The Kingdom Fungi
with Steve Farrar, Horticulturist
Held on Saturday, September 17, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
San Marcos Campus in Room NS-259

Thank you to Steve Farrar for his interesting and informative lecture about mushrooms. Thank you for volunteering your time and presenting an excellent lecture.

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.

Great lecture about the remarkable kingdom of life touching upon fungal biology and life cycles, mushroom cultivation technologies, fungal biotechnology, culinary mushrooms, medicinal mushrooms, mushroom nutrition and the health benefits of mushrooms.

Steven Farrar being interviewed by Dr. Mercola:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryj7P8qhRqc&feature=relmfu
These video interviews are in 5 parts.

Saturday, June 11, 2011
Discover The Plants of Palomar College Walking Tour
with Tony Rangel
10:00 am – Noon
Met in front of the Howard Brubeck Theater entrance

This tour started in front of the Howard Brubeck Theater, then Mr. Rangel walked the attendees throughout the campus, facilities greenhouse and ended the tour in the Arboretum. Mr. Rangel talked about the great diversity of the plants on campus. He touched on some history of where the plants came from, information about endangered plants, how often plants have been moved or trimmed and the reasons for having such a diverse collection of plants on a community college campus.

Thank you Tony Rangel for his informative and interesting tour of the plants on our campus and Arboretum!

Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Ins and Outs of Growing Tomatoes
(and other veggies)
with Richard Borevitz
9:00 am to 10:30 am
Patron’s Friendship Pavilion in the Arboretum – San Marcos Campus

The Gardening Guru answered your deepest veggie questions.
Mr. Borevitz concentrated on tomatoes for this lecture. (varieties, disease resistance, pruning, staking, watering, fertilizing and tomato pests)
With a little help, you can be on your way to a beginning in growing many of your own vegetable crops.

Mr. Borevitz is the owner/operator of Gourmet Gardens for over 16+ years and a seed distributor for over 30 years.
Owner of Agricultural Irrigation Systems, Inc for 33 years.
Richard Borevitz: rborevitz@cox.net

Discovery San Marcos Trails Tour
Saturday, February 5, 2011 – 9:30 am

The Friends of San Marcos Parks and Trails group organized an easy, 3-mile hike that was lead through the Palomar College Arboretum. The hike to the Arboretum was led by Director Susan LaJoie.

Wayne Armstrong and Tony Rangel gave the hikers a short tour of the Arboretum and the Cactus and Succulent Garden.
There were about 25 to 30 hikers.