You can add color and beauty to your yard or patio by planting summer flowers that bloom into fall. Find out about flowers that can tolerate hot sun and varieties for full shade. Emphasis will be put on those that attract pollinators and beneficial insects. Learn how to successfully grow flowers that will…
Imagine stepping onto your balcony or into your yard to harvest fresh, fragrant ingredients for delicious homemade drinks. What if you could do this without spending much money, needing a lot of space, or wasting water? In this talk, you'll learn just how easy it is to grow a variety of plants that connect…
The "Three Sisters" gardening technique is where corn, beans, and squash are planted together in a mutually beneficial arrangement. Enjoy a morning discussing the 3 Sisters planting method with UC Master Gardener Aparna Bugwadia. We will discuss the history of the 3 Sisters planting, and how it is a…
The Palo Alto Demonstration Garden is open to the public every Saturday morning 10am-12noon from May through October with Master Gardeners on site to answer your gardening questions.https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-santa-clara-county
It's time to plant and care for your summer jewels, your warm-season vegetables, your most tasty tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash, and cucumbers. Learn how to water, feed, protect, and support your plants so you can grow a fruitful bounty. Which plants need pollinators to set fruit or are fussy about how…
The Bay Area's mild climate supports multiple seasons for growing a diverse number of Asian vegetables. Come and learn how to plan for and grow a variety of nutritious and delicious Asian Vegetables throughout the year.
Have you heard about the recent reports of the decline in monarch butterflies? Do you wonder how you can help? Join us for an upcoming workshop presented by Santa Clara County Master Gardener Rebecca Schoenberger. In the workshop, you will learn about the monarch butterfly’s life cycle, habitat, and…
The gardening technique of the "Three Sisters" where corn, beans, and squash are planted together in a mutually beneficial arrangement. Enjoy discussing the 3 Sisters planting method with UC Master Gardener Aparna Bugwadia. We will discuss the history of the 3 Sisters planting, and how it is a sustainable…
Have a sick plant, an ailing tree, mysterious spots on leaves? Chat with a UC Master Gardener via Zoom to diagnose your plant problems. You can also listen and learn while other people ask their questions.
Do you wonder what you need to do to get your soil ready for planting? Come join UC Master Gardener and UC Master Composter, Jasmine Martinez, who will discuss working with your soil to transform it into the soil for planting fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, and shrubs.
Do you love to have fresh flowers in your home, brightening up your living spaces? Do you want to attract beneficial insects and pollinators to your garden? Have you struggled to find the right flowers to grow for our Santa Clara county seasons? Then this is the talk for you! …
Want to learn how to manage pests without pesticides? In this webinar we will review nonchemical pest management practices as alternatives to pesticides in the home and garden. Visit the Urban and Community Webinar website to learn more about this webinar series.
Do you love to have fresh flowers in your home, brightening up your living spaces? Do you want to attract beneficial insects and pollinators to your garden? Have you struggled to find the right flowers to grow for our Santa Clara County seasons? Then this is the talk for you! Join Master Gardener Laura…
You’ve got tomato & pepper seedlings ready to go into your garden, but what about some salad and main-course vegetables? With warming garden soil and lengthening days, now’s the time to start cucumbers, squash, beans, and more from seed. You can plant seeds of many warm season vegetables directly into…
Have a sick plant, an ailing tree, mysterious spots on leaves? Chat with a UC Master Gardener via Zoom to diagnose your plant problems. You can also listen and learn while other people ask their questions.
Meet with UC Santa Clara County Master Gardener volunteer and succulent expert Judy Hecht. Judy will talk about succulent care, propagation, growth habits, and design. We will look at the many ways to take advantage of all the wonderful attributes of these very versatile plants and how to help them thrive…
Do you have flowers? Fruit trees? Vegetables with blossoms? Then you depend on bees to pollinate them, and you are important in keeping our local bees healthy. How can you make sure that the bees in your area are well fed and healthy? Master Gardener Sharon McCray will speak to us about bees, their life…
Wasps are a very diverse group of insects. Some species can be nuisance pests, creating galls on plants and stinging people, but many others are beneficial pollinators and predators of pests, such as aphids. And some wasps are just cool! In this webinar, we will discuss different behaviors of wasps and some…
Have a sick plant, an ailing tree, mysterious spots on leaves? Chat with a UC Master Gardener via Zoom to diagnose your plant problems. You can also listen and learn while other people ask their questions.
