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COVID-19 Update

In an abundance of caution during the COVID-19 pandemic and at the recommendation of various public health agencies we will be adjusting our services accordingly:

Our Master Gardener Helpline desk will only be responding to emails. Please email your inquires to mgventura@ucdavis.edu

Please wear a mask to any Master Gardener event you attend and maintain social distancing.

Plant samples can be brought to the UC Cooperative Extension office for analysis (669 County Square Drive, Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003). There is a bin with instructions outside the main door.

Thanks for your patience during this time. We will inform you when we resume normal activities.

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UCCE Ventura County offers the Master Gardener training class every two years. The next opportunity to apply will be in fall 2023. Please check this site and our social media in mid-2023 for more information.

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Using less water in your home garden is necessary!

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Calendar

Event Name

Date

The Basics of Composting and Vermicomposting

10/20/2021

Succulent Pumpkins

10/23/2021

Growing Winter Vegetables

10/26/2021

The Basics of Composting and Vermicomposting

10/28/2021

Winter Vegetable Gardening

10/30/2021

Growing Winter Vegetables

11/2/2021

Ventura County Farm Day & Workshops

11/6/2021

Citrus: Origins and Management

11/9/2021

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Bug Blog

Portrait of a Jumping Spider
Gotta love those spiders. We recently saw an adorable jumping spider (aren't all jumping spiders adorable?) huddled or cuddled (your preference) within a layer of yellow rose petals. It didn't look like a poster child for Halloween. It looked right...

Hey, Wait, Take Me With You!
Hey, wait, take me with you! No, leave me alone! Let me go! Have you ever seen insects struggling to free themselves from the reproductive chamber of a milkweed blossom? Instead of producing loose pollen grains, milkweeds produce pollinia,...

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UC Cooperative Extension

Ventura County
669 County Square Drive

Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003-5401
(805) 645-1451