South Coast REC

Our first Potato U-Pick experiment was a success thanks to the potatoes originally planted for the youth GROW program and the deluge of rain this spring which had other plans and delayed their availability. Luckily, this happy accident led to a wonderful morning and may lead to an annual event.

Hosted by UC ANR South Coast REC, Cooperative Extension, and the Orange County Farm Bureau, programs that provide agricultural education to an increasingly urban population, local high school students participated in workshops at the South Coast REC that were designed to acquaint the students with a...

Thanks to the abundance of rain received this past winter and spring, your landscape may be like mine, flourishing with vegetation that I did not plant.

In collaboration with TAPS Brewery and Barrel Rooms release of My Zest Friends' IPA, UC ANR Staff with assistance from UCCE MG, Greg Rager hosted an intimate evening with patrons discussing citrus everything from the different varieties, how to grow and care for them, along with pest issues to be a...

On April 26th, UC ANR South Coast REC hosted students from the FFA Statewide Conference visiting from across the state. South Coast REC staff, assisted by UCCE Master Gardener volunteers, provide a tour of the Center followed by a walk through the citrus trees for a talk and taste.

In collaboration with Second Harvest Food Bank, (13) ASICS Corp. employess came to UC ANR South Coast REC as part of their team building exercises during Earth Week.

UC ANR South Coast REC had some youth visitors this morning from one of the local high schools. Working with Dr. Hagop Atamian, Chapman University, the students planted their seedlings started during a prior class.

Local Orange County Kindergarten students along with their two teachers and parent chaperones visited the South Coast REC Youth Garden for the classes' first field trip.

Home to over (100) citrus varieties, the South Coast REC and UCCE Master Food Preservers, Orange County, hosted a group of (24) for the first ever Rare and Exotic Citrus U-Pick and Preservation Workshop.

Practical Composting for Small Spaces' Eager to learn how one might create black gold', workshop participants gave their full attention to presenter Shaye Shayegani, UCCE Orange County Master Gardener, as he provided them with the knowledge to create the perfect compost set-up for their landscape b...