Got burning garden questions? Need advice on pests, soil, pruning, or landscape design—all in one place? Let’s gab at the Inspiration Garden!

Drop in (no registration needed!) and ask an expert on everything from soil and trees to irrigation and water-wise plants. A range of local gardening pros from City of Roseville’s Water Efficiency team to Placer County Master Gardeners are ready to answer all of your inquiries.

When: May 1 and May 24
Time: 9-11 a.m.
Where: Inspiration Garden |1501 Pleasant Grove Blvd.

Meet our experts who can provide the answers you need!

Cheryl B

Cheryl Buckwalter

Cheryl is obsessed with transforming underused, outdated, and resource-guzzling landscapes into resilient, watershed-friendly, functional habitats that work in harmony with nature and conserve one of our most precious resources – water. She loves to share tried and true practices with residents and landscape professionals through teaching opportunities, creating demonstration gardens, and by consulting with water providers to help develop incentive programs and resources.

Qualifications

Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA)
ReScape Resilient Regenerative Firescaping Qualified
Justin B

Justin Black

Justin is a seasoned professional in landscape, agriculture, water distribution, and irrigation technology, holding a B.S. in Agricultural Sciences, Landscape Contractors license and industry certifications such as an Irrigation Auditor.
Aaron M

Aaron Madsen

Aaron is the Specification Manager for Hunter Industries in the Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada markets. Hunter is a global manufacturer of full line irrigation products for Residential, Commercial and Golf projects. He has over 20 years of work in the Landscape Design and Construction industry, which has has given him the opportunity to educate about irrigation design, troubleshooting, and best management practices.
Steven Z

Steve Zien

Steven has 50 years’ experience in organic horticulture as a retail nursery manager, landscape maintenance provider, researcher, and educator who has given presentations on related topics across the country. He has won numerous environmental awards for his work in the field and his educational contributions about healthy soils and least toxic/organic pest management.

Qualifications

Retired, President of Living Resources Company
Executive Director of Biological Urban Gardening Services (BUGS) (newsletter publisher)
Integrated Pest Management Advocate with Our Water Our World
Carole G

Carole Gan

Carole is a long-time gardener with experience and training in fruit trees and shade trees, who serves as a community forester with the Roseville Urban Forest Foundation.
Green Gardeners

UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

The Master Gardeners of Placer County are UC-trained volunteers offering accurate, impartial, science-based information to home gardeners in Placer County.
Soleil T

Soleil Tranquilli

Soleil loves to unify home and garden while honoring our natural environment. She is deeply committed to watershed wise values and inviting folks back into the garden. She specializes in low water use, unlawning, habitat, and edible gardens for humans to share.

Qualifications

A.S. Horticulture: Landscape Design & Nursery Industry Advanced certificate California School of Landscape Design Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL)
G3 Certified Watershed Wise Landscape Pro
Lani H

Lani Houck

Lani is a retired Sierra College Instructor in Environmental Horticulture and Agriculture. She serves as arborist and board member for the Roseville Urban Forest Foundation.
Green Acres

Green Acres

Locally owned nursery chain supplying plants, gardening products. A representative will be available to assist with gardening needs that can be purchased at Green Acres.