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Your Alameda County Master Gardeners recommend:
U.C. Davis Center for Urban Horticulture Upcoming Public Events:
1) March 6, 2010 - "Your Sustainable Backyard: Edible Landscaping" with Rosalind Creasy
2) 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
Growing Your Own Vegetables From Seed
Starting vegetables from seed can save money and will give you access to thousands of vegetable varieties not available as transplants. We discuss which seeds are best planted directly in the ground and how and when to start them. We will move on to seed that are best started indoors and how to plant them and considerations such as the importance of cleanliness, seed starting mixes, which containers you can use, how many seeds to plant and how deeply, seed viability and hybrid vs. open pollinated seeds, watering, fertilizing, providing light and heat for your seedlings and hardening off seedlings before transplanting them out into the garden. Students will then plant several 6-packs of seeds to take home with them. Resource lists and a seed-starting brochure will be provided to students.
Materials Fee: $10, payable at the workshop. Limit 20 attendees per workshop. Directions will be emailed to attendees 10 days prior to the workshop.
Session 1: February 20, 10AM - 12PM, Lake Merritt Trials Garden, Oakland.
Click Here to Register For the February 20th Class
Session 2: February 27, 10AM - 12PM, Emeryville Community Organic Garden, Emeryville.
Click Here to Register For the February 27th Class
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.
The Web site focuses on sustainable gardening practices and uses a question and answer format to present solutions. A blog on the Web site's home page, updated weekly, highlights gardening content pertinent to the season. The site also links to useful gardening resources on other UC Web pages.
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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