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Spring Garden Maintenance: Protecting Bird HabitatLearn practical ways to care for your spring garden while protecting the birds that rely on it. 🐦🌱 As we undertake Spring landscape maintenance, it's good to keep in mind how our local birds use our gardens for food and shelter. Join Cabrillo…

Regenerative Soil Techniques for the Home Gardener Learn practical, regenerative soil techniques you can use in your own yard or containers to grow healthier plants and support a more resilient local environment.In this workshop, you’ll explore what makes soil truly “alive” and how to build it using…

Portable Edible Gardens: Grow Food AnywhereCurious about growing your own food but short on space—or not sure where to start? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll build your own portable edible garden using a simple grow bag system designed for patios, balconies, or small outdoor spaces.You’ll choose from a…

Protect your spring and summer vegetable garden with practical, environmentally sound pest management strategies. In this third class of our Vegetable Growing series, you’ll learn to identify common garden pests — from insects and other invertebrates to vertebrate visitors — and recognize the type of damage…

Summer at Pinto Lake: What's Thriving NowExplore what’s growing at the Pinto Lake Demonstration Garden this summer 🌱 Join a guided, small-group walk through the garden, stopping at different areas where Master Gardeners share what’s growing and answer your questions.As you move through vegetable beds,…