Bugs, Blooms, & Butterflies

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Gardening news from UCCE Master Gardeners of Orange County

Published on: February 27, 2014

The Upper Newport Bay will be holding their First Annual Bugs, Blooms, & Butterflies event on Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 10am to 2pm at 2301 University Drive Newport Beach, CA 92627.

Among the activities will be: education regarding the planting of native plants; understanding the connections between the insect population and native plants; introduction to butterflies and how they are beneficial to native plants; and native plant sales.

Master Gardeners will have a booth to hand out related materials; hold 5 minute planting demonstrations, and provide information on creating a children's garden along with seed packets to get them started.

Comments: 3

Comments:

by May C. Tsai

on February 28, 2014 at 6:18 AM

Anticipating the event! :)

by Jackie Magrum

on March 12, 2014 at 5:17 PM

I have a 7x4 area under a living room window that I would like to place Mediterranean plants. I do not want plants that would grow over 5 feet tall or plants I need to trim a lot (this is for a rental). I would like as much color as possible being flowers or different shades of greens. Could you suggest what plants I should use.

Reply by Loren Nelson

on March 12, 2014 at 7:31 PM

Please submit your question to our Hotline at...

http://uccemg.com/Gardening_Hotline/

... where our team of trained & certified UCCE Master Gardener volunteers will research your question and supply an answer as quickly as possible.

Cordially,
Loren
UCCE Master Gardener volunteer