Gardening

The Spring Garden Fair is our annual spring extravaganza that you do not want to miss! It's a huge plant sale with educational talks and information tables. Full details can be found on our Spring Garden Fair page.

Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants in the world, with over 25,000 species found in nature, and probably in the order of 150,000 different hybrids. Many think orchids are difficult to grow, but with some basic information, anyone can be successful with growing most orchids. Join Master…

This talk will assist home gardeners in creating productive vegetable gardens using insectary plants that are intentionally introduced to attract the “good” bugs to your garden. These “good" bugs will help to biologically control the “bad" bugs that cause damage to plants.

You may have heard that there are fewer butterflies now than years ago. Is that really true? If so, why? Why do some butterflies live in urban areas while others live in rural areas? Is there anything home gardeners can do to recreate suitable habitat for butterflies and caterpillars so future…

What is pollination?  How does pollination happen? What does it take to have a healthy pollinator garden?  Why are native plants so important to our native pollinators? Which native plants are favorite to pollinators? Sonoma County Master Gardener, Suzanne Clarke will share some of the secrets…

Fall is the perfect time of year to plan and implement the addition of native plants to a Sonoma County garden. A garden with California natives will increase the biodiversity in your garden space, and support local ecosystems most efficiently. This is best accomplished with additional garden maintenance…

Are you interested in growing your own avocados right here in Sonoma County? Dr. Jeff Pierce will share all about growing avocado trees, including how to choose the right variety, when and where to plant it, and how to care for it. Soon you'll be harvesting your very own delicious avocados. 

Does your current irrigation system exceed 90% efficiency getting water to the root zones of your plants? This presentation will provide options and key considerations for drip irrigation to put the right amount of water in the right place when plants need it without excess runoff, over-spray, or waste…

Join UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County in a Garden Talk on:Growing Herbs Topics Covered Include:Definition of an herbPrecautions with herb usageWays to utilize herbsHerb propagation. Planting and care of herbsAdvantages of companion plantingGrowing herbs indoorsDrying/preserving herbs…

  Join the UC Master Gardeners of the Lake Tahoe Basin for an essential workshop dedicated to fall garlic planting. Learn to successfully plant and overwinter garlic so you can enjoy a bountiful harvest next summer. A limited quantity of garlic seeds will be available to purchase for $5, cash or…