Sonoma

 If you'd like encouragement and the skills to reap the benefits of fall/winter vegetable gardening, join us for an online presentation with Master Gardener Food Gardening Specialists. We’ll cover reasons to extend your gardening season into the fall, finding space to grow fall crops, timing and tips…

Learn about local management progress and activities and join us in realizing a resilient future for Santa Rosa Plain & Petaluma ValleyEvent information and registration on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beneath-the-surface-10-years-of-local-groundwater-basin-stewardship-tickets…

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.

Want to stock your pantry with tomatoes without canning? This class covers how to preserve tomatoes safely using dehydration, freezing, and pickling. It even shows you how to use leftover skins! Learn convenient techniques and some delicious recipes to use your preserved tomatoes.  This is the…

Enjoy your bountiful tomato harvest all year long! This class will guide you through preparing tomatoes, making tested recipes for basic tomato sauce, marinara sauce, and tomato jam. You'll learn how to preserve them with boiling water and pressure canning processes. Good for beginning…

 Curious about adding California native plants to your garden but not sure where to start? This hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop will walk you through the why, when, and how of going native. We'll explore the many benefits of native plants—from supporting pollinators to conserving water—and…

Join us on a lazy Sunday afternoon for a family friendly program exploring different ways to extend sun-kissed summertime fruits: grapes, strawberries, and watermelon, by freezing, dehydrating, and canning. 

 There are positive, impactful actions you can take in your own garden and community to adapt to climate change. This talk offers concrete, achievable, science-based means to use in your own garden for carbon sequestration, food security, plant and animal habitat, and increased resilience in extreme…

 Are you interested in picking fresh fruit from your yard throughout all four seasons? Join Dr. Jeff Pierce as he discusses how you can turn your yard into a lush fruit forest. The talk will touch on common and uncommon deciduous fruit trees, citrus, fruit vines and bushes, and less commonly grown gems…

Do you have a love for gardening and a heart for community service? Now’s your chance to turn your passion into purpose! Applications are now open for the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County’s Class of 2026.UC Master Gardeners volunteer their time and expertise to help local residents with all…