Mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 28, 2023! Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for you to make a donation to a program that has made a difference in your life.

We invite you to support us in our quest to promote healthier gardens, people, and more sustainable landscapes.

Here are some photos of our UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners in action helping make Stanislaus County a better place.

Preparing to answer a phone call at the Help Desk.

               

Master Gardener talking about worm life cycle.

 

HAPPY GIVING TUESDAY! 

Here at the Ag Center in Modesto, we are dreaming about next steps for our Pollinator Garden/Outdoor Classroom. You can see in this photo that native plants in bloom are quite beautiful.

Please help the UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program reach our goal of raising $5,000 to help fund a pathway and sign for the garden. Today, November 29, 2022 on Giving Tuesday* is a great time to make a contribution, which will be directly reflected in our garden, which you can visit at anytime! 

Right now, the garden doesn't look like much. It was just planted this past week, and the drip irrigation was installed. Native plants such as Cleveland sage, coyote bush, penstemon, and ceanothus are just "babies." By this time next year, they will have grown in size and be flowering! We hope to see visiting hummingbirds, bees, moths, butterflies, bumblebees, and YOU!

How to Give 

Visit the UC ANR website https://donate.ucanr.edu/ and click on the Master Gardener icon. Then, from the drop down menu labeled “Choose a County,” select “Stanislaus County” to make your desired donation. We are a 501 c3 organization, so your donation is tax deductible. Donors will receive a packet of narrowleaf milkweed seeds as a special “thank you!”

If you prefer to donate by check, please make it out to: UC Regents and send to:
UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program
3800 Cornucopia Way, Ste A
Modesto, CA 95358

Thank you!
*sorry for any confusion, the last post said Nov 28 was giving Tuesday which is incorrect and has been changed.

Anne Schellman has been the UCCE Master Gardener Coordinator for Stanislaus County since 2018.

Everyone has heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But have you heard of Giving Tuesday? This is a time when you can support our program, which offers its services at no cost, connecting concerned citizens and home gardeners to research and information directly from the University of California.

#GivingTuesday is a great way to help us be the most reliable source of high-quality, research-based gardening information in Stanislaus County. 

Next week, you will hear personally from some of our Master Gardeners about an upcoming project they are very excited about! Stay tuned for another blog post AND a fun video.

p.s. You don't have to wait to give; you can support us anytime by visiting the UCCE Stanislaus County Fund page at https://donate.ucanr.edu/?fund_id=1050 Choose “UCCE Master Gardeners” from the drop down list to make your donation online.

Or, send a check made out to UC Regents to:

UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardeners,
3800 Cornucopia Way, Ste A
Modesto, CA 95358