Master Gardener program and the California Center for Urban Horticulture have partnered to put on Your Sustainable Backyard: Roses on Friday April 30^th at UC Davis.  We’ve hosted a ‘Rose Day’ event in the past and are very excited about this new workshop as we’ll be very hands on with rose propagation, pruning and pest identification.  We’ll not only be touring the Foundation Plant Services 8 acres of award winning roses, we’ll be working and learning in the field too!

 Whether you’re new to roses or a seasoned veteran, we’re sure you’ll take something interesting from the workshop to apply in your own home garden.

 Your registration of $45 includes...

This tip will help you conserve water in your landscape and it is very easy to do...just inspect your sprinkler system for problems and repair them before the turf irrigation season begins. 

Most of our irrigation systems run very early in the morning while we are asleep and problems can go on undetected for months.      Poorly adjusted sprinkler systems also account for significant wasted water.  Sprinkler heads that are broken, leaking, tilted, spraying the wrong direction or clogged will apply water in ways that are non uniform and lead to run-off or over irrigation in some areas and under irrigation in others.  The end result is that you tend to irrigate to the dry spots and waste water.  

To inspect your system,...

The California Center for Urban Horticulture and the Master Gardener program have an exciting workshop coming up on Saturday March 6 at the UC Davis campus.  Rosalind Creasy, the ‘Mother of Edible Landscaping’ and prominent author, will be joining us to talk about using fruits and vegetables in your home landscape.  This exciting workshop will cover design, soil, pest management and more!

 Your registration of $45 includes morning coffee, and lunch.  Please join us – you’ll leave prepared to start your own fruit and veggie production!  You can pay by credit card or check, download the flier, agenda and directions at

Ideas about sustainable gardening practices have really become part of the mainstream in many ways.  It is common to see people composting green waste and mulching their gardens.  There are more efficient irrigation systems that respond to weather demands and most people have installed automatic irrigation controllers.  Even though we are doing these things, there is so much more we can be doing.  We can be keeping more of our green waste on site.  We could be using less fertilizer and even less pesticides.  We could be collecting rainwater and creating raingardens.  If you want to learn more about creating a more sustainable garden, then you may want to attend the