Previous Appearances

2011

October, Make Your Garden Work For You Workshop, International Master Gardener Conference, Charleston, WV
July, Weed Eating, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
July, Birds, Butterflies, and Bees, Oh My, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
July, The New American Landscape, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
July, 100% Organic Solutions, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
June, Build Soil Health in Raised Beds, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA 
June, Plant Northwest Natives, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA 
June, Resist Bambi Blight, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA 
June, Do Less Work, Have More Fun, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA 
May, Celebrate Mother’s Day with Flowers, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
May, Attract Beneficial Partners from the Wild, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
May, Sustainable Solutions, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
April, Plant Seeds of Success, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
April, Prepare for Success, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
April, Low Maintenance and the Polyculture Garden, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA 
April, Get Growing, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA 
April, Make Your Own Salad Bowl, Garden Center Workshop, Port Townsend, WA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Presentation, Woodinville Garden Club, Woodinville, WA
February, Botany Basics Workshop, King County Master Gardeners, Seattle WA
February, Plant Identification Workshop, King County Master Gardeners, Seattle WA
January, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Presentation, La Jolla Garden Club, La Jolla, CA
January, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Workshop, San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinitas, CA

2010

November, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Presentation, Redmond Garden Club, Redmond, WA
November, What’s Wrong With My Plant Presentation and Plant Clinic, Quimper Grange, Port Townsend, WA
November, Radio interview with Joe Lamp’l on Growing a Greener World, syndicated on many NPR stations
November, Radio interview with Debby Brooker on the Master Gardener Hour, Atlanta, GA on Radio Sandy Springs
October, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Workshop, Ohio State Master Gardener Conference, Huron, OH
October, What’s Wrong With My Plant Presentation and Plant Clinic, Molbak’s Garden Center, Woodinville, WA
September, Writing the Garden Book, Presentation and Plant Clinic, Hinton Public Library, Hinton, WV
May, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Page One Books, Albuquerque, NM
May, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
May, Radio interview with  Bob Ross on Gardens, Food, and Santa Fe, on KSFR Radio, Santa Fe, NM
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Bookloft, Solvang, CA
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Chaucers, Santa Barbara, CA
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Warwicks, Plant Clinic, La Jolla, CA 
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Bay Books, Coronado, CA
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Workshop, Los Angeles Arboretum Arcadia, CA
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Changing Hands, Tempe, AZ
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, University of Arizona Bookstore, Tucson, AZ
April, Radio interview on Garden Life, 1460 AM, WXBR, Eastern Michigan
April, Radio interview on The Garden Guys, 96.9 WTKK FM Boston , MA
April, Radio interview with Janeen Wiche on Home Grown, WFPL Radio, Louisville, KY
April, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Workshop, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Presentation, Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia, PA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Workshop, Idaho Horticultural Society Annual Conference, Boise, ID
March, Grow Your Own Veggies Workshop, Idaho Horticultural Society Annual Conference, Boise, ID
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Powell’s Books, Beaverton, OR
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Grass Roots Books and Music Corvallis, OR
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Third Street Books, McMinnville, OR
March, Radio interview with Bob Tanem, KSFO, 560 AM, San Francisco, CA
March 15, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Avid Reader, Davis, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Copperfield’s Book Store, Sebastopol, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Mrs. Dalloway’s Books, Berkeley, CA
March, Radio interview with Steve Garner and Gwen Kilchherr, KSRO Garden Talk, Santa Rosa, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Books Inc. Palo Alto, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
March, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Towne Center Books, Pleasanton, CA
March What’s Wrong With My Plant? Presentation, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, San Mateo, CA
March, Radio interview with Nikki Jabour on The Garden Show on Radio News 95.7 CJNI, Nova Scotia, Canada
February, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Presentation, Northwest Flower &Garden Show, Seattle WA
February, Writing the Garden Book, Presentation, Port Townsend Public Library, Port Townsend, WA
February, What’s Wrong With My Plant? Plant Clinic, Village Books, Bellingham, WA
February, Radio interview with Betsy Karetnick, Martha Stewart Living Radio
January, Radio interview with Ken Druse on the Real Dirt Radio Show, New York, NY
January, Radio interview with Ciscoe Morris, KIRO, 97.3 FM Seattle, WA

