Plant Selection

  Join the UC Master Gardeners of the Lake Tahoe Basin for an essential workshop dedicated to fall garlic planting. Learn to successfully plant and overwinter garlic so you can enjoy a bountiful harvest next summer. A limited quantity of garlic seeds will be available to purchase for $5, cash or…

Fall is the perfect time to save seeds from your healthiest plants for future crops and blooms. In this presentation, we’ll discuss which seeds you should be saving and how to do so.  Next, we’ll share how to sow them in the future. Lastly, we’ll walk through best practices in starting seeds in…

Do you love native plants and wonder how you can enjoy them on your patio or in your smaller garden?  Join UC Master Gardener of El Dorado County and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) member Dolores Morrison to discover how to evaluate your yard to establish a native landscape, how to select and…

2026 Plant Sale  The UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County are happy to bring you the annual plant sale! Saturday, April 25 is the ornamentals sale. Buy trees, shrubs, grasses, succulents, native and perennial plants nurtured by UC Master Gardener volunteers in our backyards for your…

Your best vegetable garden starts now It's time to prepare the garden for the delicious vegetables you want to grow this year. Master Gardener Zack Dowell will discuss garden plant selection, planting times, site selection, soil preparation, proper seed planting techniques, and pest management. 

Do you love native plants and wonder how you can enjoy them on your patio or in your smaller garden? Join Master Gardener and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) member Dolores Morrison to discover how to evaluate your yard to establish a native landscape, how to select and maintain plants, how to group…

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…

Join us for Under the Spell of Succulents Public Workshop on Sat, April 12 from 10 - 12 noon. Our speaker is Roz Tampone, UC Master Gardener of Fresno County Topics covered will be: How to grow and care for succulents in your garden and containers and more

2025 Spring Plant Give and Take The Plant Give and Take event is a FREE event for all community members to exchange plants and other garden items, presented by the Merced Colony Grange with volunteer help from UC Master Gardener Program of Merced County.