UC ANR South Coast 6th Annual REC Urban Landscape and Garden Education Expo

More Than Numbers……………..

The stats are in for the  2014 UC ANR Urban Landscape and Garden Education Expo! We had 627 visitors sign in, and more than 100 who eagerly went straight to the demonstration landscapes bypassing registration. Visitors came from everywhere between San Diego and the San Fernando Valley. We distributed 1,480 pieces of UC outreach literature. We had 31 vendors, including the UC tables. Five vendors were new to the events. Ninety seven volunteers and 10 staff members energetically putt together the days events.

 

Numbers don't tell the whole story, however. Many UCCE Orange County Master Gardener volunteers worked to maintain the landscape all year long logging in over 1,500 hours.   Additionally, volunteers came out in the summer to paint the School Garden storage container, water plants in the hoop house, and prune trees.   Master Gardeners passionately promoted the event by inviting their friends and neighbors, distributed postcards to nurseries throughout the county, and hotline volunteers promoted the event when answering queries. It was working together as a cohesive organization that helped the event to be such a success.

As a volunteer, whether you bagged hypertufa mix, potted succulents in containers, painted, weeded, dug, cleaned, raked, directed traffic, interacted with the public, or got things organized, you were an important part of this undertaking. We can all be proud of how things turned out and work together to make next year even more spectacular.

Mark your calendar for next year's event: September 26, 2015