With a long and dry season ahead, now is the time to prepare your landscape to be fire safe. Join Ted Mathiesen from CAL Fire at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden on Saturday March 9 from 1 to 2 p.m. in learning more about wildfires in California, creating a “defensible space” and constructing a fire resistant patio that will help slow the spread of wildfire. Get professional advice to make your Central Coast yard lean, clean and green. Presentation is followed by a free docent-led tour of the Faire Safe Demonstration Garden at 2:15 p.m.
Suggested donation for the presentation is $5 for Garden Members / $10 for public. No pre-registration required. For more information, visit slobg.org.
Ted Mathiesen is a retired wildland firefighter, after 37 years with the Los Padres National Forest. He is currently working as a Defensible Space Inspector with CAL Fire. Ted has also worked as a property inspector for USAA Insurance assessing properties for wildland clearance and fire resistant construction materials. Ted offers the residents of San Luis Obispo County the ability to recognize good defensible space on their property as well as fire resistant construction materials. He also offers suggestions on how to improve defensible space and what fire resistant construction materials are available.
About San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is celebrating its 30th year of sowing seeds and growing together. The Garden is located at 3450 Dairy Creek Rd. It is spread out on 150 acres in El Chorro Regional Park off Highway 1 between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. When the master plan is complete, the Garden will be the only garden of its kind in the United States exclusively devoted to the ecosystems and plants of the five Mediterranean climate regions of the world. Through its programs and facilities, the Garden fosters an appreciation and understanding of the relationship between people and nature and encourages a sense of stewardship for the natural environment. To learn more visit slobg.org, or the SLO Botanical Garden Facebook page.