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Got a home gardening question? Ask the UC Master Gardeners of Contra Costa! Our Help Desk is staffed Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - Noon. Email us at ccmg@ucanr.edu, especially if you want to submit photos along with your question(s). Call us at (925) 608-6683.

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List of Outreach Programs made available to the public through UC Master Gardeners in Contra Costa County. Upcoming public events are listed.

Details the incredible resource the UC Master Gardeners have become to our community, the scope of our outreach, and how the research-based program came about.

We provide a variety of advisory and consulting services to local community gardens. Depending on your needs, we can...

Explore dates and topics to become a UC Master Gardener Volunteer. Training by UC instructors. Graduates volunteer in programs supporting sustainable horticulture.

Sustainability in the home garden means caring for and amending the soil. A List of relevant resources from the UC ANR program is provided.

Here we provide useful tips on creating and maintaining a beautiful and sustainable home landscape, with special emphasis on what works well here in Contra Costa. Our most recent publication is Trees Suitable for Planting in Lawns in Contra Costa County, which we hope you will find useful.

Visit for useful tips on growing fruits and vegetables in Contra Costa County as well as information on sustainable gardening and dealing with drought

The following vegetable planting guides represent the combined gardening experience of many of the UC Master Gardeners here in Contra Costa County.