Events for UC Master Gardener Program of Alameda County

Want to attract bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other beneficial animals and insects to your garden? Learn the basics of design, from plant selection and proper grouping to encourage them to call your garden their home. This event is free.

Lake Merritt Trials Garden is having a Open House! Tours, Hands- on Demonstrations on Drip Irrigation, Composting, Container Gardening Tips and See our gallery of Good and Bad Bugs. Admission Free.There is a parking fee to enter the Gardens at Lake Merritt. Park near Gate 4. Enter the Gate, turn left and…

If you build it they will come - Eventually.  Plants need help to proliferate.  Many need help from bees - both native and honey, butterflies, birds, even flies and wasps. Shari Wentz will be discussing plants and best practices to encourage pollinators in the garden. All you can do is make it more…

Learn how to grow herbs in containers and a small plot in your garden. This event is free.This event is outdoors and is subject to weather and the UC Master Gardener's discretion. Please dress appropriately!

Best practices for pruning CA native shrubs and trees. MG and Native Plant specialist Laura Cornett will be guiding attendees on whens and hows of taking care of CA Native planting in the middle of the summer heat. This event is free. This event is outdoors and is subject to weather and the UC Master…

An interactive discussion around sustainable pest management principles and applications for garden settings. This event is free.This event is outdoors and is subject to weather and the UC Master Gardener's discretion. Please dress appropriately!

Bulbs are a great way to add seasonal color to a low water garden - Using the right mix will give you color year round. Master Gardeners will share the ones we have had the best luck with and which require only rainwater or those that require a bit more care. This event is free. This event is outdoors…

Alameda County Master Gardener Guy Duran will talk about growing sweet onions in your garden. There is a fee to park in the Gardens if you enter by car. Park near Gate 4. Enter at that gate, turn left and follow signs to the Trials Garden nearby.This event is outdoors and is subject to weather and the UC…

Fall is the time for planting CA natives. Learn how to propagate many CA Native plants from existing one you have on site or have access to. Master Gardener and CA Native plant aficionado Laura Cornett will be discussing best practices and which plants are best propagated which way. This event is free. …

Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Instructor Tom Branca will discuss, and answer questions about, how, when and where to successfully grow vegetables in your winter garden. This event is free.This event is outdoors and is subject to weather and the UC Master Gardener's discretion. Please dress…

Fall is best time to plant and establish low water plants. Master Gardener and Designer Carol Vander Meulen will discuss best plant choices for fall planting as well as and best practices for establishment. This event is free. This event is outdoors and is subject to weather and the UC Master Gardener's…

Having fruit trees can sometimes feel like a blessing and a curse. Which varieties do best in the Tri Valley? What are the treatment and fertilization requirements?  Master Gardener Erican Dedon is going to share her lessons learned on having healthy and productive fruit trees in the garden. This event…