Lake Tahoe Basin

Gardening for fire defensible space serves to limit the threat of wildfire spreading to or from a structure. It includes the selection and maintenance of plants and mulch for low fire risk. Sustainable fire-wise landscaping should be easy to care for with minimal irrigation.

A Tahoe Friendly Garden will utilize science-based knowledge and practice with climate and growing seasons, soil conditions, moisture, and pest control can help you grow your own vegetables and become self-sufficient! Home-grown food: food gardening at altitude in Lake Tahoe's granite soils can pres...

The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE program in the Central Sierra operates in four counties, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne. Our nutrition education team works out of offices in Placerville, South Lake Tahoe, Sutter Creek, San Andreas, and Sonora.

Tahoe Friendly Garden Presentations Tahoe Friendly Landscape Design 2023 Tahoe Friendly Garden Design 2023 Choosing the Right Plant Tahoe Friendly Gardening for Defensible Space Gardening through the seasons -- Spring in Tahoe 2019 Gardening through the seasons--Summer in Tahoe 2019 Gardening throug...

Office Location: 1100 Lyons Ave, Room D-3, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Nutrition Educators: Alejandra Giron agiron@ucanr.edu Cristina Luquin cnluquin@ucanr.

Most gardening books, catalogs, and seed packets refer to plant hardiness zones, climate zones, or growing zones. Temperature hardiness climate zones are based on normally expected high and low temperatures and serve as guides to help you know which plants will grow where you live.

ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture - Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, is a trusted source of sustainable agriculture information and maintains a knowledge base of practical multimedia resources for farmers, ranchers, and educators.

Advice to grow by Ask us! Thank you for your interest in the Tahoe Friendly Garden Project. It is a non-regulatory, voluntary sign-up administered by the UC Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe.

Across California, the University of Californias Cooperative Extension offices are problem-solving centersthe bridge between local issues and the power of UC research. Our county-based staff is part of the community; we live and work in the areas we serve.

List of Upcoming Lake Tahoe Basin EventsEvent Highlight: Nursery Talks with a Master Gardener SeriesThe wonderful folks at Aspen Hollow Nursery have invited the UC Master Gardeners of the Lake Tahoe Basin to present on some great topics! Coming up next isShade Gardening:  June 29th from 12-1pm at Aspen…