UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe
In cooperation with COVID-19 precautions from the State of California, our UCCE offices will be closed to the public until further notice. While we regret the inconvenience and although our doors are closed, we are working remotely to meet your needs. Our in-person events will be limited for the near future. Please see our calendar or call us to learn more about virtual and in-person opportunities to connect with us.
- Phone: 530-314-8383
- Email: laketahoemg@ucanr.edu
Master Gardeners are community members who have been trained under the direction of the University of California Cooperative Extension. Each volunteer has completed more than 50 hours of formal classroom training. Master Gardeners, agents of the University of California, assist the UC Cooperative Extension by providing practical, scientific gardening information to the home gardeners in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
The Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners extend research-based information by:
- answering questions via email hotlines, farmers markets and at community events
- offering workshops and classes
- publishing articles in newsletters, local newspapers and social media.
Bug Blog
-
Beekeepers Among Those Benefiting from Vacaville Fire Art Project
Some lost everything: Their homes, their barns, their farm animals, their bees, their livelihoods. The recent wildfire that roared through rural Vacaville, reaching the outer edges of the city, seared the souls of the victims but what's happening...
-
Of Monarch Eggs, Ladybug Eggs and Oleander Aphids
So you're growing milkweed for the first time--or found some milkweed--and you're trying to figure out how to identify a monarch egg. Monarchs lay their eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves--generally--but we've seen them on stems and on the leaf...
-
Robert Michael Pyle, Butterflies and The Dark Divide
Butterfly expert Robert "Bob" Michael Pyle, founder of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, is not only a national award-winning author, a teacher, a public speaker and a conservationist--but now he's on screen. Well, sort of "on...
-
Why We Need to Teach Science in Elementary School
Two adults, apparently not science aficionados, recently asked me: "What is entomology?" Quick answer: insect science. "What is a monarch?"Quick answer: An orange and black butterfly that's the icon of the butterfly world. Science....
-
A Monarch Named Ruth
When a monarch butterfly fluttered into the Davis garden of naturalist Greg Kareofelas and laid an egg on his narrowleaf milkweed, it marked the beginning of a story that ended with the flight of Ruth. Usually the life cycle--from egg to...
Physical and mailing address:
UCCE Master Gardener
of Lake Tahoe
1100 Lyons Ave
South Lake Tahoe, Ca 96150
Click on the button above to make a gift t the UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe.
Become a Master Gardener
UC Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe are now recruiting for new members! Apply today!
Training session will run 1st and/or 3rd Friday of the month April 17th - December 4th, 2020.