Gardening

The Shade Garden is under the canopy of mature oaks along one edge of the Sherwood Demonstration Garden. If you are looking for help with a shade garden the UC Master Gardeners can help.

The Placer County Master Gardeners are also Master Composters! They want to help you turn your organic materials into the best soil amendment on earth: compost!! Please check our events calendar on the home page for composting workshops coming up.

Heritage Rose & Native Plant Garden- Heritage roses & California natives make good neighbors Come see us any TUESDAY morning Or visit during various community events held throughout the year. Visit Mother Lode Land Trust event calendar for available dates: https://www.motherlodelandtrust.org/events …

UC Master Gardeners of Butte County offers workshops in a variety of topics during the spring and fall months.

Rhubarb is a perennial grown for its tart, edible stalks. The stalks may be mostly green, green speckled/striped with red, or mostly red. Rhubarb requires sufficient winter chill to break dormancy in the spring. Some varieties, especially the red ones, may not receive enough winter chill in Santa Clara…

Fall Gardening Fair talks schedule. Use our free Plant Daycare for your purchases, then join us for these great gardening talks and get your questions answered afterward. Talks are held outdoors in various areas on our parcel and will be about 45 minutes long.

Lavender has many uses in the home garden. It can be a hedge, border, or part of an herb garden. In culinary use, lavender flowers are used in herbal teas and desserts. There are many more uses for lavender in fragrances, potpourris and sachets, oils, and aromatherapy. The various cultivars of lavender…

Three popular varieties of sorrel are garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa), French sorrel (R. scutatus), and red veined sorrel (R. sanguineus). French sorrel is the preferred variety for culinary use. It grows throughout Europe, in almost all soils and situations. The arrow shaped leaves have a bright, lemony…

Upcoming events for the UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County. Our talks and courses are geared to local residents. If you live elsewhere, your local Master Gardener program may have more relevant information.

The Santa Clara Master Gardeners send a monthly email with gardening tips and a listing of upcoming events. If you’d like to receive the email, use the form on this page to sign up.