Gardening

Home gardeners often face complicated landscape choices, including aging lawns and fire-prone landscapes that may require more water than the region can sustain.  Master Gardeners of OC is pleased to introduce Amelia Herndon‑Steen, Landscape Architect with Santa Margarita Water District, as she…

Join us on the first Saturday of each month for a morning of outdoor fun at the Monarch Nature Trail in Huntington Beach.  Learn about Orange County's butterfly population as well as the native plants they depend on for survival. Volunteer tasks for all ages include watering, seed collection,…

How to bring wildlife to your garden Part of a well-balanced garden space includes having various types of wildlife in and around your garden area.   No matter the size of your garden, you can make places that many types of creatures will come to enjoy the water, food or shelter that you could be…

 DISCOVER THE FASCINATING WORLD OF HONEY BEES! LEARN WHY THESE POLLINATORS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HOW TO HAVE YOUR OWN POLLINATOR GARDEN AT HOME. THIS FUN AND EDUCATIONAL EVENT IS PERFECT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!

UC IPM's website has undergone some design and navigation changes lately to improve the overall look and make it more accessible. Join this webinar to learn about the new changes to the Home & Landscape section, how to navigate the website, and what other improvements are coming.

The Palo Alto Demonstration Garden is open to the public every Saturday morning, 10 am–12 noon, from May through October, with Master Gardeners on site to answer your gardening questions.

This webinar is part of the UC Ag Experts Talk series. Dr. Bodil Cass, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, will discuss spider mite control in dates. More details to come...One DPR CE unit (other) and one CCA CE unit (IPM) will be requested.  

This webinar is part of the UC Ag Experts Talk series. Dr. Sandipa Gautam, Area Citrus IPM Advisor, UC Statewide IPM Program, UC ANR, will provide an overview of commonly encountered citrus scale pests in the San Joaquin Valley, with a focus on California red scale, citricola scale, and cottony cushion scale…

This webinar is part of the UC Ag Experts Talk series. Dr. Zheng Wang, University of California Cooperative Extension in Stanislaus County, will cover information on effective use of Trichoderma-containing biofungicides for preventative measurements toward soil fungal pathogens mainly in processing tomatoes…

Join Master Gardeners at the Montecito Library for an event on: Container Gardening. The Topics covered will be: Benefits of container gardening and Challenges, What to plant in containers,  How to care for containers including soil, water and fertilizer.