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The Savvy Sage: Article

What’s a Stepover Fruit Tree?

January 2, 2026
By Deborah Cunningham
Article by Peg Smith - January and February are the prime time for adding fruit trees to the garden. Many gardeners are dealing with smaller gardens where space is a premium. Often, the consideration of adding fruit trees meets the thought, ‘I don’t have enough room.’ Always Wanted Fruit Trees But…
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UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Event

MRDG How to Grow and Use Culinary Herbs - Cupertino

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May 16, 2026

Come learn how to grow and use culinary herbs. UC Master Gardener, Susan Bancroft will show you how to grow a variety of herbs from seed to harvest. In containers, inside or outside, herbs are easy to grow and delicious in food and drink. We will explore a variety of uses for fresh and preserved herbs,…
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
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UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Event

MRDG April Gardening Tips and Maintenance - Cupertino

Event Date
Apr 18, 2026

April is an ideal time to commence planning your crops and ornamental flowers. However, it is also a period when pests such as slugs, earwigs, and snails are more prevalent. In this talk, Pamela Roper, UC Master Gardener will provide practical tips for successful gardening during this busy season. She will…
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
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Roses, MG Martha Carpenter
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Event

Roses : Fall and Winter Care and Pruning - San Jose

Event Date
Feb 7, 2026

Everyone loves roses!  Come learn about how fall and winter care and pruning can make a big difference to healthy summer blooms. Master Gardener Martha Carpenter will give you tips on what to do right now to have healthy, vibrant flowers next summer and will do a pruning demonstration. It’s easier…
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
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UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Event

Seed Packets Demystified - Palo Alto

Event Date
Feb 28, 2026

Do you love to look at seed catalogs and seed packets but wonder which variety to plant? Or find yourself ripping open the seed packet only to cover the instructions with muddy fingerprints? Seed packets are one place where you do want to pay attention to the fine print, since they contain a wealth of…
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
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Berry Demonstration by Jim Bell at MCP
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County: Event

MCP 2026 Blackberry Planting, Growing, and Care Talk & Demonstration - San Jose

Event Date
Feb 21, 2026

Curious about growing your own blackberries at home? Join Master Gardener Jim Bell, who will discuss selecting, planting, trellising, harvesting, and pruning for the next year’s harvest! Then, join us in our berry patch where we will give a planting, pruning, and general care demonstration that will…
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[PODCAST] Bird Friendly Garden

January 1, 2026
By Loren Nelson
The topic this week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners is Bird-Friendly Gardens.  In studio live, we’ll have Melissa Rapp, a current UC Master Gardener AND Executive Committee President at the Sea and Sage Audubon Society. We have a past recording of a show from 2018 featuring the wonderful…
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Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Net a Butterfly, Photograph a Bee

January 1, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 New Year's Day is not only the beginning of a year, but it's also the beginning of two UC Davis insect contests: one involving a cabbage white butterfly, and the other, a bumble bee.Chances are no one won either one today, as it's been raining almost non-stop, and the 10-day forecast predicts an 80…
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Fresno Gardening Green: Article

Guidance for adding new fruit trees to the garden

January 1, 2026
Some of the world’s best fruit tree hybridizers are located here in the Central Valley and the selection of fruit trees available to Central Valley gardeners as bare root stock in January is extensive. Fruit tree hybridizers are consistently developing new heat- and drought-tolerant varieties suitable…
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Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: Jan. 2 - 8

January 1, 2026
Roses are planted bare root in January or February, but other rose tasks may also be done this month.TasksNew roses of many varieties are featured in magazines and articles - or view them online. Look for those you like, select ones that are suitable for your area, and buy them bare root. Consider the…
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