Orientation is provided to each researcher before the start of a project. 

We cover the following topics:

  • Proper use of equipment
  • First aid locations
  • Safety practices and procedures specific to the location where the project is to take place.

Upon request, Plant Care Services can offer workshops on:

  • Integrated pest management or knowing how to recognize the good guys!
  • Mitigating disease pressure in protected culture
  • Hydroponics and plant nutrition
  • Grafting strategies
  • Steering plant growth for fruit production or getting the factory to produce your fruits!

 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC's Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.


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