Vista. He graduated from Palomar College in
1961 and then from U. C. Berkley in 1963.
See Photos of the 2011 "The Ins
and Outs of Growing Tomatoes"
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Ralph Evans
Owner of Bamboo
Headquarters
Mr. Evans has the largest
commercial bamboo nursery in the U.S.
It is located in
Vista and San Marcos.
Over 270 species of
bamboo are available, as
well as 20 species of
palms, and a nice
selection of flowering
trees & exotics.
Toll-Free Number: (866) 293-2925
Call Direct to Vista, CA: (760) 758-6181
Mailing Address: 2498 Majella Road, Vista, CA 92084
Map:
Directions to Bamboo HQ Headquarters |
Mr. Evans began adding bamboo
species in 1998. The growing grounds currently comprise
36 acres. Development has just begun on a new 14-acre
location, which
will bring the total to 50 acres. A 20,000 square foot
climate-controlled greenhouse
is used for propagation. The nursery features a display
garden with mature
specimens in a landscape setting. The Sales office, and
Corporate Headquarters is located on 3 acres. The trade
name BambooHeadquarters.com was added in 2001,
to reflect the full-service nature of the business:
sales of bamboo plants, tools, rhizome barrier, books,
and consulting. The container sizes grown range from
1 gallon to 48" box sizes for commercial landscapes.
Bamboo Headquarters' bamboo can be found at all major
Southern California amusement parks, zoos, and Botanic
Gardens throughout the U.S. International shipments of
bamboo recently went to, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Germany and
Singapore. The web site shows it all. The user
can take a virtual tour, find a photo of the bamboo
desired, or determine which bamboos best fit their
environment. A price list, with plants available for
immediate shipment, is posted on the website at
www.BambooHeadquarters.com
and is
updated frequently. Mr.
Evans got his early start in the horticulture business
by mowing lawns.
That led to a degree in Ornamental Horticulture from
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis
Obispo, CA in 1967.
He began selling sod in the turf grass business in 1966.
In his 40-plus years in the nursery industry, he has
held senior management positions in national nursery
companies, offering sod, bedding plants, ground covers,
foliage, trees and shrubs,
and even plants from tissue culture. Evans is a former
president of the
American Bamboo Society - Southern
California Chapter.
See
Photos of the 2010 Bamboo Lecture and Tour
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Dick Henderson
Garden Manager of the Palomar
College
Cactus & Succulent
Garden
VP of the Friends of the
Palomar College
Arboretum
and Cactus & Succulent Garden
Liaison
email:
37chinesedog@gmail.com
phone: (760) 480-4181
Dick
Henderson was a 3rd
generation farmer near
North Platte Nebraska
prior to moving to
California in 1956 and
has over 40 years
experience growing and
propagating cactus,
succulent and native
plants.
*Life member of the
Friends of the Palomar
College Arboretum.
Volunteering many years
at the Palomar College
Cactus and Succulent
Garden.
*Life member Palomar
Cactus and Succulent
Society.
*San Diego Zoological
Society member for 35
years. Volunteering at
the San Diego Zoo Safari
Park old and new world
succulent gardens.
*Member of the
California Native Plant
Society since 2002.
*Mr. Henderson
lent a living
rock cactus to the Vista
Library for display.
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See Photos of the 2010
Cactus and Succulent Care Workshop
See Photos of the 2011 Cactus & Succulent Care Workshop
(pdf)
Mr. Farrar has almost 30 years of experience in
various aspects of the mushroom industry
including mushroom farm design, construction and
startup; mushroom cultivation equipment
sales,
cultivation of culinary mushrooms (Oyster, King
Trumpet, Shiitake, Maitake, Enoki,
Shimeji),
cultivation of medicinal mushrooms (Cordyceps,
Reishi, Lion's Mane, Turkey Tail, etc)
for
dietary supplement products; and the utilization
of spent mushroom compost.
