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Curious Gardener Newsletter

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Curious Gardener Newsletters

This quarterly newsletter for Placer and Nevada County residents features articles written by Master Gardeners on local gardening and composting topics.

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2025 Winter Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue: Arboretum All-Star, California Fescue, BotLat: All About Alliums, Demonstration Garden: Nevada County, Demonstration Garden: Placer County, Event Calendar, Gardening Q & A's, Oh, Ho, The Mistletoe, Pruning Roses in Winter, Unusual Edibles: Variegated Water Celery 

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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Spring 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • Spring Garlic
  • Unusual Edible: Chayote 
  • Common Myths About Citrus 
  • Tour the Placer County Demonstration Garden 
  • Best Practices of Great Gardeners 
  • Q&As: When to Plant Perennials 
  • Garden Design: Ground Covers
  • Climate Ready Plants 
  • Insect Bytes: “Murder Hornets” 
  • Tomatogeddon Last Summer? 
  • Nevada County Demonstration Garden News 
  • Easy, Quick, Fun, and Rewarding Seeds for Kids 
  • BotLat: Animal Blooms 
  • School Garden Emphasizes the Joy of Outdoor Learning 
  • Events Calendar 
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Summer 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • The Art of Succession Planting
  • Help Plants Beat the Heat
  • Pollinator Week 2025
  • Your Action Needed to Remain a Subscriber
  • Transforming a Paved Driveway
  • Create a Garden on a Budget
  • Future Favorite: California Blue-eyed Grass
  • Unusual Edible: Miner's Lettuce
  • Common Myths About IPM
  • The Allure of Hydrangeas
  • BotLat: Keystone Species
  • Planting Seeds of Knowledge
  • Nevada County Demo Garden News
  • Placer County Demo Garden News
  • Events Calendar
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Fall 2025 Curious Gardener

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In this issue: Native Bulbs, Unusual Edibles: Honeyberry, Soil Is a Living Organism, Hornworms, Demo Garden News, Sustainable Pest Management, School Gardens, Monarch Butterfly Hosts, Wanted: Invasive Insects, Raised Beds, Cicada, Ivy-Leaf Cyclamen, Events

UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Winter 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • Dormant Season and Fruit Tree Pests 
  • Designing for Winter Interest
  • All Things Blueberries 
  • There’s Fungus Among Us
  • Unusual Edible: Roselle
  • All-Star: Hardenbergia violacea 
  • Nevada County Demonstration Garden News 
  • News from the Placer County
  • Demonstration Garden 
  • Garden Q&As: Grasshoppers 
  • Insect Bytes: Fungus Gnats 
  • BotLat: Host Plants 
  • Events Calendar
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Spring 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In This Issue:
Wigglers Offer Enrichment for Gardens
BotLat: Loooong Plant Names
The Myth of Firewise Plants
Hotline FAQs: Cottage Garden Under Oaks?
Insect Bytes: Monarchs
All-Star: Chinese Ground Orchids
Planting Bushes and Shrubs
Invasive Mosquitoes in Roseville
Nevada County Demonstration Garden News
Unusual Edible: Purple Passionflower
Placer County Demonstration Garden Update
Abiotic Plant Problems: Herbicide Drift 
Kids Korner: Differences Between Honeybees and Wasps 
Events Calendar

UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Summer 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • Summer Fruit Tree Pruning 
  • Hotline FAQs: Controlling Leafminers 
  • Visit UC Master Gardeners at Your Local Farmers’ Market 
  • Master Gardeners of Nevada County Demonstration Garden News 
  • Unusual Edible: A High Octane Berry
  • Become Water Smart and Make Your Plants Happy 
  • Ergonomic Tools 
  • Tips for Creating and Using Microclimates in your Yard 
  • BotLat: Tomatoes
  • All-Star: Coral Fountain 
  • Events Calendar
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Fall 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • Fertilizing Your Trees
  • Unusual Edible: Chocolate Vine
  • Cover Cropping in Foothill Gardens
  • Hotline FAQs: Soil for Raised Vegetable Beds
  • All-Star: Marina Madrone
  • Water-Wise Gardening
  • Nevada County Demonstration Garden News
  • 2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar Hot Off the Press!
  • Insect Bytes: Meet the Spotted Lanternfly
  • BotLat: Red Flag Color
  • Diagnosing Why a Plant Fails
  • Video Tour of The Estes Garden
  • Placer County Demonstration Garden News
  • Creating a Pumpkin Succulent Centerpiece
  • Events Calendar
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Winter 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • Low Maintenance Gardening
  • Unusual Edible: Cocoxochitl
  • Mediterranean Oak Borer
  • Myths of Winter Fruit Tree Care
  • Nevada County Demonstration Garden News
  • Hotline FAQs: Redbud Damage
  • USDA Updates Zone Map
  • BotLat: Add Grasses for Winter Interest
  • Ground Broken for Demonstration Garden in Placer County
  • Things You Might Not Know About Honey Bees
  • Events Calendar
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

Spring 2023 Curious Gardener Newsletter

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In this issue:

  • The Dance of Defensible Space
  • All-Star: Crape Myrtle
  • 2023 Spring Garden Faire
  • Spring Plant Sale
  • Biotic vs. Abiotic Plant Problems
  • BotLat: Farm Animals
  • Nevada County Demo Garden News
  • Unusual Edibles: Jujube
  • Ground Squirrels
  • 2023 Mother’s Day Garden Tour
  • Are Your Mature Trees Healthy and Stable?
  • Kids Korner: Wildflower Cards
  • Spring event:  Jennifer Jewell Presentation
  • Workshops and Events
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County

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