Gardening

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School gardens are a wonderful way to bring the lessons of the natural world alive for students. Many schools in California are creating school gardens to use for science-based education and for outdoor, hands-on educational opportunities.

Garden tasks by month and season. Vegetable planting guides for the valley and the foothills. Get answers to your timely questions. Explore our monthly editor's pick for outstanding plants, interesting insects, a fun places to visit, new techniques, and helpful tools.

Quince fruits grow on a small tree or shrub (8 to 12 feet tall) with twisted, bumpy branches. Grown as a flowering ornamental or for fruit processing. Adapted to many climates. Adapted to many climates. Tolerates “wet feet” better than most other deciduous fruit trees.

From the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County, this page lists all of our gardening tips, sorted alphabetically by title. To view lists of tips by month or topic, visit our Tips & Events web page.

Dill can be grown for both its leaves and seeds. It is a self-seeding annual which will return year-after-year if seeds are allowed to mature in place. Dill is native to southern Russia, western Africa, and the Mediterranean. It is part of the Umbelliferae family, which includes celery, cumin, fennel, and…

Persicaria odorata goes by several names—Vietnamese coriander, Vietnamese mint, Asian mint, rau ram, Laksa leaf, and phak phai are some of the more common ones. It’s a herb used widely in Southeast Asia and is winter hardy in the frost-free areas of Zones 9 to 11. The flavor is described as being reminiscent…

Our Help Desk is here to answer gardening questions for Santa Clara County residents. Please review our plant diagnosis questions before contacting us. It will help you gather information so we can better assist you. For many issues, our Garden Help pages or the UC Integrated Pest Management website may give…

Need help with a school garden? Be sure to review the useful school garden advice we have gathered for you.

Spring Garden Fair tomatoes descriptions. We offer a wide selection of delicious tomato seedlings, from huge beefsteaks to bite-size cherry tomatoes, both heirloom and modern varieties, in a rainbow of colors. All have been trialed by UC Master Gardeners.