Quick
Links: Gardeners
of Costa Rica [Community Audience] Equipment
& Supplies Reference
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8:00 start time
1)
Introductions
Use
Introduction
PPT
Click
here for pdf of
presentation
Welcome
– Carlos Hernandez, EARTH LaFlor Director - What is
EARTH?
Oscar Vasquez,
CR Ministry of Agriculture, Guanacaste Province Director
Introduce
instructors & other EARTH LaFlor staff
Introduction
and background of instructors
Distribute printed copy of
Student
Introductions: How will you
use the training? What do you want
to learn? What do you need
to learn? English skills?
Computer availability?
2) Pretest - use lined paper
to record answers – same test to be used again last day of
class.
Click here for: Pretest in Spanish Pretest in English Results
10 AM break
3)
Introduce overall
course objectives and
day by
day objectives
4)
Basic
Botany lecture (PPT)
12:00 noon
Lunch
5) Show plant
identification and tools for plant sampling: hand pruners,
binoculars, hand lens, (pruning pole), (microscopes),
notepad, pencil, reference books & pamphlets
o
Botany Manual for
CR Masters of Gardens –
·
Distribute Plant ID Note sheet
– review technical terms and use of sheet
§
Words to know – Botany dictionary
– under construction
§
Major Costa Rica
plant families & characteristics– under
construction
§
Reference List - Plant
ID book list under construction
Afternoon:
Go over course exercises
6) Class Assignment
1– bring in 10 plants useful for Guanacaste landscapes;
include some edibles, ethno-botanicals, weeds - emphasize
natives. Make a
reference plant collection (herbarium) from specimens
·
Tools &
materials for preservation: newspaper, cardboard, plant
press racks, twine, white mounting paper, glue, id tags
(7) Class
Assignment 2 – Bring in 10 insects for mounting and
identification – bring in during week 4 (Pest Management)
(8) Class
Assignment 3 - Review landscape garden project goals,
examine sites and critique areas, make assignments for group
projects
·
One group from each
class - each group 4-5 persons per day = ~ 10 per garden.
·
The final plan is
important; installation depends on delivery of irrigation
supplies (Durman)
·
Palms and tropical
plants will be provided from nursery donations; natives from
LaFlor Nursery
·
Presentation on
last Friday of course during graduation
(8) Look
at plants on campus; begin collecting plant samples from the
LaFlor landscape; practice making pressed plant specimens.
(9) Review class,
and bid farewell to class instructor for the week!
