Author: James Lake, UC Master Gardener This project was conceived in the summer of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic was taking a devastating toll in lives in the U.S. and globally.
The community is invited to join us at our new Pinto Lake Teaching & Demonstration Garden on Saturday, June 1 for a Grand Opening from 11 am - 2 pm. Our garden is located at 757 Green Valley Road, Watsonville, CA 95076. Read about the demonstration garden.
By Kazia Wilson, Class of 2024 (2024) As I watered the woodland garden at Pinto Lake under the hot June sun, a familiar friend waved up at me with long, bladed, green leaves. Welcome, it seemed to say, not only to me, but to the newly transplanted native it was growing up next to.
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Our demonstration garden was established to provide hands-on community education for sustainable gardening practices.
We “Cultivate Knowledge" by teaching irrigation, composting, integrated pest management (IPM), raised bed planting, pruning, weed management and more.
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The link below takes you to our self service area. You can submit a question to a Master Gardener volunteer and/or access our growing Master Gardener knowledge base.
Videos of water conservation talks presented at the Home Gardener Boot Camp, 2016, hosted by the UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay. Sponsored by the City of Santa Cruz Water Department and Scotts Valley Water Department.