2009
Fall Bulbs, Spring Blooms. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Fall Planting: Trees and Shrubs. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Making Compost. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Good Bugs, Bad Bugs. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
What’s Wrong With My Plant? Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Put Food on the Table, Grow Vegetables. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Garden Club Talk, Port Ludlow, WA
Romancing the Rose, How to Grow Roses Sustainably. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
How to Survive Bambi Blight. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Best Low-Maintenance Techniques. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Grow Your Own Vegetables from Seed. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend, WA
Invasive and Non-Invasive Plants. American Association of University Women. Port Hadlock, WA
Grow Your Own – Vegetables. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend, WA
Botany Basics. King County Master Gardeners, Seattle, WA
Plant Identification. King County Master Gardeners, Seattle, WA
Romancing the Rose. Jefferson County Master Gardeners, Port Hadlock, WA
What’s Wrong With My Plant? Jefferson County Master Gardeners Advanced Training, Port Hadlock, WA
Container Gardening. Tri-Area Garden Club, Chimacum, WA

2008
What’s wrong With My Plant? Washington State-wide Master Gardener Conference, Port Townsend, WA
Tissue Culture Propagation. Washington State Master Gardener Conference, Port Townsend,WA
Botany Basics. King County Master Gardeners. Seattle, WA
What’s Wrong With My Plant? Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, WA
Growing Roses Sustainably. Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, WA

2007
Caring for the Dry Garden. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Less Work, More Fun Garden Tips. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Making Compost. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Rose Care. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
A Rose is a Rose. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Western Native Plants. Washington Native Plant Society. Chimacum, WA
May Flowers. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Rhododendrons for the Garden. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Ornamental Grasses. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Grow Your Own . . . Vegetables. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Safe Treatments for Pests & Diseases. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Sustainable Gardens. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Deer Resistant Gardens. Garden Center Talks, Port Townsend & Sequim, WA
Favorite Perennials.  Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
A Splash of Color: Annuals. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Fruit Trees. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Berries. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Sustainable Low Maintenance Landscaping. American Association of University Women. Port Ludlow, WA
Home Orchid Growing. Master Gardener Yard & Garden Lecture Series. Port Townsend, WA.
Houseplants. Nordland Garden Club. Marrowstone Island, WA
Adding Value with Good Landscaping. Community Architectural Committee. Santa Fe, NM
Adding Value with Good Landscaping. Community Architectural Committee. Laguna Beach, CA
Principles of Landscape Design. Homeowners Associations. Mar Vista, Santa Barbara, & Ojai, CA
Flower Photography. Photography Club. Sunnyvale, CA

2006
Landscaping Basics. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Putting the Garden to Bed.  Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Water Quality and Landscaping. Washington State University Water Watchers. Port Hadlock, WA.
Fall Planting. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Fall Bulbs. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Low Maintenance Landscaping. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Deer Resistant Gardens. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Native Plants. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Shade Gardens. 2006. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Plants of the Bible. Key-note speaker. San Juan Baptist Church, Port Townsend, WA.
Rhododendrons. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Romancing the Rose. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Vegetables and Herbs. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Garden Pests, Diseases and Plant Problems. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Tissue Culture Micropropagation of Fruit Trees. North Olympic Fruit Growers Association. Port Hadlock, WA.
Favorite Perennials. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Low Maintenance Landscaping. Soroptimist International Annual Garden Show. Sequim, WA.
Tissue Culture Micropropagation of Fruit Trees. Washington State Fruit Growers Association. Tacoma, WA.
Fruit Trees. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
A Rose is a Rose. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Berry Berry Good. Garden Center Talks. Port Townsend & Sequim, WA.
Gardening in Containers. Port Ludlow Garden Club. Port Ludlow, WA.
Woody Ornamentals. Master Gardener Training Classes. Port Townsend, WA.
Sustainable Landscape Design. Master Gardener Training Classes. Port Townsend, WA.
Plant Identification. Master Gardener Training Classes. Port Townsend, WA.
Hummingbird Gardens. Nordland Garden Club. Marrowstone Island, WA

2005
Native Plants for Sustainable Landscapes. Port Townsend Garden Club. Port Townsend, WA.
Plant Identification and Plant Pathology Diagnosis and Treatment. Master Gardener Training. Sequim, WA.
Basic Botany. Master Gardener Training. Sequim, WA.
Plant Identification. Master Gardener Training. Chehalis, WA.
Water Quality. January. Master Gardener Training. Everett, WA.

