Thursday, June 17, 2010

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL WORKSHOP & LAB

Don’t miss this special one-time-only presentation offered for only $75 (a quarter of the price of Dr. Bahktar’s regular Soil Workshop). All proceeds will benefit SCASLA’s financing of the 2010 UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture Student Show, opening August 14, 2010.



THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL WORKSHOP & LAB


Date: Saturday 6/26/2010, 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Price: $75 cash or check

Instructor: Dariush Bakhtar, Ph.D., CPSS, Soil Scientist

Location: 1010 Westwood Boulevard, Room TBD


Please RSVP with your interest to SCASLA Vice President, Grace Gardner, at gracegardner@gmail.com



In this 3-hour workshop and lab, soil scientist, Dariush Bakhtar, Ph.D., CPSS, will teach students and professionals alike the fundamentals of soil that every landscape professional must know.


THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL will cover:

  • Morphology, physical, and chemical properties of soil
  • Soil water movement, and utilization- soil moisture determination, and soil-water-plant relation management
  • Soil fertility and management - fertilizer requirements determination, best management practices
  • Soil reaction, soil salinity and sodicity
  • Soil subs & vendors