[Scpg] Creating Fire Resistant Landscapes Seminar/ Fri May 5

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara County FireSafe Council
To Present Seminar

FireScaping seminar will showcase
Safe Landscaping in High Fire Areas
Friday, May 5, 2006, 9-4pm

 
On Friday, May 5, 2006, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Santa Barbara
County FireSafe Council will host Firescaping, a day-long seminar focusing on
safe landscaping in high fire areas of Santa Barbara County.  Doug Kent,
author
of Firescaping: Creating Fire-resistant Landscapes, Garden, and Properties in
Californias Diverse Environment, will lead the days discussions.  Topics
include practical design, risk assessment, zone therapy, plant selection,
plant
placement, and maintenance. 

 The seminar, which will be held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History,
2559 Puesta Del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, from 9 am-4 pm, is designed
for landscape professionals, property managers, insurance and fire prevention
professionals, high fire area residents, and anyone interested.  Participating
agencies are the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, U.S. Forest ServiceLos
Padres NF, City of Santa Barbara Fire Department, Montecito Fire Protection
District, and Caprinteria/Summerland Fire Protection District.

Space is limited and reservations are required.  The cost is $10 which covers
lunch and refreshments.  To register, call Joan Evans at 805-682-4726 ext.
102,
or send a check payable to the Santa Barbara FireSafe Council to 1212 Mission
Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.   Doug Kents Firescaping book will be
available for a discounted rate of $10.00 (regular price:  $18.95) the day of
the seminar courtesy of the City of Santa Barbara and the FireSafe Council.

Sponsors for this event are State Farm Insurance, Grace Design Associates,
Allen Associates, MarBorg Industries, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History,
Mission Canyon Association, City of Santa Barbara, and County of Santa
Barbara.

For more information, contact 805-682-4726, ext. 102, or on line at
www.sbbg.org.  The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 1212 Mission Canyon Road,
Santa
Barbara, CA 93105 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.permaculture-guilds.org/pipermail/southern-california-permaculture/attachments/20060331/86433909/attachment.html>