Garden And Landscape Design

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Cottage Garden

The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. There's never been a time when cottage gardening has been more relevant than it is today - it's small-scale, natural and organic, has a very positive effect on the environment and we can all do it ourselves. If, you're looking for plants that…
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Seedlings, sunflower, and pomegranates represent spring, summer, and fall in the garden/
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Garden Guide Extras

The Guide is full of information to help you on your gardening journey. Besides a wide range of articles, the weekly journal layout includes information pertinent for that week. The appendix is a helpful reference on planting, insects, and orchards. Get tips on how to customize and to use it.
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hummingbird
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Creating Habitats

Be part of a wildlife corridor between islands of natural habitat. Photo: Courtesy of UC Regents Habitat gardens provide connectivity Your garden can be a place for pollinators and insects to stop and refuel as they travel through urban, suburban, and wildland areas.
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Cool Summers

Yarrow (Achillea) performs in cool coastal settings, and the flowers provide perfect landing pads for butterflies.
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Banner water on leaves
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Irrigation: How to, How Much

Too much water is the most common cause of decline in landscape trees and shrubs, either through directly killing plants or making them more prone to disease. Too much watering can result in fertilizer runoff into storm drains and pollutes waterways.
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seedlings being watered by a mister
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Gardening Resources

The UC Master Gardener Program believes that gardening is not just about growing plants, but about cultivating healthier lives, stronger communities, and a more sustainable world.
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Recommended Landscape Plants for Sonoma County

Landscape Plants for Sonoma County We offer a number of plant lists to help you find the right plants for each place in your garden, or the right place for that plant you couldn't resist. The selection of plants on these lists is not intended to be exhaustive. There are many more plants that can be —…
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Perennials

Alstroemeria aurea 'Saturne'. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Perennials are flowering plants that live longer than two seasons. Some are evergreen; others die back at the end of the flowering season and then regrow from the same roots the following year. Perennials are dependable and easy.
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