- Author: Pamela M. Geisel
Saturday May 8, 2010
3-8 PM
Sacramento Bee outdoor courtyard
2100 Q St., Sacramento, CA 95816
The Department of Entomology will have an observation hive on display, Sacramento Area Bee Keepers Association will have honey samples and we’ve got great educational tables where you can learn about our campus’ Honey Bee Haven garden and how you can support pollinators in your own backyard. Please come by with your family and enjoy the live band and beautiful artwork.
See you there!
- Author: Deborah Curle
Sunday, June 6th in Petaluma and Cotati
Tour the backyards of six outstanding Master Gardeners and learn how they all met challenges on their sites with creative solutions from the ground up. Delightful plantings meet the needs of their land and lifestyles but also show how underlying challenges can become positive elements in a garden’s design. See our “Top Plants for Sonoma County” in the home landscape and then, using the plant lists for each garden, find many of them at our Plant Sale of over 200 varieties of shrubs, perennials, grasses, groundcovers and succulents – all propagated by Master Gardeners. Visit our Craft Market to find handcrafted art from recycled materials to accent your garden.
Take advantage of demonstrations and advice on vegetable gardening, irrigation, soils and compost, beneficial insects, bees, lawn replacement, container gardening, nurturing wildlife in the garden, propagation, designing with form and foliage for low-maintenace and year-round interest, and diagnosing plant problems.
We hope you’ll join us for a day of exploring landscapes rarely open to the public, and learn strategies that will help you make the most of your outdoor space. Please go to www.sonomamastergardeners.org for more information, including garden descriptions with photos and a list of the plants that will be for sale. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gardens, available for purchase:
1. online at the website using Visa or Mastercard
2. in person at the following locations:
All Sonoma County Copperfield's stores
Cottage Gardens and Tuscan Gardens in Petaluma
Farmers' Markets
Master Gardener office
3. by mail:
Bloomin' Backyards c/o Sonoma County Master Gardeners, 133 Aviation Blvd., Suite 109, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Checks payable to UC Regents must be received by May 28th.
- Author: Pamela M. Geisel
If you have questions, please contact Pam Geisel (pmelam@ucdavis.edu) or James Sigala (jsigala@ucdavis.edu)
- Author: Pamela M. Geisel
Q. Should I use Vitamin B-1 to reduce transplant shock?
A. Don’t waste money. Fred Hoffman “weeds out” gardening myths (8:30)
Q. Can a beautiful and productive landscape and water conservation happily co-exist?
A. Absolutely! Check out Missy Borel as she shares Arboretum All-Star champions (9:30)
Q. Do I have to start over with my outdated water-wasting irrigation system?
A. Probably not. Don Smith, irrigation expert extraordinaire, has tips for retrofitting an existing system with new technology (10:30)
Q. My spouse likes “pretty” plants; I want edibles—can this marriage be saved?
A. Not to worry. Alison Harris will help you integrate edible and encourage a year-round harvest (11:30). Hint: Edible plants can be pretty too
Q. Will succulents grow in containers on my small patio?
A. Yes. Don’t miss Ernesto Sandoval’s enthusiastic container-planting session (12:30)
Q. My friend doesn’t garden—is there something for her to do and see?
A. There will be a silent auction with gardening and other items, and lots of educational tables. Who doesn’t like to taste fabulous fruit, tomato and grape varieties?
Join us for this free, educational, and fun event.
What: Harvest Day 2010 “Celebrating 30 Years of Gardening Advice”
When: Saturday, August 7, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks
Cost: Free
Activities: Timely educational lectures, demonstrations, grape, orchard fruit and tomato tasting, educational booths, garden-related items for purchase, food and drinks for purchase
For complete speaker schedule, list of educational tables and a map please visit: http://cesacramento.ucdavis.edu or (916) 875-6913
- Author: Pamela M. Geisel
1. Quality Tree Selection
2. Trees and Utilities
3. Tree Selection
4. Tree Planting
5. Tree Staking
6. Pest and Diseases of Trees
7. Training Young Trees
8. Pruning Mature Trees
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Tree Care Cards, they are the same dimensions as the UCIPM Quick Tip Cards.
We are very excited that these new cards will be available soon to help support your outreach programs in Landscape Tree Care. While many gardeners are now focusing their efforts on vegetable and fruit tree gardening, landscape trees and urban forestry are vitally important in terms of moderating climate and improving our daily lives and that of our community.
Think Trees-Think Community