Giving Tuesday is November 29, 2022

Giving Tuesday is November 29, 2022! Please join us in this opportunity to give to your local UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program. Your dollars are used locally to make our county a better place.

Thanks to generous donations from individuals like you, as well as in-kind donations and funding from sponsors, our Sensory Garden has been installed! In fact, the last landscaping step, adding mulch, will be done by volunteers on Giving Tuesday!

We removed old landscaping and revamped the broken irrigation system for the Sensory Garden space. Grover Landscaping donated time to help with irrigation, and Master Gardener volunteers learned how to install drip irrigation.

These photos show our Master Gardeners installing drip irrigation donated by Hunter Industries, and plants donated by Frantz Nursery.

Where can I see the Sensory Garden?

This garden is located on the east side of the Stanislaus Building, at the main entryway. The garden will be used

to teach classes on drip irrigation and low water use landscaping. It will also be a place where employees and visitors can relax on benches we plan to install later.

The Pollinator Garden

Thanks to a generous donation from the West Stanislaus Resource Conservation District, we are starting our Pollinator Garden. The Great Valley Seed Company donated milkweed seeds which will be planted in the garden, too. Next week, volunteers will be installing irrigation and planting.

How You Can Help

Any amount you can donate helps us grow our gardens and our program! The purpose of the gardens is to showcase low-water use plants the public can see anytime. In addition, the areas will be used as outdoor classrooms to teach topics such as drip irrigation, pollinator gardening, plant identification, low water use gardening, and more!

We also plan to install a pollinator hedgerow to showcase plants farmers can use in rows along their property to provide food for pollinators, in addition to helping keep dust levels low and create privacy. The garden will also include plants for pollinators, especially the endangered monarch butterfly.

Our Goal

We are looking to raise $5,000 to help with irrigation installation, tools, seeds, and other needed materials. We are a 501 c (3), so your donation is tax-deductible. https://ucanr.edu/sites/givingtuesday/ This site allows you to give by credit card. (A fee is taken for the use of a credit card.) If you would prefer to give by check, make your check out to “UC Regents” and mail it to:

UCCE Master Gardener Program
3800 Cornucopia Way, Ste A
Modesto, CA 95358

Thanks for your support!