Biography:

Janet Hartin is a nationally-recognized expert on sustainable landscape practices (irrigation and water management, greenwaste recycling and compost use, and integrated pest management stressing prevention) and has served as University of California Environmental Horticulturist for San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties since 1984. During her career, she has presented over 1,000 talks to both professional and consumer audiences. Janet earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Horticulture from University of Minnesota. She is currently a Principal Investigator (with UC colleagues Loren Oki and Dave Fujino) on a $450,000 contract from the CA Dept. of Water Resources to monitor the performance of a wide array of ornamental trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and turfgrasses grown under various microclimates and irrigation regimes in various climate zones throughout the state. She recently authored a book entitled ?EUR??,,????'?????<

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