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The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is the place to "bee" on Saturday, March 30 for youngsters who want to learn more about honey bees and native bees. The bee haven, operated and maintained by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is sponsoring a Junior Bee Gardeners' Day from 9 a.m.

Hello 4-H Community, The Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council is pleased to offer a post high school scholarship to graduating 4-H members who have made the 4-H Youth Program a part of their lives through their focused work.

Dear 4-H Community, As we prepare to unveil the updated County All Star Ambassador job description and application, this team will need adult leadership to help the youth who apply reach their goals. Applicants are being sought for an All Star Co-Advisors(s).

Happy Spring everyone! See you at the Garden Faire on April 13 (page 4).

Have you listened to a Growing the Valley podcast? Here are a couple you might want to check out. In this short episode, Phoebe Gordon chats with Dr. Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist with UC Davis.

I've recently had a number of calls concerning an increasing amount of leaf blotch on strawberry. This makes sense, since we've had continuing rains and the subsequent lengthy periods of free moisture coupled with the warming weather ideal for propogation of this pathogen.

Here are some pictures from 28th Annual UCR Urban Pest Management Conference (March 20, 2019), which was held at UCR Extension Center. We had 14 speakers from university, research lab, government agencies, etc.

In between the rains today, we saw them. So beautiful! Painted ladies, Vanessa cardui, nectaring in patches of colorful wildflowers in the Biological Orchard and Gardens (BOG), located behind the Mann Laboratory on University of California, Davis campus.

Dear Colleagues, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is accepting applications to the Egg-Tech Prize, a groundbreaking initiative that seeks to revolutionize global egg production by preventing the culling of male chicks.

2019 Horticulture Classes 10th Horticultural Study Tour Fireblight Disease of Trees and Shrubs...