UC Master Gardener Program

How healthy is your soil? For this workshop, you’ll need to bring a sealed Ziploc-type bag containing one cup of soil you’ve collected from your garden. During the workshop, we’ll analyze the different soil samples and assess their drainage. We’ll also discuss potential soil amendments and their impact…

Join Master Gardener Mint Pasakdee, who will share tips on how to become a successful gardener. You will learn about creating healthy soil, using a seasonality checklist, making plant selections, using appropriate weed and pest controls, and much more. Bring your gardening questions to learn from this…

The first step in designing your garden is to thoroughly understand your garden site.During this workshop, we’ll conduct a site analysis of the library’s surroundings using tools and techniques that you can apply in your own garden. We’ll guide you through assessing the amount of sunlight you receive and how…

UC Master Gardeners will staff an education table at the annual Disaster Preparedness Day sponsored by the San Mateo County Department of Emergency Management. This free event provides resources, classes and interactive demonstrations on first aid, emergency preparedness, fire safety and more. Stop by…

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department's Urban Agriculture Program provides FREE materials for the backyard gardener, community gardener, or urban farmer through regularly scheduled Garden Resource Days. These events offer Lyngso organic compost, mulch, vegetable starts, a wide variety of…

Plumerias! Maybe the most coveted of the tropical flowers grown and blooming now in Southern California! While more likely identified as Hawaiian being a favorite flower for leis, they are actually endemic to Mexico and Central America. But any tropical environment in the world is ideal for the growing…

July! Getting hotter right? This week on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners radio show, Teena and Katrina bring you another new monthly tips and tricks program with things to plan for this month of July.  Each month, we talk about the changing water requirements in your garden. More so this…

 Sonoma Master Gardeners are available to help home gardeners with information and advice at a number of our Sonoma County Farmer’s Markets year-round. Find us at one of our Gardening Information Tables listed at the markets below. Times and dates vary based on the seasonal Farmer's Market schedules…

It takes a lot of water, fertilizer, and time to maintain a lush green lawn. Learn how and what to replace your lawn with to improve your soil, reduce your water use and provide habitat for native plants and animals. Join Master Gardener volunteers as we share tips and techniques for removing and…

One of the easiest and most beneficial ways to ensure seasonal color in your garden is to include California Native Plants. Join Master Gardener volunteers as we share ideas for using native plants to provide year-round color in your garden.