Current projects and programs of the Center focus on management practices, technologies, and systems that sustain the function and aesthetic value of planned landscapes in Southern California while minimizing the inputs required to establish and maintain them. They include:

• Evaluation of inter-specific pear hybrids for landscape use
• Refining the water needs of various landscape plant species.
• Minimum irrigation needs of palm trees.
• Determining the best practices for transplanting and establishing specimen palms.
• Educational workshops on landscape irrigation management.
• Continuing education for certified retail nursery professionals.

Current Projects

• Refinement of Urban Landscape Water Requirements
• Pear Project
• Minimum Irrigation Needs of Landscape Palms