Gardening

Here are recommended tools and basic pruning techniques for maintaining the health of a plant and for accentuating key attributes, such as leaves, bark, branch structure, flowers, fruit, or other desirable characteristics. Bypass pruners or shears BYPASS SHEARS Bypass shears are like scissors.

Compost benefits the garden as well as the environment. Photo: Pixabay.com The process of composting is good for your garden and for the environment. Home composting allows gardeners to recycle organic material while conserving landfill space and reducing reliance on fossil fuel.

Soils and Fertilizers. Thanks for stopping by! We're always planting new ideas and growing fresh content - come back soon to see what’s blooming.

Our office volunteers are available to answer your home gardening questions. Office hours: 9 amNoon, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Phone: 530-621-5512 to leave messages Email: mgeldorado@ucanr.

The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. The All Stars Garden includes a variety of some of the UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars from ground covers to shrubs and trees that have low water needs and like full sun. All-Stars were determined through trial tests by UC Davis to be reliable…

The next UCCE Placer County Master Gardener volunteer training is scheduled for 2024.

We offer private, docent-guided tours of our demonstration garden in Loomis, California. This is a great way to learn about how the garden came to be, how we decided what plants to feature, and the best gardening practices we use.

Links to information on gardening and irrigation, water-wise plants and landscaping, and water-wise living.

Select topics for additional information. Selections include vegetable gardening basics, herb gardening basics, fruit tree pruning, growing transplants from seeds, seed saving, watering hydrophobic soil, avoiding and dealing with frost damage, and tool care tips.

Are you a Santa Clara County resident who wants to learn more about science-based, sustainable gardening practices and would enjoy sharing that knowledge with the home gardening public? If so, we encourage you to join the UC Master Gardeners!