UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County

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Our popular, once-a-month Tips & Events newsletter includes timely gardening tips, reminders about important garden tasks, alerts to possible pests, and a list of our upcoming talks, plant sales, and other events. Sign up below. You can also browse past tips or past newsletters.

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Close-up of a yellow beetle with black spots on a textured green leaf.
Pests
A lady beetle with an orange body and black spots is eating a green aphid on a leaf.
Beneficials
A wooden basket overflowing with various colorful vegetables, including zucchinis, squashes, bell peppers, and eggplants, set against a black background.
Vegetables
Two ripe Pink Pearl apples with red blush on a branch surrounded by green leaves.
Fruits|Nuts
A full-bloom pink rose with layered petals transitioning from light pink to a vibrant pink, surrounded by green foliage.
Ornamentals
A black sprinkler head spraying water on a lush green lawn.
Irrigation
Soil in hand Getty Free Mike Berg square
Soil
Waterwise plant thumbnail showing orange Helianthemum nummularium henfield brilliant flowers
Waterwise

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