Plant these 10 Bulbs this Fall for Carpets of Color in Spring!

Bulbs provide amazing color and form when they bloom in the spring and are relatively inexpensive compared to plants.  You will learn how to select, plant, feed and care for your bulbs so that they reward you in the Spring with their bountiful blooms. UC Master Gardener Arete Nicholas has over forty years of experience planting and trying out various bulbs in her San Francisco garden. She will share with you lessons learned as well as her favorite almost foolproof top ten bulbs to plant. 

UC Master Gardener Presenter Arete Nicholas: Arete (pronounced Ah ree tee) is a registered nurse and an experienced Master Gardener who brings her passion for health and healing from the clinical setting to garden settings under her watch. Arete has been certified as a Master Gardener for San Mateo and San Francisco Counties since 2014 and served as Speakers Bureau Chair and Vice President from 2015–2017. She continues to work with the San Francisco Public Library and Community Connections to deliver gardening workshops in both live and online formats. She has an award-winning garden in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, has served for the past eleven years on the Noe Valley Annual Garden Tour Planning Committee and she created and designed the plantings for a community gathering space, the Noe Valley Town Square. Arete’s special interests are speaking and educating the public about gardens. Her speaking topics include: California native plants, container gardening with flowers and herbs, gardening to attract pollinators and gardening for health and well-being. 

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