San Mateo-San Francisco

Dealing with Pests: Integrated Pest Management Description: Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, is a sustainable approach to pest control.

How to Start a Vegetable Garden Description: Join us for this hands-on beginner workshop to learn how to start a home vegetable garden. We'll introduce a broad range of topics, such as soil health, compost as an organic fertilizer, crop planning, direct seeding and seedlings, and maintenance items.

Event Name: Growing Cool Season Vegetables on the SF Peninsula Description: Cool season vegetable gardening is different from planting a summer garden. Not difficult but you do need to pay a bit more attention to temperature and growing conditions.

Master Gardener Information Table at Gifts at the Garden Description: Master Gardeners will be staffing an information table at Gifts of the Garden, at the SF Botanical Garden.

Growing Orchids - Tips for the San Francisco and Bay Area Climates Description: Learn about cool, temperate and tropical zone orchids and which are best for your climate.

Please visit the UC Master Gardener education table at the Serramonte Farmers Market. Master Gardener volunteers will be available to answer questions regarding plants, planting techniques, garden pests and more.

Master Gardener Education Table at the Divisadero Farmers' Market Please visit the UC Master Gardener education table at the Divisadero Farmers Market. Master Gardener volunteers will be available every third Sunday to answer questions regarding plants, planting techniques, garden pests and more.

Master Gardener Plant Clinic at the San Mateo Arboretum Description: Come anytime between 12:00 to 3:00 pm for this walk-in plant clinic. UC Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems.

Growing Orchids - Tips for the San Francisco and Bay Area Climates Description: Learn about cool, temperate and tropical zone orchids and which are best for your climate.

Class description: In this workshop, you will learn about the many different type of roses, why some roses are better for propagating than others and the different ways to propagate depending on the season. Master Gardener Yvonne Liu will demonstrate rose propagation by stem cutting.