Welcome to the Get Growing! Gardening for Everyone Information Page. Just in time for Spring, the Napa County Master Gardeners are presenting our all day fantastic garden education festival! Whether you are just getting started with gardening, want to make your garden a place the whole family can enjoy, or want to learn more about gardening in an environmentally-friendly way, we have something for you.
Get Growing! will take place on March 29, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Napa Valley College, in Napa. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. We have 12 classes in English and 4 classes in Spanish with plenty of time to ask questions and a special series of classes in Spanish for professional landscape workers (3 CE hours credit pending). The classes are grouped into three “tracks”: Beginning/Easy Gardening, Sustainable Gardening, and Family Gardening. The class topics are shown below.
Get Growing! includes hands-on demonstrations, walk-through displays, and an all-day help-desk to answer specific gardening questions, as well as a landscape question and answer area. The list of demonstrations and displays is provided below. There will also be exhibitors from related community organizations, such as Napa County Recycling, Napa City Water Conservation Department, Napa- Solano Audubon, and Friends of Napa River and lots of free published information. There will be time between classes to see displays or visit our Resource Room for screenings of our monthly TV show, and to pick up valuable handouts, and demonstrations on how to find valuable gardening information on the internet.
Registration is free. You can register on-line, in person in our office, or by requesting a registration form to be e-mailed or mailed to you (please call our information line to request a form by mail).
Come join us for a fantastic day celebrating gardening, and learn more about gardening than you ever thought you would!
Please note: no childcare provided
Get Growing! Information Line : 707-253-4147
Click Here to REGISTER ON-LINE
Get Growing Mail or Fax In Registration Form Click Here to Download!
Location
Napa Valley College
2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy (Hwy 221)
Napa, CA
Click here for a campus map
SCHEDULE:
9:30 a.m.: Registration Opens (College Cafeteria, Building 900)
10:00 a.m.: Welcome by Napa Mayor Jill Techel
10:00 a.m.: Mantenimiento/Profesional (Solamente Español) - 1 clase de 3 horas
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Keynote Speech by Colby Eierman (Head Gardener, Benzinger Winery)
10:45 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.: Exhibits and Resource Room Open; First hands-on demonstrations begin
11:00 a.m.: Classroom Session 1
12:00 p.m.: Classroom Session 2
1:00 p.m. Lunch -- food vendors will be available for this event, or bring your own
2:00 p.m.: Classroom Session 3
3:00 p.m.: Classroom Session 4
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Door Prizes Awarded (Must be Present to Win!)
LECTURE SESSION TOPICS:
All lectures will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by up to 15 minutes for questions and answers. There will be ample time between lectures and during lunch to visit demonstrations, displays, and exhibits. You can choose to attend all classes in one “track,” or mix and match classes as you like. You can register for up to 4 classes (1 during each classroom session). All classes will be held in the 800 Building near the Cafeteria.
Easy (Beginning) Gardening Track
11:00 a.m.: SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
12:00 p.m.: Getting Started: Gardening FUNdamentals
2:00 p.m.: SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
3:00 p.m.: SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
Family Gardening Track
11:00 a.m.: Lawns and Turf Grass Alternatives
12:00 p.m.: SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
2:00 p.m.: Bugs and More Bugs
3:00 p.m.: SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
Sustainable Gardening Track
11:00 a.m SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
12:00 p.m.: How Much Should I Water? Irrigation Basics
2:00 p.m.: SORRY, THIS SESSION IS FULL
3:00 p.m.: Gardening with the Earth in Mind: “Green” Gardening Ideas
Clases en Español
11:00 a.m.: Los Basicos - Basics of Gardening
12:00 p.m.: Jardines Pequeños - Small Gardens
2:00 p.m.: Manejo Itegrado de Plagas - IPM for home gardeners
3:00 p.m.: Arboles de Frutas - Fruit Trees
Mantenimiento/Profesional ( Solamente Español ) - 1 clase de 3 horas - VA A EMPEZAR A LAS 10:00 AM
o Manejo Itegrado de Plagas
o Zacates & Regulaciones
o Sistemas de Riego
DEMONSTRATIONS
All demonstrations will occur twice per hour from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and four times during lunch. Demonstrations will be located in the Quad in front of the Cafeteria and in the Cafeteria.
o All About Composting
o Worms Eat My Garbage: All About Worm Composting
o Planting Seeds and Bulbs
o Make Your Own Free Plants: Simple Steps to Propagation (make a cutting to take home)
o Good Bugs/Bad Bugs
o Simple Drip Irrigation for the Home Gardener
o What Kind of Soil Do I Have? Is My Soil Ready to Plant?
o Pruning Advice – Bring Your Pruning Questions to Our Pruning Help Desk (available from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
DISPLAYS
Displays will be open from 10:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Displays will be located in the Quad in front of the Cafeteria and in the Cafeteria.
o Common Poisonous Plants
o Bonsai How-to
o Beautiful, Tough, and Easy to Grow: The 20 “Best” Plants for Napa County and our Mediterranean Climate
o Oh No! Don’t Plant That! (Invasive Species to avoid in your garden)
o All About Trellising – More Garden in Less Space
o Interesting Edible Plants for Your Landscape
o Container Gardening Basics and Ideas
RESOURCE ROOM FEATURES
The Resource Room will be open from 10:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. and will include the following services and information:
o Help Desk for questions about your ailing plants
o Assistencia para preguntas de Jardineria en Español (de 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.)
o Poster Presentations
o Master Gardener TV Screenings
o Landscape Design Q&A area
o Self-Service Pest Control Information Kiosk
o Live Demonstration: Introduction to the many resources available from the Napa County Master Gardener Website
o Handouts including speaker presentations; information on growing vegetable, fruit trees, roses, and more in Napa County; information on weed control, insects, and other garden pests
o Select University of California Master Gardening and Agricultural Publications for purchase