UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
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UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County

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2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar

It's here! 

Our 2025 edition is on sale now.

For only $12 (plus postage) you can have a whole year of gardening advice delivered to your door.

Worm Composting Special Event

Saturday, March 22, 2025
10 AM till 12:30 PM
$35 per person

Worm composting is neat, easy and odorless--ideal for indoor or outdoor locations.  Take home worms and a bin. Learn more!

Frost protection

Frosty Chard
Here’s our handy guide to help you protect tender plants from cold weather. 

We are here for you!

Video library of gardening topics.
Publications. Enjoy!
Facebook updated every day.
YouTube Channel with all the past Virtual Harvest Days and Master Gardener videos.

Snap a pic of your problem plant or mystery bug and email it to the Help Desk: mgsacramento@ucanr.edu

 

January Horticulture Center Updates

In the orchard

February is the time to spray your peach and nectarine trees to control peach leaf curl, especially if the leaves looked like this last year. See more information and other February orchard activities.

The vegetable garden

Potatoes come in many sizes, shapes, and colors. Some varieties may surprise you with yellow, red, or blue flesh! Read about planting, growing and harvesting potatoes and more in the February vegetable garden.

In the WEL

February is a lovely time in the water-efficient landscape gardens at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.

For more favorites, please visit our plant list for Winter.

Grow herbs!

February is a good time to plant seeds for Calendula. This edible flower makes a big show in the garden, attracts beneficial insects, and is a lovely addition to many food dishes.

The vineyard

Late February is usually a good time to prune the vineyard.

Learn the different pruning methods and other tasks this month in the vineyard.

Composting

Want compost in less than 3 months? Try the rapid or hot pile technique. Build it, water it, turn it regularly, but don’t add to it.

Backyard berries

Shop for new berry plants for your garden and finish pruning.

See more tips for February.

4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA 95827       Master Gardener Phone:  916.876.5338       Fax:  916.875.6233

Webmaster Email: mgsacramento@ucanr.edu