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Learn about cool, temperate and tropical zone orchids and which are best for your climate. Get to know cool-growing orchids for San Francisco such as Masdevallia, Cymbidiums as well as everyone’s favorite indoor orchid - the Phaelaenopsis. Discover how to successfully re-pot, water and feed…

Join UC Master Gardeners and you can get your hands dirty while learning how to make “soil blocks” – a method of starting seeds in cubes of compressed soil. This seed starting method eliminates the use of plastic pots and reduces the disruption of plant roots when transplanting.UC Master Gardener…

Have you ever sprinkled beautiful lavender chive flowers on a salad? Or tossed a nasturtium in with your greens? Discover or renew gardening excitement and learn the basics of growing, harvesting and using culinary herbs and edible flowers. Integrate your herbs and edible flowers in your native landscapes,…

Plants growing indoors need specialized care. UC Master Gardeners will share how proper care of houseplants and orchids can help your plants not just survive, but thrive.UC Master Gardener PresentersCarmen Mahood: Carmen dug her first garden hole at age five and has been a gardener ever since. She maintains…

Do you love house plants? Are you just getting started, and looking for ways to ensure your plants will thrive? Join this discussion to learn about common house plants and how to care for them and propagate them for many years of leafy green joy.UC Master Gardener Presenter Kimberly Swan: Kimberly spent…