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In memoriam: Ken Tate

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Kenneth W. Tate, UC Cooperative Extension specialist and professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, died unexpectedly on June 5, 2025.
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MOB Tour

Date: July 18, 2025Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PMLocation: Del Paso Park, SacramentoCEUs: Requested from WCISA; None offered from CDPRIf you attended the Mediterranean Oak Borer webinar presented in April 2025, consider joining us on July 18th in Sacramento for a field day. This hands-on, in-the-field…
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UC Master Gardeners of Solano County: Event

Growing Sweet Peas

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Oct 11, 2025

Sweet peas are a classic garden favorite—fragrant, colorful, and perfect for cutting. Join the Master Gardeners to learn how to grow these charming blooms from seed to blossom. We’ll cover everything from soil prep and planting tips to trellising and care, so you can enjoy a bountiful display of these old…
UC Master Gardeners of Solano County
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UC Master Gardeners of Solano County: Event

Growing for and with Children

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Aug 9, 2025

Gardening with children is more than just planting seeds—it's about nurturing curiosity, wonder, and a lifelong connection to the natural world. Whether you're growing kid-friendly crops like snap peas, strawberries, or sunflowers, or creating a space where little hands can dig, water, and explore, the…
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ANR Update: Article

State budget maintains UC ANR funding

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,I’m pleased to share good news – Gov. Newsom and the State Legislature have finalized the state’s FY 2025-26 budget. The budget maintains the same level of funding for UC and UC ANR that we received last fiscal year. This is a remarkable improvement from earlier budget proposals that proposed…
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Houseplant Care & July Classes from the UC Master Gardeners

June 30, 2025
By Anne E Schellman
 Houseplants can add beauty and a sense of well-being to any indoor space. Studies from the National Institute of Consumer Horticulture (NICH) show that plants help clean air indoors, and that being around plants helps raise productivity, boost creativity, lower stress hormones, accelerate healing, and…
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Celebration Corner

June 30, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Edna 4-H Club turns 100 Members of the Edna 4-H Club were recognized by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors to celebrate the club’s 100-year anniversary. An event celebrating Edna 4-H’s 100th year will be held on July 6.UCCE San Diego County celebrates SPOT Award winners The…
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Keeping Pollinators Around Year-Round

June 30, 2025
By Jennifer M Baumbach
Article by Patti BrantleyAs I stepped out to hang a hummingbird feeder earlier this year, during the last months of winter, I began to notice that the hummingbirds preferred the real flowers of my orange tree and then soon after my Apricot tree, and later I began to think about how our garden blooms and the…
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Gardening to Attract Pollinators

June 30, 2025
By Jennifer M Baumbach
Article by Melinda NestlerodeThe world's pollinators are in trouble. Nearly all Earth’s ecosystems depend on the pollination of flowering plants for survival. Seventy to seventy-five percent of all flowering plants require pollination. Pollination is crucial to our food supply, as at least thirty-five…
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