MiraCosta Horticulture Department

It's poinsettia season again, friends!
Come get your beautiful holiday poinsettia from MiraCosta Horticulture!
We have two greenhouses full!
Nursery hours MWF 9-2
Oceanside campus, building 7000
4" $4
6" $8
8" $12

Do you love plants?
Do you want to grow your own food?
Have you ever wanted to start your own farm, or work on one?

Here's a great opportunity - take Hort 162 Organic Crop Production: Warm Season, and learn the practice of sustainable agriculture in a hands-on environment and how to sustainably grow food and ornamental crops in the San Diego climate.
Course meets on campus Fridays 8:30-1250.
Sign up today, registration is open, classes start 1/23/22!

To enroll see: https://miracosta.edu/future-students/index.html

Do you love plants?
Do you love the outdoors?
Have you ever wanted to be a landscape designer or to work for one?
Now is the perfect opportunity to learn more. Covers all aspects of introductory landscape design & landscape graphics.
Meets on campus Thursdays, 5-9:50pm.
Fall semester starts January 24, 2022.
Registration is open,
Sign up today, seats are limited!
To register, go to: https://miracosta.edu/future-students/index.html

Have you ever wanted to start your own winery or work for one? Here is the perfect opportunity to learn more:
Take Hort 150 Winery Operations and Management.
Meets on campus Fridays 5-8:10pm.
Sign up today, registration is open now and seats are limited!
Go here for how to register: https://miracosta.edu/future-students/index.html

Do you love plants and the outdoors?
Have you ever wanted to start your own landscaping business, or work for one? Here is the perfect opportunity to learn more:

Take Hort 121 Sustainable Landscape and Turf Management this fall, registration is open now! Meets in hybrid format - lectures online with hands-on labs.
Sign up today, registration is open now and seats are limited!
Go here for how to register: https://miracosta.edu/future-students/index.html

Looking for a fun and informative course for the semester?
Try Hort 166 Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture

Love to be outside and grow things?
Want to learn how to grow your own food?
Interested in farming or starting your own agriculture business?
Take Hort 166 Sustinable Agriculture to learn what you need to know to do it well. This course focuses on the principles of sustinable agriculture and the application of sustainability concepts to the growth and production of edible, ornamental, and specialty crops in the Southern California climate.
Offered in online format. Transfers to the CSU for elective credit.
Sign up today, registration is open now!
For further info see www.miracosta.edu/hort or click on this link to apply: https://www.miracosta.edu/admissions-and-aid/index.html

Have you ever wanted to start your own Landscaping business, or work for one?
The local landscape industry is growing fast despite the pandemic, and there are currently many living wage jobs available in this essential business.
Here is the perfect opportunity to learn from the best, Instructor Rajan Brown is the Director of Horticulture at The San Diego Zoo's Safari Park.
Hort 121 covers all aspects of sustainable landscape maintenance operations and offers the QWEL certification.
Classes begin on Jan 23, click below for more information:
MCC Horticulture:https://www.miracosta.edu/.../mat.../horticulture/index.html
New Student Registration: https://www.miracosta.edu/admissions.../new-students.html
Info on QWEL: https://www.qwel.net/

Happy World Soil Day
How have you interacted with the soil today?

There is a lot of discussion about this topic right now nationwide - here's our local government response and instructions:

Today we received reports of people receiving seeds in the mail from China that they did not order. The seeds are sent in packages usually stating that the contents are jewelry. Unsolicited seeds could be invasive, introduce diseases to local plants, or be harmful to livestock.

Here's what to do if you receive unsolicited seeds from another country:

Take pictures of the shipping label and send them to the Pest Exclusion division inbox: [email protected]

Double bag the envelope and drop them in the San Marcos (151 E. Carmel Street, San Marcos, CA 92078) or County Operations Complex (9325 Hazard Way, San Diego, CA 92123) sample drop box.

If you can't drop them off, please do not to throw the seeds away. The department will compile a list of addresses and forward them to USDA for pick-up.

Do you love plants?
Have you ever wanted to start a nursery or work in one?
Now is a great time to learn more. This class covers all aspects of nursery startup, management and plant propagation. Taught by an experienced nursery professional. Meets online.
Enrollment is open how, Fall Semester starts 8/24/20. Seats are limited, sign up today! For more information see: https://www.miracosta.edu/academics/degree-and-certificate-programs/math-and-sciences/horticulture/index.html