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The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. The Ornamental Grasses garden hopes to demonstrate to the public that grasses can be as beautiful as other perennials, are appropriate plants for our area and how to care for and maintain grasses year round.
Welcome to the Sherwood Demonstration Garden Lovingly Designed, Constructed, and Managed by UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County University of California Cooperative Extension The Sherwood Demonstration Garden formally took root in 2008 when a group of ambitious, farsighted El Dorado County Mas...
Perennial plants have a life span of 2 or more years and can be categorized as woody (trees, shrubs or vines) or herbaceous (die back to the ground in Winter) plants, evergreen or deciduous. The Perennial Garden has a design feature that uses unusual plants along with common plants in our area. One…
Themed gardens are fun to build and exciting to enjoy! Each of the sixteen individual gardens at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden has a plant list for garden inspiration. Visit all of our gardens here.
The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. The Butterfly Garden is designed to attract butterflies and pollinators of all kinds. Come take a look at all the pollinating visitors that have been attracted to our garden!
To report firewood or trees suspected of being infested with GSOB: Call the GSOB Hotline (951) 659-8328 or use this online form. To request GSOB information materials and handouts: Contact Annika Nabors: ajnabors@ucanr.edu.
Coleman, T. W., & Seybold, S. J. (2016). Goldspotted Oak Borer in California: Invasion History, Biology, Impact, Management, and Implications for Mediterranean Forests Worldwide. Insects and Diseases of Mediterranean Forest Systems, 663-697. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24744-1_22 View article here.
The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection originally declared a Zone of Infestation (ZOI) for Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) on September 12, 2012.
Goldspotted Oak Borer Program Coordinator, University of California Cooperative Extension - Riverside office (951) 827-5115, cell (951) 452-6427, kevint@ucr.edu, earthscience.ucr.