2004
Sustainable Landscape Design. Master Gardener Advanced Training. Port Hadlock, WA.
Soil: It’s Alive! 2004. North Olympic Peninsula Fruit Club, Olympia, WA.
Riparian Assessment. Municipal, State and County Land Managers. Northwest Environmental Training Center. Seattle, WA and Portland, OR

2003
Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring Overview. PUHO, ALKA, KAHO, KALA, USAR, HALE, and HAVO National Parks, PISO, Regional reorganization meetings, Conceptual Modeling Workshop, and PACN headquarters. Throughout Hawaii.

2002
Introduction to the I&M Program. Technical Committee/ Board of Director’s meetings. Hilo, Hawaii.
Introduction to the Site Stewardship Program, Pu’uhonua o Honaunau NHP. Site Stewardship Program. Honaunau, Hawaii.

2001
Plant Clinic Orientation. Master Gardener Advanced Training. Port Hadlock, WA
Plant Pathology. Master Gardener Advanced Training. Port Hadlock, WA
Plant Identification. Master Gardener Training. Sequim, WA
Botany Basics. Master Gardener Training. Sequim, WA
Landscaping Your Septic System. Western Washington Realtors Association. Port Hadlock, WA
Forest Stewardship and Water Quality. Western Washington Realtors Association. Port Hadlock,
WA
Wetlands. Western Washington Realtors Association. Port Hadlock, WA
Sustainable Landscape Design. Master Gardener Advanced Training. Sequim, WA
Water Quality. Western Washington Realtors Association. Port Hadlock, WA
Shorelines. Western Washington Realtors Association. Port Hadlock, WA
Orientation to Master Gardener Training. Sequim, WA
Permaculture. Association of Western Washington Garden Clubs. Port Townsend, WA

2000
Riparian Assessment. Western Washington Municipal, State and County Land Managers. Port Hadlock, WA
Watershed Stewardship. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Trees of Port Townsend. Olympic Peninsula Garden Clubs. Port Townsend, WA
Watersheds and Salmon. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Fresh Water and Marine Wetlands. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Waters Of Life. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Gardening and Watershed Stewardship. Tri Area Garden Club. Chimacum, WA

1999
Fresh Water and Marine Wetlands. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Port Hadlock, WA
Gardens as Ecosystems. Olympic Peninsula Garden Clubs. Port Hadlock, WA
Small Farms and Water Quality. Olympic Peninsula Small Farm Association. Sequim, WA
Bees and Pollination. Jefferson County Fair. Port Townsend, WA
Sustainable Gardening. Port Townsend Garden Club. Port Townsend, WA
Salmon Town Hall Meeting.  Western Washington Water Quality Organizations and community forum. Port Hadlock, WA
Water Resources Issues. Western Washington Water Quality Organizations. Fort Worden State Park, WA
Plant Propagation. Western Washington Garden Clubs. Port Townsend Community Center.

Various Dates
Salmon and the Endangered Species Act. 1998, Kiwanis Club, Port Townsend, WA
Conservation Biology and New Mexico State Trust Lands. 1996, BLM Training Center, Phoenix, AZ; 1995 Biology Faculty, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; 1994, Partners In Flight/Aves de las Americas, Socorro, NM
The Basics of Color Inheritance in the Cattleya alliance. 1996, Escalante Orchid Society, Santa Fe, NM; 1990, Hilo Orchid Society, Hilo, HI; 1989, San Francisco Orchid Society, San Francisco, CA
Through the Microscope, a closer look at plants. 1989, Santa Clara Orchid Society, Santa Clara CA; 1988, Hilo Orchid Society, Hilo, HI
Cattleya dowiana, premier parent in Cattleya color breeding. 1987, Maui Orchid Society, Kahului, HI
Cell Division in Orchids. 1987, Maui Orchid Society, Kahului, HI; 1986, Lahaina Orchid Society, Lahaina, HI
How to Fill Out an Orchid Name Tag. 1986, Lahaina Orchid Society, Lahaina, HI