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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Success with Succulents-Sherman Gardens

Event Date
Feb 9, 2025

Representatives of the Master Gardeners of Orange County will be on hand to discuss this weeks topic, Success with Succulents - Plant Give Away - Come meet the MGOC and get your free plant. We also answer gardening questions and explain the benefits of native plants in your local garden.
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Habitat Gardening: Attracting Birds- Bees and Butterflies

Event Date
Mar 1, 2025

Habitat Gardening: Attracting Birds, Bees and Butterflies Description: Would you like to invite birds, bees and butterflies into your backyard? Have you considered adding California native plants to your garden? Not sure where to start?
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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Santa Cruz County: Event

Basic Rose Pruning

Event Date
Feb 22, 2025

Bring your gloves and clippers for a hands-on rose pruning demonstration at San Juan Bautista Historical Park Rose Gardens! After a brief demonstration and orientation, youll join Master Gardener, Suzanne Cook, in the rose gardens for an opportunity to practice your new-found pruning skills.
Santa Cruz County
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Santa Cruz County: Event

Preserving Citrus II: Canning Curd- Jelly- and Marmalade

Event Date
Feb 9, 2025

Too many lemons, limes or mandarins? Learn how to make sweet spreads from citrus. Recipes include traditional marmalade and lemon curd, spiced orange jelly, and lemon thyme jelly. Techniques include boiling water and atmospheric steam canning for shelf stable products.
Santa Cruz County
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UC Master Gardeners of Ventura County: Event

Wiggly Worms & Wonder: Kids' Composting Adventure/Ventura

Event Date
Apr 17, 2025

Turn kitchen scraps into garden gold! In this class, young environmentalists will discover the fascinating world of composting while learning how nature recycles. Children will explore the science of decomposition.
UC Master Gardeners of Ventura County
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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Grow it Now - Spring Vegetables

Event Date
Feb 9, 2025

Ready to dig in the dirt again? Now is the time to grow warm season vegetables to feed your family over the summer months. UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will give you the information you need to choose your crops so that you can follow the #1 rule: grow what your family likes to eat.
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Success with Seeds

Event Date
Feb 8, 2025

Propagation of plants can be a gardeners super power. But it can also mean lots of struggles. Come and learn ways that you too can be successful when it comes to starting seeds. Learn how to read a seed packet to optimize your harvest.
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Gardening for Butterflies - Zoom

Event Date
Feb 7, 2025

Butterflies add magic and beauty to landscapes and thrive in healthy gardens. Learn from OC Master Gardeners about butterfly species, plants that serve as caterpillar hosts and provide nectar for butterflies, and gardening practices that will make butterflies a magical part of your garden.
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Gardening for Butterflies

Event Date
Feb 6, 2025

Butterflies add magic and beauty to landscapes and thrive in healthy gardens. Learn from OC Master Gardeners about butterfly species, plants that serve as caterpillar hosts and provide nectar for butterflies, and gardening practices that will make butterflies a magical part of your garden.
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Monarch Nature Trail Volunteer Day

Event Date
Feb 1, 2025

Join us on the first Saturday of each month for a morning of outdoor fun at the Monarch Nature Trail in Huntington Beach! Learn about Orange County's butterfly population as well as the native plants they depend on for survival.
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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