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Covid-19 Impact To reduce the rate and risk of community spread of COVID-19, the UC Master Gardener Program, UC ANR, and UC Cooperative Extension locations are closed.
In most counties, UC Master Gardener volunteers are still available to support your home gardening questions by e-mail, telephone, or ZOOM. Please note that many UC Master Gardener Program public education events statewide are being rescheduled, postponed or moved to an online through June 30, 2021.

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The UC Master Gardener Program designed the California Garden Web to serve as a portal to organize and extend the University of California's vast collection of research-based information about gardening to the public. The California Garden Web focuses on sustainable gardening practices and uses a question and answer format to present solutions. The blog below highlights gardening issues pertaining to the season.

How will climate change affect Southern California?

Added April 6, 2021

UC Thelma Hansen Fund to host climate webinar series, April 27-29 Members of the public are invited to attend a free webinar series discussing the effects of climate change on Southern California. At the three-day webinar Climate...
UC Master Gardeners ‘Garden Walks’ conserves millions of gallons of water annually in Marin

Added April 5, 2021

The Marin Municipal Water District has saved nearly 30 million gallons of water since it initiated a partnership with UC Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener program in Marin to teach residents how to conserve water. The program, Garden Walks, was...

Global Symposium: Chemical Ecologists Celebrate 'Life and Legacy of Wittko Francke'

Added April 12, 2021

He was a giant in the field of chemical ecology but he was much more than that. An online global symposium celebrating “The Life and Legacy of Wittko Francke,” a renowned...