In the Garden Planting Seeds for a Healthier San Diego
- 350 active volunteers
- 35,048 hours donated
- $1,307,991 value of volunteer service
Every year through our volunteer activities, San Diego County Master Gardeners reach thousands of people in countless ways as we aim to build a greener and healthier San Diego. Trained by horticulture experts under the University of California’s Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the mission of Master Gardeners is to teach the community science-based gardening and sustainability techniques and how they can safely resolve pest problems in their gardens.
We educate our community through schools, community gardens, churches, hospitals, memory care centers, youth transition centers and social media. We provide gardening experiences to people of every age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We help new and decades-long gardeners and everyone in between.
Our work impacts San Diego in a multitude of positive ways, one garden at a time.
Master Gardeners throughout the year...
- 300+ Ask a Master Gardener Engagements
- 2,000 Hotline Inquiries Answered
- 4,000+ People Reached Through Speakers' Bureau
- 300,000 Visitors at 81 Community and 4 Demonstration Gardens
- 1,000+ Educated in Tool Care plus 500 Tools Cleaned
- 800+ Schools Provided Education and 87 Active School Gardens
- $25,000 School Garden Grants Awarded
- 400+ Incarcerated Reached in Youth Transition Center and EMRF
- 10,500 Dig It! Newsletter Monthly Readers
- 256 Memory Care Adults Reached with Reminiscence Gardening
- 11,000 Monthly Views on Facebook and Instagram
- 1,000+ Attend Our Spring and Fall Garden Events
- 150+ in Beginning Vegetable Garden 4-Session Program
- 295 lbs Food Grown per Family in Community Gardens Using Our Education
- 4,342+ Users Took Our Earth-Friendly Gardens Quiz
Contact Us
Leah Taylor
Program Coordinator
(858) 822-6932
