Gardening

Join Master Gardeners in a garden workshop on Native Plants in Your GardenWe will cover how to landscape with beautiful, hardy native plants to transform your yard and bring in pollinators! Presentation will be followed by a MG-led walking tour of the SYV Botanic Garden.May 30, 2026 |  9:30AM…

Join Master Gardeners in a garden workshop on Native Plants in Your GardenWe will cover how to landscape with beautiful, hardy native plants to transform your yard and bring in pollinators! Presentation will be followed by a MG-led walking tour of the SYV Botanic Garden.May 30, 2026 |  9:30AM…

Roses are popular ornamentals in many home gardens and are usually healthy when grown in an optimal spot and well-cared for. But roses can be infected with plant diseases and suffer from disorders. What do you do when your roses don't look good? Is it a disease? A disorder? Learn how to tell a disease apart…

What do you do when your roses don't look good? Learn how to tell a disease apart from a disorder and what to do about both.

Turn waste into a nutrient rich organic material for your garden. Join Master Gardener Cindy Young to learn how compost provides valuable nutrients for your garden soil.  Compost also helps retain moisture, which saves water, suppresses weeds, prevents soil erosion, and loosens compacted soils for…

Learn to save seeds from beautiful gardens.  Join us for a leisurely stroll through the various and beautiful Gardens of Sherwood.  We will help you gather seeds from selected plants to take home and try in your own yard.  Learn about tried-and-true seed saving techniques. Includes flowers,…

Come attend our new hands-on photo class.  Tips and tricks for using your phone as your camera. We will be discussing lighting, focal area, composition, framing and leading lines. After the class we will tour our 16 themed gardens in search of beautiful flowers, plants and insects to practice what you…

Learn how to deal with deer, voles, and gophers in your garden.   First, we’ll dig into the biology of each; what they eat, where they live, how they reproduce and how to identify them.  We’ll look at what they like/dislike, when they are most active, and the damage they can cause.  Then…

Now is the time to plan for homegrown vegetables into the winter! Would you like to continue to harvest luscious, home-grown vegetables even after the heat of summer subsides?  If so, now is the time to plant for a fall and winter harvest.  Learn how to grow a successful winter vegetable…

Join Us at Our New Home — Los Guilicos Demonstration and Teaching Garden!The UC Master Gardener Succulent Propagation Team has moved, and we're celebrating with a free event.Come hear an introductory talk on succulents and discover how these beautiful, drought-tolerant plants can thrive in your Sonoma County…