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The 2025 Nevada County Fair is August 6 - 10 Location: 11228 McCourtney Road Grass Valley, CA 95949 (530) 273-6217 Fairgrounds website Maps and Directions to the Fairgrounds...

Would you like to continue to harvest luscious, home-grown vegetables even after the heat of summer subsides? If so, now is the time to plant for a fall and winter harvest. Learn how to grow a successful winter vegetable garden from UC Master Gardener Zack Dowell.

Come out to the beautiful and educational Sherwood Demonstration Garden to learn the benefits of summer fruit tree pruning: what to prune in the summer vs winter, the reasoning, creating fruitful trees, and more.

You dont have to live in the South of France to enjoy Lavender. In our Mediterranean climate, Lavender is a beautiful and fairly drought tolerant and pest resistant garden plant, with a wide variety of specimens in many colors and sizes.

Want to solve your pest problems in the garden using methods that lessen risks to people and the environment? Are you interested in less toxic pest management?

Learn how to successfully grow two of the most popular garden vegetables: tomatoes and peppers. Topics covered will be how to plant seedlings in the garden, methods of pruning and training growing plants, and diagnosing and resolving problems including pests.

Join the El Dorado County Master Gardeners to learn about weeds commonly found in the home landscape, their culture, and control strategies. Well also discuss highly aggressive non-native weeds which have been introduced into El Dorado County.

Winters Friends of the Library Bareroot Fruit tree sale. UC Master Gardeners will be there to answer your gardening questions. March 1 from 9:00 until sold out. Winters Library 517 Railroad Avenue, Winters.

Weeds are your Friends Madera college with MG Tim Sullivan Learn about the Good, the Bad and the Ugly weeds No registration needed Sign up in class...

Master Gardener Education Table at the Divisadero Farmers' Market Please visit the UC Master Gardener education table at the Divisadero Farmers Market. Master Gardener volunteers will be available every third Sunday to answer questions regarding plants, planting techniques, garden pests and more.