Plant Selection

UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County: Event

Central Sierra: Growing Spring & Summer Vegetables | El Dorado County

Event Date
Feb 21, 2026

Your best vegetable garden starts now It's time to prepare the garden for the delicious vegetables you want to grow this year. Master Gardener Zack Dowell will discuss garden plant selection, planting times, site selection, soil preparation, proper seed planting techniques, and pest management. 
UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County
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UCCE in Santa Barbara County: Event

Bare-Root Fruit Trees - Online

Event Date
Jan 5, 2026

Join Santa Barbara Master Gardeners in a FREE online event on:Bare-Root Fruit TreesMaster Gardener, Janet Rogers, will share information on bare root fruit tree selection, planting, and care.  
UCCE in Santa Barbara County
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UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County: Event

Central Sierra: California Native Plants (EDC MG)

Event Date
Sep 20, 2025

Do you love native plants and wonder how you can enjoy them on your patio or in your smaller garden? Join Master Gardener and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) member Dolores Morrison to discover how to evaluate your yard to establish a native landscape, how to select and maintain plants, how to group…
UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County
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UC Master Gardeners of Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties: Event

Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - ONLINE

Event Date
Apr 17, 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
UC Master Gardeners of Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties
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UC Master Gardeners of Merced County: Event

Under the Spell of Succulents

Event Date
Apr 12, 2025

Join us for Under the Spell of Succulents Public Workshop on Sat, April 12 from 10 - 12 noon. Our speaker is Roz Tampone, UC Master Gardener of Fresno County Topics covered will be: How to grow and care for succulents in your garden and containers and more
UC Master Gardeners of Merced County
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UC Master Gardeners of Merced County: Event

2025 Grange Spring Plant Give and Take

Event Date
Mar 29, 2025

2025 Spring Plant Give and Take The Plant Give and Take event is a FREE event for all community members to exchange plants and other garden items, presented by the Merced Colony Grange with volunteer help from UC Master Gardener Program of Merced County.
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These native plants in the Demonstration Garden have been given plenty of room to grow in full sun. Laura Kling
The Real Dirt: Article

Getting Started When You Don’t Know What (or How!) to Plant

February 16, 2026
Vegetables and herbs are relatively easy to understand, but flowers and foliage and shade versus sun — it can seem overwhelming!  Let’s start from the beginning.  What does full sun really mean?  A plant requiring full sun needs at least 6 hours of direct sunlight each day in order to thrive.  If a plant…
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The Demo Garden at Patrick Ranch has an All-Star Garden devoted to plants that do especially well in our climate. Laura Kling
The Real Dirt: Article

Choosing the Right Plant for the Space

February 10, 2026
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the selection of plants at the nursery? Or bought a plant that looked great at the nursery, but did poorly (or died) in your yard? Spring is here and it’s tempting to rush out and buy new plants for the garden.  But don’t be too hasty!  Choosing the right plant for a…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

A Blossom Walk: First Blooms of Spring

December 8, 2025
Laurie Meyerpeter, UC Master Gardener of Placer CountyFrom The Curious Gardener, Winter 2010Winter is my favorite season of the year. To me, it’s not barren and cold. It’s filled with expectancy and hope. Tree branches are bare of leaves but the buds are fat with life. The hills are green with winter…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

What Makes a Plant Drought Tolerant?

December 8, 2025
Article and photos By Carol Koenig, UC Master Gardener of Placer CountyFrom The Curious Gardener, Summer 2022 Drought tolerant plants have been an important part of landscaping for hundreds of years. Some of the earliest examples could be found in fifth and sixth century Persian gardens as well as…
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