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Create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat - Mission Viejo
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat - Mission Viejo

Event Date
Jul 23, 2025

No, not the lions-and-tigers-and-bears kind of wildlife!  More like the small critters such as birds, bees, butterflies and lizards. UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will show you how to attract wildlife by creating a welcoming habitat. Learn to restore a natural balance, then reap the benefits as…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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Pests and Diseases of Tomatoes - Fullerton
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Pests and Diseases of Tomatoes - Fullerton

Event Date
Jul 23, 2025

The best thing about growing tomatoes – their wonderful flavor. The worst? Pests, diseases and environmental threats.  In this presentation, UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will examine those and provide general control methods, including crop rotation, planting/watering, choosing disease…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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Growing Herbs - Laguna Beach
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Growing Herbs - Laguna Beach

Event Date
Jul 19, 2025

Imagine being able to harvest herbs as you need them right outside your kitchen door . . . or even from your kitchen counter.  Learn about growing herbs in containers – even in a pumpkin!Enhance your cooking and enjoy these beautiful plants in your garden.  From the mundane to the exotic, UC Master…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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Water Better, Not Wetter - Irvine
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Water Better, Not Wetter - Irvine

Event Date
Jul 19, 2025

It’s hot outside and your garden needs plenty of water.  Or does it? Learn tips for efficient  irrigation, preventing runoff and keeping that moisture in the ground. Presented by UC Master Gardeners. You will hear how you can have a beautiful landscape by managing water and gardening smartly…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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Weedy Rice Meeting
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Event

Weedy Rice Meeting

Event Date
Aug 5, 2025

🌾 Weedy Rice Meeting 🌾 📅 Tuesday, August 5, 2025 🕙 10:00 AM – 1:15 PM (Sign-in starts at 9:30 AM) 📍 Roberts-Union Farm Center, 4925 Howard Rd, Stockton, CAJoin UC experts for an in-depth look at weedy rice in California!  Topics include: ✔️ Weedy rice distribution & biology ✔️ Management…
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties
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4-H Water Wizards

Guided Inquiry Water Education for Grades 4-64-H Water Wizards offers hands-on, minds-on activities designed not only to educate elementary school students about water and its importance, but to engage young learners as scientists themselves. The project balances the student’s need for critical information…
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Bug Squad: Article

What a Wasp!

June 13, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 What a wasp!“I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while."That's what UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emerita Lynn Kimsey, fondly known as "The Wasp Woman," told a reporter for the Independent,   London, when asked about a…
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Research Publications

Youth science learning as/for community participation: Examples from youth participatory action research.in Journal of Youth Development, volume 18, issue 1 by Steven M. Worker, Sally Neas, Dorina Espinoza, Car Mun Kok, and Martin Smith  http://doi.org/10.34068/JYD.18.01.03 Youth development…
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golden carpenter bee called teddy bear
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Carpenter Bee Haiku

June 13, 2025
By Jennifer M Baumbach
Haiku by Patti Brantley  thumbnail photo Golden Carpenter bee by Deborah Sorrill
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