Edible Landscaping Workshop
By Lee Oliphant UCCE Master Gardener
Q. I'd like to get started on growing vegetables in my garden. Where can I get information on how and what to plant this time of year? Marilyn, Cambria
Master Gardeners will present Planning Your Spring Vegetable Garden at the Advice to Grow by Workshop (ATGB) on Saturday, February 21, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., in the auditorium adjacent to the parking lot across from the garden. The seminar will concentrate on ways to get the most from your garden by planting crops early, in succession, and year round. Vegetable seeds you plant now will be ready to harvest before summer vegetables are planted. Vegetables such as carrots, beets, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and chard are known as cool-season vegetables. They begin their lives in the cool shortened days of fall or late winter and grow best with temperatures between 55° and 75°F.
The San Luis Obispo Master Gardeners conducts ATGB workshops on topics of seasonal interest each month. The seminars are free, hands-on, and designed for beginning gardeners as well as experienced tillers. The workshops draw interested residents from various micro climates around the county. ATGB workshops are offered on the third Saturday of every month at the Garden of the Seven Sisters, 2156 Sierra Way in San Luis Obispo. The demonstration garden is a cooperative project between the County of San Luis Obispo and the University of California that offers the community a place to learn about sustainable gardening practices. A team of Master Gardener volunteers maintains the demonstration garden and welcomes the public to experience this garden in action.
Attend the Saturday seminar in February and visit the garden after the workshop. The garden will remain open after the workshop from noon to 1:00 p.m. and Master Gardener docents will be on hand to answer your gardening questions.