Horticulture Department Open House!

Wednesday, August 19th 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm

Join us for our Open House and find out how our program can start your life moving in a new direction. Come meet our professors, tour our facility, and learn about career, internship, and scholarship opportunities. Everyone welcome, including perspective and current students!

At MiraCosta College ~ One Barnard Drive, Oceanside, CA
Horticulture Building, Room 7051
Parking available in lot 7A and 3E, no permit required.

For more information
Contact: Meghan Blair at (760) 757-2121 ext. 6533; mblair@miracosta.edu

Fair Construction Class Does it Again!

Congratulations to Megan Fairleigh; the Horticulture Department staff; and the students in the Fair Exhibit Construction Class (Hort 112) on the outstanding exhibit they installed in this year’s garden display of "Rhythm of the Rain: Rainwater Harvesting Garden" at the San Diego County Fair.

The low water use garden demonstrates the benefits of collecting and irrigating with rainwater. For more information on rain water harvesting read Why Harvest Rainwater?

This exhibit won 5 awards:

Award of Merit

San Diego Horticulture Society "Creative Use of Unusual Plant Material" Award

San Diego Floral Association Award

Cuyamaca College Botanical Society Award for the best presentation of the landscape display in the drawn landscape plan

Unique Landscape Award

In addition the display garnered 2 “Noteworthy Plant” awards.

You can see the MiraCosta College display and many other inspirational gardens exhibits during fair hours from June 13 July 5 in the outdoor Paul Ecke, Jr. Flower & Garden Show pavilion south of O’Brien Hall.

Read more about our award winning exhibit:

The San Diego Union Tribune: 'Earthly Delights'

Visit our exhibit at the Del Mar Fairground:

San Diego County Fair Webpage

We would like to thank our amazing donors:

Ace Seamless Rain Gutters of Vista Ca.: www.aceraingutters.com.
Green Thumb Nursery of San Marcos.
Mountain States Nursery of Glendale, Arizona: www.msw n.com
Chickweed, 240 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach, Ca 92075