Gardens By Type

Top tips for a successful vegetable garden: Choose a flat, sunny location with well-drained soil. Vegetables need at a minimum of 6–8 hours of sun. Full sun is best. Prepare your soil well before you plant. Thoroughly remove all weeds, dig to loosen the soil, and amend with compost and fertilizer as needed…

Join us for these great gardening talks and get your questions answered afterward. Talks will be held outdoors on our parcel. Most will last about 45 minutes. Let our free Plant Sitting booth watch your purchases while you attend talks or visit the gardens.

Grow food sustainably in your Sonoma County garden year-round while building the health of your garden environment using sustainable gardening principles described by Master Gardener food garden experts

Spring & Summer Gardening 2022 Spring & Summer Vegetables (2021)Develop a Vegetable Garden in a Small Backyard (2024) Develop a Vegetable Garden in a Small Backyard Handout All About Berries (2024) All About Berries Class Outline All About Berries Resources Edible Landscaping Presentation (2016) Edi...

Fall Garden Fair vegetable descriptions. In Santa Clara County, we can grow delicious vegetables year round. Our cool season lets us grow vegetables that are typically grown as early spring vegetables elsewhere in the U.S.

Belgian endive can be successfully grown in Santa Clara County as a cool weather green. The plants need to be started in the summer. In late fall, they are harvested, trimmed, and transplanted into damp sand where they are kept cool and dark. Six plants will yield weekly salad greens from December through…

Food Gardening Tasks and Tips for each month in Sonoma County home gardeners. Click on the month for the list of key tasks for a healthy food garden.

Beekeeping - Plant List (2016) Backyard Beekeeping Presentation (2016) Backyard Beekeeping Handout (2016) Bringing Birds into the Garden Handout Bringing Birds into the Garden Presentation Eco-Gardening - Attracting Pollinators and Beneficials (2018)...

Fall Garden Fair ornamentals descriptions. Some cool season ornamentals bloom in the winter while others grow slowly then explode into flower for fabulous spring blooms. Plant in September through October for beautiful bouquets in a few months.

Master Gardeners offer classes on Growing Food in Tahoe during the summer months in Lake Tahoe. Listed below are some of our prior presentations on some specific edible plants.