We are excited to announce our partnership with Stanislaus County Libraries! Our Master Gardener volunteers are now offering gardening classes at local library branches, which, coincidentally, are the perfect place to check out gardening books! Here is our April Schedule of Classes along with the class descriptions:

Date & Time	Class Topic	Library Branch
Wed, April 13 @ 2:00 p.m.	Pollinators	Patterson
Tues, April 19 @ 6:30 p.m.	Culinary Herbs	Oakdale
Mon, April 25 @ 6:15 p.m.	Vermicomposting	Modesto
Wed, April 27 @ 6:00 p.m.	Culinary Herbs	Turlock

 

Vermicomposting: Did you know some worms can help eat kitchen waste? See a "worm hotel" and learn more about these fascinating critters. Take home a list of instructions on how to create your own. Fun for the whole family!

Growing Culinary Herbs for Beginners: An introduction to growing herbs and ways to use them in cooking. Find out which herbs you can grow on an apartment porch or in an outdoor garden. Touch and smell some herb samples. 

Attracting Native Pollinators to Your Backyard: Learn how to identify helpful native bees, wasps, bumble bees, flies, and other pollinators that live in your garden! We'll also teach you about which plants these pollinators prefer.

Contact your local library branch to find out more. Missed a class you'd like to take? Look for it at another library branch in the future.