8:00 start time
- 1. Introductions Use Introduction PPT
See also: PDF presentation version (400KB) – 14 pages- Welcome – Carlos Hernandez, EARTH La Flor Director – What is EARTH? (Dr. Hernandez Presentation available on request)
- Oscar Vasquez, CR Ministry of Agriculture, Guanacaste Province Director
- Introduce instructors & other EARTH La Flor staff
- Introduction and background of instructors
- Distribute printed copy of staff page from Internet
- 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.- Pretest in Spanish (120KB pdf)
- Pretest in English
- Results
10 AM break
- 3. Introduce overall course objectives and day by day objectives
- 4. Basic Botany lecture (PPT)
See also: PDF version of presentation (3MB) – 38 pages
12:00 noon Lunch
- 5. Show plant identification and tools for plant sampling PDF version of presentation : hand pruners, binoculars, hand lens, (pruning pole), (microscopes), notepad, pencil, reference books & pamphlets
- Botany Manual for CR Masters of Gardens –
- Distribute Plant ID Note sheet (178KB pdf)– 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 (121KB pdf) 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 La Flor Nursery
- Presentation on last Friday of course during graduation
- 8. Look at plants on campus; begin collecting plant samples from the La Flor landscape; practice making pressed plant specimens.
- 9. Review class, and bid farewell to class instructor for the week!
Gardeners of Costa Rica / Jardineros de Costa Rica [Community Audience]
Class will be the same as the Master of Gardens class, except – Instead of Oscar Vasquez, welcome from Marina Jiménez from local CR Ministry of Agriculture
- Herbarium collection samples from EARTH (Guacimo) Natural Resources department
- Plant Press racks from EARTH (Guacimo) Natural Resources department
- Live samples (leaves, potted plants, flowers and fruits) to ID plant parts of typical CR plants
- Books & field guides to native and ornamental Plants of Costa Rica (obtained from Guacimo Library on permanent loan) – see Reference List
Optional equipment:
- Dissecting microscopes with light source
- Hand magnifiers (10X) – order from FL IPM ($6 each?). One for each student
- Hand Pruners, pruning pole