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UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Garden Help

Browse gardening information from the Santa Clara County Master Gardeners. Plant topics include vegetables, fruits and nuts, herbs, succulents, and more. Plus, find help about gardening techniques such as container gardening, and links to many gardening tips.
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MMS by Lisa Wyrick
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Community Programs

UC Master Gardeners partner with a variety of community organizations to spread practical, science-based gardening information.
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Creating 'silver water' in a nasturtium leaf
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Generation Connection

Generation Connection Teaching Garden Started in 1985, this gardening project is designed to connect adults and children through exploration of life within a garden. It uses the outdoor garden classroom on the Santa Clara Adult Education campus and offers many plants and animals for young children…
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Square wooden cage for tomato support
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Tomato Staking Techniques

This is a summary of what we learned from our 2001 tomato project in regards to tomato staking methods. We grew just over a hundred varieties of mostly heirloom tomatoes at the now closed University of California Bay Area Research and Extension Center facility in the City of Santa Clara.
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Assortment of colorful, red and orange tomatoes
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Spring Garden Fair Tomatoes

Spring Garden Fair tomatoes descriptions. We offer a wide selection of delicious tomato seedlings, from huge beefsteaks to bite-size cherry tomatoes, both heirloom and modern varieties, in a rainbow of colors. All have been trialed by UC Master Gardeners.
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Pile of long red and yellow peppers
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Spring Garden Fair Peppers/Chiles

We offer a wide range of delicious and unusual pepper/chile seedlings from around the world—India, South America, Mexico, Africa, USA and more. Whether you like sweet and juicy or hot and searing, you‘ll find many choices to please your palate.
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Spiky green leaves with small blue flowers
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Spring Garden Fair Herbs

Spring Garden Fair Herbs. Listed are the herb seedlings that we will be offering. Many of these, especially the basils, are very popular and may sell out early.
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Bright orange daisy-like flower
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Spring Garden Fair Ornamentals

Spring Garden Fair ornamentals decriptions. The flowers and other ornamental plants we offer at the Spring Garden Fair have been trialed in our research gardens to select varieties that perform particularly well in our climate, with an eye toward those that are beautiful and long-lasting in flower…
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Succulent Arrangements for Sun, Laura Balaoro
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Succulent Sales

This is a list of  succulents we are currently offering or have offered in the past. Please understand that our inventory varies. This list shows succulents we typically offer, but they may not be available at every sale.For upcoming sale events, see our Events Calendar.Succulents thrive both in…
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plants, pots, and gardening hand tools
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Page

Spring Garden Fair Gardening Talks 2026

Join us for these great gardening talks and get your questions answered afterward. Talks will be held outdoors on our parcel. Most will last about 45 minutes. Let our free Plant Sitting booth watch your purchases while you attend talks or visit the gardens.
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