Gardening

Find our seasonal garden tips here. Sonoma County's mild climate allows us to tend our gardens year round.

Food Gardening Tasks and Tips for each month in Sonoma County home gardeners. Click on the month for the list of key tasks for a healthy food garden.

Sonoma Master Gardeners are present at several different farmers markets each week, generally spring through fall, where we set up an information table stocked with county-specific gardening leaflets for the public, and reference books from which we can dispense accurate information for the public.

Lawns don't really belong in a summer-dry Mediterranean climate like Sonoma County. Tips for removal and plant replacement of existing lawns for a beautiful garden.

If you have a shady or foggy yard, there are tomato varieties that will grow well! The key to growing tomatoes in cooler climates is to grow varieties with shorter maturity days or that produce a harvest in cooler temperatures.

Learn how to safely use recycled water in gardens, its benefits, and key considerations for successful irrigation and plant health in this helpful guide

Sanni Sahil, Unsplash Use our monthly care checklists to make sure you keep on top of your plant and landscape care! Timed and designed with our wonderful Mediterranean climate in mind, stay organized, plan ahead, and learn the best times (and how!) to do all your gardening chores and tasks.

Wikimedia Commons > Physical factors > Environmental factors > Mechanical factors > Chemical factors Stormy weather, lack of water, drifting herbicides, freezing temperatures, transplant shock, compacted soils, mower injury, and lack of nutrients are some examples of factors that can damage plants.

Planting in containers opens up a whole new range of possibilities whether growing plants indoors or out, ornamental, or edible, from tiny succulents or large shrubs.