How to Grow Herbs, Edible Flowers, and Attract Bees!

In this class, we will discuss many different kinds of herbs and edible flowers - exploring how to grow, propagate and use them in cooking. In addition, since many of these plants can be beneficial for bees, we'll cover the basic habitat requirements of bees and how the herbs we grow can support them. Herbs and edible flowers can be grown in containers, raised beds and in the ground - and most are easy to grow!

UC Master Gardener Presenters

• Karen Flores is an avid gardener and loves growing roses, edibles of all types, and unique plants and flowers to use in flower arranging. She has gardened all of her life and two of her passions are flower arranging and growing vegetables in containers. Karen became a UC Master Gardener of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties in 2022. She is excited to share her knowledge on how to create healthy, bountiful vegetable gardens that will grow successfully in containers.
• Lynne Trulio is a 2024 graduate of the UC Master Gardener program who, with other master gardeners, advocates for habitat gardening to support California’s native biodiversity. She is also chair of the Continuing Education committee for San Mateo/San Francisco UC Master Gardeners. She is a professor emeritus of environmental studies at San Jose State University and is a wildlife ecologist, primarily studying birds and mammals.

Registration is required.

Photo credit: Jeffrey Blake