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Needs Assessments

Understanding Local Priorities, Together What Is a Needs Assessment?A needs assessment is a structured process that helps communities, organizations, and educators identify the gaps between current conditions and desired outcomes. It asks the key question: “What do communities need, and how can those…
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This Month In The Garden – July 2025

June 30, 2025
By Loren Nelson
July! Getting hotter right? This week on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners radio show, Teena and Katrina bring you another new monthly tips and tricks program with things to plan for this month of July.  Each month, we talk about the changing water requirements in your garden. More so this…
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UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal
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The Nobel Laureates and 'The Invisible Power of Academic Research'

June 30, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Federal funding of scientific research in our academic institutions is in jeopardy, but interest is swelling for the UC Davis-based webinar,  “Beyond the Headlines: The Invisible Power of Academic Research,” set from 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 1 (Pacific Time).Today UC Davis Distinguished…
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In memoriam: Ken Tate

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Kenneth W. Tate, UC Cooperative Extension specialist and professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, died unexpectedly on June 5, 2025.
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Growing Sweet Peas

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Oct 11, 2025

Sweet peas are a classic garden favorite—fragrant, colorful, and perfect for cutting. Join the Master Gardeners to learn how to grow these charming blooms from seed to blossom. We’ll cover everything from soil prep and planting tips to trellising and care, so you can enjoy a bountiful display of these old…
UC Master Gardeners of Solano County
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Growing for and with Children

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Aug 9, 2025

Gardening with children is more than just planting seeds—it's about nurturing curiosity, wonder, and a lifelong connection to the natural world. Whether you're growing kid-friendly crops like snap peas, strawberries, or sunflowers, or creating a space where little hands can dig, water, and explore, the…
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State budget maintains UC ANR funding

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,I’m pleased to share good news – Gov. Newsom and the State Legislature have finalized the state’s FY 2025-26 budget. The budget maintains the same level of funding for UC and UC ANR that we received last fiscal year. This is a remarkable improvement from earlier budget proposals that proposed…
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Houseplant Care & July Classes from the UC Master Gardeners

June 30, 2025
By Anne E Schellman
 Houseplants can add beauty and a sense of well-being to any indoor space. Studies from the National Institute of Consumer Horticulture (NICH) show that plants help clean air indoors, and that being around plants helps raise productivity, boost creativity, lower stress hormones, accelerate healing, and…
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