Calaveras

UC Central Sierra multi-county partnership includes staff and advisors in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado-including South Lake Tahoe, and Tuolumne Counties. Our programs include 4-H, CalFresh Healthy Living, Farm Advisors (Agriculture, Integrated Pest Management, Livestock, Natural Resources), Forestry, Fire,…

Keep an eye on the weather report - protect frost-tender plants when the temperature falls below 32 degrees. Divide perennials like daylilies and chrysanthemums. Prune crepe myrtles, cane berries, and roses, and clean-up trimmings.

UC Cooperative Extension provides information about weed control, native grasses, oak woodland conservation and ranch water quality to landowners, ranchers and others concerned with rangeland conservation in the Central Sierra Foothill Counties.

Select your county, below on the right, to get more information on applying to their Master Gardener training program. Contribute to your community every year Master Gardeners contribute several thousand hours of volunteer service educating our communities about sustainable gardening.

The Calaveras County Master Gardeners are dedicated to educating the public about UC research based information relating to home horticulture, including basic gardening, pest management, site-specific planting, fruit & vegetable gardening and other topics.

The foothills of the Sierra Nevada have a diversity of growing regions. Throughout the region, farmers have been successful in growing many different types of agricultural commodities.

Aquatic Gardens, Not Aquatic Pests: How to Practice Responsible Water Gardening Composting is Good for Your Garden and the Environment Deer Resistant Plant List for Central Sierra - Fact: There are no deer resistant plants.

Winegrapes homepage with basic information regarding wine grape production in the foothills

Open Garden Days 251 South Barretta St., Sonora First Saturday of the month (Feb- Nov) 10:00am 1:00pm Open Garden Days are an opportunity to roam the Garden, watch what we are doing, find out what we are growing, attend a demonstration and ask questions about your garden and landscape.

The Central Sierra foothills is full of many different micro-climates as well as elevations, which lends to the many different varieties of orchard crops grown throughout the region.