Owen has been a speaker at hundreds of events since 1974. Here is a sampling of his engagements over the years.
(* denotes multiple events)
Alternative Building Conference, Santa Monica, CA
American Society of Landscape Architects, various locations *
Army & Air Force Exchange Service, San Diego, CA
Built Green Expo, Santa Barbara, CA
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA
Calgary Horticultural Society, Calgary, AB, Canada
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA *
CA ReLeaf, Atascadero, CA *
California Native Plant Society, various locations *
California Retired County Employee Assn., Santa Barbara, CA
California Urban Forestry Council *
Can West, Vancouver, BC Canada *
Carpinteria Beautiful, Carpinteria, CA
California Landscape Contractors Association, various locations *
Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Bangkok, Thailand
City of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA *
Community Environmental Council, Santa Barbara, CA *
Corvallis Evening Garden Club, Corvallis, OR
Denver Botanical Garden, Denver, CO
Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles, CA *
Earth Day, Santa Barbara, CA *
Eco Film Festival, Corvallis, OR
Ecological Farming Association, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA *
Elmwood Correctional Facility, Milpitas, CA
Fairview Gardens, Goleta, CA
Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Fossil Free Landscaping Group, various locations *
Gearing Up for Gardening, Corvallis, OR
Green Gardener Program, Santa Barbara, CA *
Hort East Conference, St. Johns, NL, Canada
Huntington Arboretum, Pasadena, CA
Idaho Landscape and Nursery Association, Boise, ID
Insights Into Gardening, Corvallis, OR
Janet Wolf’s Green Gardening Day, Goleta, CA
Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association, Banff, AB, Canada
Landscape Ontario, Toronto, ON Canada *
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Calabasas, CA *
Linn County Oregon Master Gardeners, various locations *
Los Angeles San Gabriel Watershed Council, Los Angeles, CA *
Lotusland Botanic Garden, Montecito, CA *
Malibu Garden Club, Malibu, CA
Mesa Village Hall Meetings, Santa Barbara, CA *
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, Occidental, CA
Okanagan Xeriscape Association, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Oregon Master Gardeners Association Mini-College, Corvallis, OR
Oregon State University Dept. of Horticulture, Corvallis, OR
Oregon State University Extension, various locations *
Oregon Tilth Organic Land Care Training, Oregon City, OR
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, CA
Pacific Horticulture Foundation, various locations *
Peak Moment Television
PLANET Green Industry Conference, Louisville, KY
Quail Botanic Garden, Encinitas, CA *
Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm, Cuyama, CA *
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA *
Samarkand Neighborhood Association, Santa Barbara, CA
San Luis Obispo Botanic Garden, San Luis Obispo, CA *
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, staff instructor, Santa Barbara, CA *
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA *
Santa Barbara Community Action Network, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Contractors Association, Santa Barbara, CA *
Santa Barbara Food Not Lawns, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara High School Green Academy, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara High School Vada Program, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Horticultural Society, Santa Barbara, CA *
Santa Barbara Housing Authority, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Master Gardeners, Santa Barbara, CA *
Santa Barbara Newcomers, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Organic Festival, Santa Barbara, CA *
Santa Barbara Organic Gardening Club, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Santa Barbara, CA
Sierra Club, Marys Peak Group, Corvallis, OR
Simi Valley Garden Club, Simi, CA *
Southern California Horticultural Society, Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Landscape Conference, Sacramento, CA
Sustainable Landscape Fair, Santa Barbara, CA *
Theodore Payne Foundation, Los Angeles, CA *
The Sustainability Project, Santa Barbara, CA *
Thousand Oaks Arbor Earth Day, Thousand Oaks, CA
UCLA Landscape Architecture Program, Los Angeles, CA *
Urban Farmer Conference, San Francisco, CA
Ventura Master Gardeners, Ventura, CA *