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Your Alameda County Master Gardeners recommend:
U.C. Davis Center for Urban Horticulture Upcoming Public Events:
April 30, 2010 - "Your Sustainable Backyard: Roses"
Information on both of these events being held at UC Davis campus can be found at http://ccuh.ucdavis.edu/public
Bay Friendly Garden Tour, April 25, 2010
Alameda County Master Gardeners Present:
a Free Vegetable Gardening Lecture Series
at the Livermore Public Library
1188 S. Livermore Ave. Livermore, California
Map and Directions:
http://www.ci.livermore.ca.us/library/civicmap.html
March 20, 2:00P.M.
Selecting and Preparing Your Vegetable Garden Site
with Master Gardeners Janis Turner and Shari Wentz.
Janis and Shari will discuss how to plan a vegetable garden and major considerations, including where to locate your garden and how to prepare the site. They will also discuss beginning seedlings for your garden.
April 17, 2:00P.M.
Digging In: Planting Your Vegetable Garden
with Master Gardener Sam Foushee.
Sam will share his expertise from decades of vegetable gardening at the Emeryville Community Organic Garden and the Lake Merritt Trials Garden to instruct us on how to get a vegetable garden off to a good start.
May 15, 2:00P.M.
Protecting Your Crop:
IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
with Master Gardeners B.J. May and Shari Wentz
B.J. and Shari will help gardeners to deal with those pests that can steal or destroy fruits and vegetables before the gardener has a chance to harvest them in the least toxic manner possible, using the principals of Integrated Pest Management.
The Alameda County Master Gardener's Eighth Annual Seminar:
Fall and Winter Gardening
in the Bay Area
If you are interested in being on the 2010 Fall and Winter Gardening Seminar Mailing list, please fill out the mailing list form HERE.
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California Garden Web Launched
Visit the California Garden Web at http://cagardenweb.ucdavis.edu.
The University of California Statewide Master Gardener Program has launched a new Web site to serve as an information portal for California gardeners. The UC Statewide Master Gardener Program staff designed the Web site to organize and extend UC's vast store of research-based information about gardening, landscapes and lawns to the public.
Development of the new Web site was funded by the Elvenia J. Slosson Endowment for Ornamental Horticulture.
LAKE MERRITT TRIALS GARDEN - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Visit the Lake Merritt Trials Garden to see plants and gardening techniques specifically designed to work in our home gardens that are influenced by the bay.
See and learn about our area's best vegetables, ornamentals (including natives and bee/butterfly-friendly plants), watering systems, and much more. Consult with Master Gardeners about your own home garden!
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