Growing your own food is satisfying, healthy, and delicious! This workshop focuses on selecting the best available site in your garden for growing vegetables; determining whether to plant in the ground or in raised beds; preparing the site; irrigation requirements; garden planning; and, finally, planting and…
Hosted by the Oroville Botanic Garden & Education Center, this one-day festival brings together live performances, educational presentations, hands-on activities for kids, local vendors, and opportunities to learn more about caring for our urban forest. UC Master Gardeners of Butte County will be…
Offered in partnership with OLLI. This presentation will cover fire behavior, State guidelines for defensible space, and how to create and maintain a defensible space around your home through a lens of land stewardship. We will walk through a mock home fire-safety assessment and the three zones of…
Celebrate the start of spring with fun spring crafts, games, bounce houses, a scavenger hunt, and get your annual photo op with the Easter Bunny.Starting at 11am the UC Master Gardeners of Butte County's The Living Lab team will engage children and families in two activities during the Spring Jamboree—making…
Grafting and budding are methods of plant propagation that join parts of different plants so that they will grow as one plant. Nearly all fruit trees are grown on rootstocks that have been selected to overcome soil problems. The scion cultivar is typically budded onto the rootstock. These techniques are used…
There is nothing peskier than vertebrate pests in the garden. Join us to gain some knowledge about how to deal with these critters that plague your yard. We will also have a Master Gardener available to show you exactly how to set gopher traps.
Tom Hansen will explain what to do throughout the year to keep your fruit trees healthy and ensure the best crops. Tom has more than 50 fruit trees growing at his home and has worked as an orchard manager.
