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Ask a Master Gardener at Our Garden

Oct 2, 2024

Ask a Master Gardener table at Our Garden in Walnut Creek.

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Ask a Master Gardener at Our Garden

Jun 5, 2024

Ask a Master Gardener table at Our Garden in Walnut Creek.

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Moraga Farmers Market

Oct 13, 2024

Come and get your gardening questions answered while you shop for local produce! The Moraga Farmers Market will have UC Master Gardeners available to the public every second Sunday from 9 am to 1 pm, April through October. Advice to Grow By...

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Kensington Farmers Market

Sep 1, 2024

Come and get your gardening questions answered while you shop for local produce! The Kensington Farmers' Market will have UC Master Gardeners available to the public every first Sunday from 9 am to 2 pm, April through October. Advice to Grow By...

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Concord Farmers Market

Jul 2, 2024

Come and get your gardening questions answered while you shop for local produce! The Concord Farmers' Market will have UC Master Gardeners available to the public every first Tuesday from 10am to 2pm, April through October. Advice to Grow By...

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Alameda Master Gardener Coordinator Talks Climate Change on KQED's Forum with Alexis Madrigal

June 16, 2025

By Andrew Miller

As climate change in California becomes more palpable, local gardeners are feeling the literal heat. In a recent episode of KQED Forum, host Alexis Madrigal brought together a panel of gardening experts to discuss how rising temperatures, inconsistent rainfall, and urban microclimates are reshaping the…

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A small group of young people tinker with a drone

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Drone Camps to help teens’ interest in science take off

June 4, 2025

This July and August, teens ages 13 to 18 are invited to attend a free Youth Drone Camp at locations across the Bay Area and Northern California. The camps, organized by California 4-H, will be held July 7-11 in San Jose, July 21-25 in Napa and Aug. 4-8 in Redding.

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The buds shown on the walnut branches are male flowers called catkins

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UC scientists ask walnut trees: When do you need to be irrigated?

April 16, 2025

By Trina Kleist

UC scientists are working with growers in Tehama, Butte, Lake, Amador, Contra Costa, Stanislaus and Yolo counties to test a new way of measuring the irrigation needs of walnut trees. Shackel and team think this new method will allow growers to use less water by not irrigating early in the season, and trees…

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2025 National 4-H Beekeeping Essay Competition

March 18, 2025

2025 National 4-H Beekeeping Essay CompetitionSponsored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Honeybees, Inc.CA State deadline is April 14, 2025.Submit your complete essay entry by April 14, 2025 to Gemma Miner at gmminer@ucanr.edu.Theme: The Importance of Youth in Beekeeping: How 4-H members can make a…

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