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Growing Avocados on the Central Coast

Apr 24 2025

Did you know you can grow great avocados in our cool foggy summers?Join our online workshop to learn all about avocados!Find out which varieties do best in our Monterey Bay area, how to choose a good tree and how to plant it properly, how to care for and fertilize your tree as well as protect it from pests…
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - DEMO

Apr 19 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - ONLINE

Apr 17 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Regenerative Soil Techniques for the Home Gardener

May 3 2025

Monterey Bay/Santa Cruz County Master Gardeners invite our local community to join us to learn regenerative soil techniques that you can add to your gardening bag of tricks.Growing healthy soil helps the home gardener grow vibrant veggies and herbs, bountiful fruit trees and gorgeous flowers. We will…
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Tool Care TLC

Apr 13 2025

Join Master Gardeners Joy Agcongay and Anastatia Foster at Alladin Nursery on Sunday April 13th for Tool Care TLC! Take care of your tools so you can take the best care of your garden! Learn about using the right tool for the job - pruners, loppers, hand trowels, hori horis, root cutters and hand s...
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CENTRAL COAST GOOD FIRE FAIR

Oct 5 2024

FLIER Central Coast Good Fire Fair. Let's talk about good fire! Learn the how/where/why about the entities who currently use fire on the landscape in the region, such as California State Parks, CALFire, Indigenous groups, and the Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association.
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2025 Spring Plant Sale!

March 20th, 2025
Spring is officially here and that means it's time for ourSpring Plant Sale   Our annual Spring Plant Sale features seasonal herbs and vegetables ready for the garden as well as water-wise plants, including California native plants and shrubs, carefully selected bulbs, pollinator-friendly…
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Join us in the garden - and online!We offer multiple classes each month to give you opportunities to get your hands in the dirt - or sit at home in your pjs while you learn about the many facets of gardening in our unique mediterranean climate and inside your home as well.Come, explore, learn! 
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2025 National 4-H Beekeeping Essay Competition

March 18th, 2025
2025 National 4-H Beekeeping Essay CompetitionSponsored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Honeybees, Inc.CA State deadline is April 14, 2025.Submit your complete essay entry by April 14, 2025 to Gemma Miner at gmminer@ucanr.edu.Theme: The Importance of Youth in Beekeeping: How 4-H members can make a…
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