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  • Designate permanent walking paths so garden beds are not compacted by foot traffic.
    Home gardening is more pleasant and successful with healthy soil

    Dec 4, 2020

    • Yard & Garden
  • Since 2016, 4-H advisor JoLynn Miller has been partnering with teachers at Mother Lode Regional Juvenile Detention Facility to provide agricultural education, including growing food in a garden.
    4-H gives incarcerated youth the freedom to try their hands at growing vegetables

    Aug 17, 2020

    • 4-H
  • Gardening is restorative, a way to be physically active and a way to take positive action during a crisis. (Photo: Evett Kilmartin)
    Seeds of hope: Gardening in grim times

    May 8, 2020

    • Family
    • Yard & Garden
  • Jean Suan harvests persimmons, fruit that is easy to grow and creates a beautiful landscape display.
    Planting alternative backyard fruit trees in Southern California can help stop citrus threat

    Sep 9, 2019

    • Food
    • Yard & Garden
  • Home, school and community gardens improves family and community health and resiliency. (Photo: Jill Wellington, Pixabay)
    Grow it: Gardening tips and resources

    Jul 12, 2019

    • Family
    • Food
    • Health
  • A workshop participant was invited to explore all senses of gardening, with flowers, seed packets and garden tools. (Photo: Debbie Handal)
    UC Master Gardeners partner with Alzheimer's San Diego in Reminiscence Gardening project

    Apr 10, 2019

    • Yard & Garden
  • Missy Gable, Director of the UC Master Gardener Program shares tips for keeping a fall vegetable garden producing.
    Tips to prepare, plant, and grow a fall vegetable garden

    Sep 14, 2018

    • Yard & Garden
  • Mulch is a beautiful compliment to your landscape – not only is it aesthetic but it provides a valuable service to your soil.
    Hot weather tips for the summer garden

    Jul 30, 2018

    • Yard & Garden
  • Food Gardening Specialist workshop at the Harvest for the Hungry Garden on May 12, 2018. Tobi Brown, UC Master Gardener, demonstrates how to feed and protect the soil as a garden bed transitions from spring to summer.
    Growing gardeners and nourishing communities

    May 18, 2018

    • Yard & Garden
  • Different edible parts of plants are on display (roots, stems, flowers, leaves and seeds) for students to have hands-on learning in the garden. (Photo: UC Master Gardener Program Marin County)
    Dig it, Grow it, Eat it: School gardens support learning and healthier food choices

    Jan 17, 2018

    • Yard & Garden
  • Students learning about Propagation at
    Go back-to-school with a garden

    Aug 8, 2017

  • UC Master Gardener demonstration gardens offer knowledge and examples on how to grow a variety of plants in your garden. Visit one today and be inspired!
    Visit a UC Master Gardener demonstration garden, learn and be inspired

    May 4, 2017

  • An example of pollinator-friendly plants at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven Garden located at the UC Davis campus. (Photo : Evett Kilmartin ©UC Regents)
    Twelve rules of thumb for creating a bee-friendly home landscape this fall

    Sep 16, 2016

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    Top 10 pests in gardens and landscapes and how to control them

    Jun 10, 2016

  • The La Mesa Verde program in San Jose helps low-income families to establish their own vegetable gardens
    Community and home gardens improve San Jose residents’ food security

    May 31, 2016

  • A potential solution to hunger and food insecurity is growing vegetables in backyards and vacant lots, says Rachel Surls, UC ANR urban agriculture advisor.
    Urban farms can help feed the hungry

    Mar 24, 2015

  • Pink waterlilies glowing in a garden pond. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    When your fish pond is an egret's sushi buffet

    Oct 8, 2014

  • Water-saving succulants mimic an underwater seascape.
    Six steps to a sustainable landscape

    Apr 24, 2014

  • Asparagus, chard, eggplant, mustard greens, peppers, roma tomatoes, and California native strawberries are water-efficient edibles. (Photo credit: Jennifer Baumbach, UCCE Master Gardener Coordinator, Solano County)
    Ten tips for vegetable gardening during a drought

    Apr 3, 2014

  • A beautiful edible garden.
    Three winter activities for a bountiful summer harvest

    Feb 4, 2014

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