UC Master Gardener Program

August is peak tomato season—AND it’s also the perfect time to plan your fall garden! Cool-season vegetables are a smart choice—they are watered by winter rains, attract fewer pests, and require less effort overall. In this hands-on workshop you’ll learn how to start your own seedlings of cool-season crops…

Learn how your own backyard garden can make a difference in keeping our world healthy. The activities you undertake in your garden can significantly influence our environment. By learning and implementing strategies, you can contribute to providing food, water, and shelter for beneficial insects and birds…

Are you curious about the plants that would be best suited for your garden? Perhaps you’re wondering which ones to avoid altogether. In this workshop, we’ll provide you with valuable resources that will assist you in finding the ideal plants for your garden. We’ll also share tips on how to successfully plant…

How healthy is your soil? For this workshop, you’ll need to bring a sealed Ziploc-type bag containing one cup of soil you’ve collected from your garden. During the workshop, we’ll analyze the different soil samples and assess their drainage. We’ll also discuss potential soil amendments and their impact…

Join Master Gardener Mint Pasakdee, who will share tips on how to become a successful gardener. You will learn about creating healthy soil, using a seasonality checklist, making plant selections, using appropriate weed and pest controls, and much more. Bring your gardening questions to learn from this…

The first step in designing your garden is to thoroughly understand your garden site.During this workshop, we’ll conduct a site analysis of the library’s surroundings using tools and techniques that you can apply in your own garden. We’ll guide you through assessing the amount of sunlight you receive and how…

UC Master Gardeners will staff an education table at the annual Disaster Preparedness Day sponsored by the San Mateo County Department of Emergency Management. This free event provides resources, classes and interactive demonstrations on first aid, emergency preparedness, fire safety and more. Stop by…

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department's Urban Agriculture Program provides FREE materials for the backyard gardener, community gardener, or urban farmer through regularly scheduled Garden Resource Days. These events offer Lyngso organic compost, mulch, vegetable starts, a wide variety of…

Plumerias! Maybe the most coveted of the tropical flowers grown and blooming now in Southern California! While more likely identified as Hawaiian being a favorite flower for leis, they are actually endemic to Mexico and Central America. But any tropical environment in the world is ideal for the growing…

July! Getting hotter right? This week on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners radio show, Teena and Katrina bring you another new monthly tips and tricks program with things to plan for this month of July.  Each month, we talk about the changing water requirements in your garden. More so this…