- Author: Jennifer Baumbach
Good morning home gardeners. The UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Solano County are announcing two upcoming events you might be interested in:
Beginning Gardening 101 series. The Master Gardeners will present a series of talks every Saturday in the month of March from 9am until noon at the UC Cooperative Extension office at 501 Texas Street in Fairfield. Each talk will be a basic discussion of gardening how to's for Solano County. So if you're new to the area, new to gardening or just want to hear the basics again, please call me at 707-784-1321 or email jmbaumbach@ucanr.edu to RSVP.
The dates are:
March 7-MGs will cover tools, the climate zones and how to figure out yours, soils and soil amendments
March 14-MGs will cover landscape design, plant selection and how to plant
March 21-MGs will cover Integrated Pest Management (IPM), intro to vegetable gardening, and intro to fruit trees
March 28-MGs will cover color in the garden, and after that presentation we will hold a round table for the public to ask the MGs questions.
The second event will be a little new for us. We will have a Succulent Exchange on April 18 from 9 am until noon at the UC Cooperative Extension office, 501 Texas Street, Fairfield. For those of you who are familiar with our Plant Exchanges, this exchange will be structured very much the same-with one exception, it will focus on succulents and cacti. MGs are propagating their plants at home now in order to share with you, the public. The public is also encouraged to bring in their succulents and cacti, but nothing over the 1 gallon size. We also ask that you label the plant with its Genus and species name if possible. We will have cuttings, pieces, potted plants and other items related to succulents and cacti at the event. We hope to see you there!
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