This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, your host, UCCE Master Gardener Teena Spindler, will talk to fellow Master Gardener Kay Havens about one of the most popular flowering plants in Southern California gardens.

The topic is Roses – Choosing, Pruning, and Care.

So many roses, so little space! So many PETALS, too! Did you know that English Roses with about 50 petals don't do well near the coast where it's cooler? But others with as few as four petals will do great. So learn the different types of roses to choose as the best for your garden space or use for the flowers.

Bareroot plants are available now so pick the best ones. To rejuvenate existing roses, learn pruning ABCs and steps to take now to control pests and disease all season. You can take the show right out to your garden and walk through the tasks with Kay as she tells you exactly what to do to get your roses ready for the coming year. This is a replay of a January 2017 show but is applicable EVERY year.

Learn more and listen to "In The Garden" radio show podcasts.

Podcast Topic: Roses – Choosing, Pruning, and Care

Would you like to get updates from the Orange County Master Gardeners?

• Hear about what we are doing in the community
• Receive the "Garden Beet". A quarterly gardening newsletter.
• Learn about upcoming public events
• Be the FIRST to learn about special seminars and trainings open to the public
• And more...

Subscribe Today

Shape up dormant fruit trees for healthier and more productive trees. Bring your own tools for this hands-on workshop.

What has been called “the skin of the earth”? It's SOIL.

This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, we learn what it takes to Build Healthy Soil.

Master Gardeners Ann Liu and Dece Morgan discuss making our earth more sustainable with their guest, Kellogg Organic Gardening Educator Gisele Schoniger. Just like you sustain your human body through proper nourishment, adding organic amendments and fertilizers to the soil increases beneficials and microorganisms in the garden “body's” biological system! Growing a healthy soil is part of a resource recovery plan. Learn how to keep your garden soil teeming with everything needed to start your plants out on the right root!

Learn more and listen to "In The Garden" radio show podcasts.

Podcast Topic: Build Healthy Soil

Would you like to get updates from the Orange County Master Gardeners?

• Hear about what we are doing in the community
• Receive the "Garden Beet". A quarterly gardening newsletter.
• Learn about upcoming public events
• Be the FIRST to learn about special seminars and trainings open to the public
• And more...

Subscribe Today

Mushrooms! Raw in salads, sautéed, or as a soup … you are eating delicious fungi!

Buy them at your favorite grocery or farmer's market or grow them yourselves.

But if you feel adventurous and think you can pluck them from the wild, BE CAREFUL. Today on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, MG and today's host Dece Morgan talks to amateur mycologist Joanne Schwartz about her methods for identifying safe and dangerous wild mushrooms and will let you know the best places to find them.

Learn more and listen to "In The Garden" radio show podcasts.

Podcast Topic: Mushrooms

Would you like to get updates from the Orange County Master Gardeners?

• Hear about what we are doing in the community
• Receive the "Garden Beet". A quarterly gardening newsletter.
• Learn about upcoming public events
• Be the FIRST to learn about special seminars and trainings open to the public
• And more...

Subscribe Today