Okay, so I don't quite get how the head of the Master Gardener Program (at UC Davis) has a passion for turf grass, given its hoggish ways with water, nutrients, etc. We were given a scorecard for grass varieties (cool or warm season variety? pros & cons of them.) While the material was fairly straightforward, it just didn't imbue me with a passion for the stuff.
The Alaska MG program's approach was more practical and less theory -- but I actually think I came away from the class in Fairbanks being knowledgeable enough to help people with lawn problems. I'm not sure that I'm any better prepared to deal with California lawn problems from this class.
On the other hand, there was an interesting portion of class that was taught by a local Master Gardener on lawn substitutes, and that was a lot more interesting. In fact, some of the "lawn substitutes" are really just less manicured mixed-species layouts that I'd consider to be acceptable places to hold a picnic, sit and read, etc.
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