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Todd McGurn
Palomar College Senior
Groundskeeper
email:
tmcgurn@palomar.edu
phone: (760) 744-1150
x2134 |
Todd McGurn is a Certified Arborist with The
International Society of Arboriculture
and has over 30 years of climbing experience. At 17 he
was an apprentice with the City of Lakewood and later
worked for the largest municipal tree contracting
company in California, WCA: West Coast Arborist of
Orange County. He was a licensed contractor with the
state of California called "Todd's Tree Care," and has
worked for several local municipalities. He has
attended the University of California, Riverside and
continues his education in the field of arboriculture.
In addition,
Todd worked as a contractor in Lake Arrowhead with the
Fire Damaged Beetle Kill Project for Edison, and has
been a member of the Palomar College staff for over five
years.
See
Photos of the 2010 Tree Trimming Workshop
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David Minks
Electrical Engineer and
Owner of Indian Rock
Cycads & Palms
(with his wife Louise)
For more information about palms
and cycads,
visit the Indian Rock Cycads & Palms
website:
http://www.indianrockcycadsandpalms.com
(760) 749-6069
Call for an appointment.
Open every weekend and most every day. |
BSEE and MEng, Cornell University,
1976, 1977
Taught electrical engineering at three universities,
Cornell, SDSU and UCSD.
Engineering Consultant for Integra
NeuroScience developing medical devices (if you are in a
hospital bed, all those blue/gray boxes behind you are
medical devices that keep the doctor informed of your
health).
President, The Palm Society of
Southern California, 1998-2002
Personal
I’m from southeastern Indiana,
within the triangle formed by Indiana, Kentucky and
Ohio, where the beautiful Ohio River flowed right past
my door (and sometimes into the house).
This Midwestern upbringing
gave me a very special slant on life.
For instance, I learned how
to grow tobacco.
My father pointed out many
of the trees we walked past as we went fishing or
hunting in the woods. This was probably my
first awareness of nature—the seed of interest was
planted but did not fruit until
35 years later.
This occurred when I wanted
to impress my girlfriend Louise, who became my wife,
with flowers.
When we moved to California
we were astonished
that we could grow vegetables, flowers, citrus and other
plants year round.
Do
you realize how fortunate you are?
In short order we were
members/officers of the Palm Society of Southern
California, the International Palm Society, the Cycad
Society, the Cycad Society of South Africa, the
Epiphyllum society, and the Exotic Plant and Hoya
Society.
Were we crazy about plants?
Yes, but we started a palm
and cycad nursery, and that’s really crazy.
You can read about us at
www.indianrockcycadsandpalms.com.
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Tony Rangel
Palomar College
Interim Supervisor for Grounds Services
President of the Palomar
College Arboretum
email:
arangel@palomar.edu
phone: (760) 744-1150
x2133
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Antonio Rangel is an ISA Certified
Arborist and has been working with plants for
over 16 years (something that started as a hobby).
Although his back ground is
in Marine biology and worked for Hubbs Sea World
Research Institute from 1998 to 2003 his passion for
nature has help to define him since he was a child.
Tropical
and subtropical plants are his passion, but all plants
particularly trees and the
strange and intriguing tend to captivate him most. He
has been a grounds keeper
at Palomar College Since 2005 and a Certified Arborist
since 2009. He was
instrumental in establishing a plant propagation program
at the college and has established working relationships
with local Zoos, and Botanical Gardens to try and
cultivate an interest in the public about the plight of
some the world’s rarest and unique plants suitable for
growing in California’s mild climate. He has been deeply
involved with the Friends of The Palomar College
Arboretum since 2005 as Vice President and then in 2009
was elected President.
See
Photos of the 2010 Tree Trimming Workshop
See Photos of the 2011 Discover the Plants of Palomar
College
We greatly appreciate
and thank you for your contributions to
the Friends of the Palomar College Arboretum. Thank you
for the excellent lectures, workshops, donations &
support that you have given us. |
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