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Butte County Master Gardeners share research based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices through workshops, presentations, and programs.

Spring & Summer Gardening 2022 Spring & Summer Vegetables (2021)Develop a Vegetable Garden in a Small Backyard (2024) Develop a Vegetable Garden in a Small Backyard Handout All About Berries (2024) All About Berries Class Outline All About Berries Resources Edible Landscaping Presentation (2016) Edi...

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...

Gardening resources on a wide variety of topics.

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...

Fire-resiliency: Hardening Your Home and Defensible Space PresentationCreate and Maintain a Firewise Landscape Presentation Fire Wise Landscape Notes Culinary Herbs - From Garden to Gourmet 2019 Edible Landscaping Presentation (2016) Edible Landscaping Handout - Resources Edible Landscaping Handout...

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.

Beekeeping - Plant List (2016) Backyard Beekeeping Presentation (2016) Backyard Beekeeping Handout (2016) Bringing Birds into the Garden Handout Bringing Birds into the Garden Presentation Eco-Gardening - Attracting Pollinators and Beneficials (2018)...

Compost: A recipe for mudpies Start with Your Soil Yard Waste is Not Wasted Yard Waste is Not Wasted - Part Two Edible Landscaping, part 1 Edible Landscaping, part 2 Growing Food in Tahoe - A Christmas Valley Family Garden Growing Food in Tahoe - Workshops: A Year in Review Let's Talk Herbs Onion Ph...

Summer Orchard Care (2024) Citrus from Tree to Table (2023) Growing Olives (2017) Online Olive Resources (2017) Pruning & Remedial Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees (2012) Selecting & Planting Deciduous Fruit Trees/Citrus Trees Principles of Fruit and Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management - T.