Planting for Beneficial Insects: How to Make a Habitat Garden - Tora Rocha. Learn how to build a pollinator friendly habitat garden with native and locally-sourced plants. A large number of flowering plants rely on an animal for pollination, successful seed set, and fruit growth. Even self-fertile plants like tomatoes or plants that are typically wind-pollinated, […]

Mission Blue Nursery, a native plant nursery operated by the local non-profit San Bruno Mountain Watch, is having its summer plant sale from 10am to 3pm on June 18th! All the plants grown at Mission Blue Nursery are native to the hills, canyons, creeks, dunes, wetlands, woodlands, and meadows of beautiful San Bruno Mountain! You’ll […]

Converting Your Lawn to a Regenerative Landscape - Kim O’Cain. In these days of water rationing, it can be overwhelming to know where to start when rethinking whether to keep your lawn. Discover ways to remove your lawn and design your dream yard with water-waving irrigation and whole systems practices for beauty and function. Get maintenance […]

Lawn Conversion Instructor:  Juanita Salisbury Host:  City of Millbrae How to develop and maintain a beautiful lawn during a drought. How to plant new trees during a drought – what types thrive in our environment? Click here for more information 

Join us for this Master Gardeners talk on how to create and maintain a bountiful summer garden. Learn how to grow fresh produce in a natural friendly habitat that welcomes song birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects. You will also learn how to manage pests big and small without the use of pesticides. This is a virtual program. You will […]

Contact: mgsmsf@ucanr.edu Sponsor: Master Gardeners of San Mateo & SF Counties Details: In-person UC Master Gardener Plant Clinics are back at the San Mateo Arboretum Society (SMAS)! Come anytime between 11am - 2pm for this walk-in plant clinic.  Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems.  Bring […]

Come anytime between 11am - 2pm for this walk-in plant clinic.  Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems.  Bring samples of your problem plants for better diagnosis. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. MG […]

Description:  Come learn the basics of growing plants from seed along with some tips and hacks that make it cheaper and easier to be successful. Presenter Master Gardener:  Judith Dean Bio:  Trained as a Master Gardener in 2006 by the University of California Cooperative Extension program.  Additional training in plant propagation at Foothill College, San Francisco […]

Description:  It’s time to plant your fall vegetables!  In this introductory class, you’ll learn how to select seeds and seedlings that are most suited to your climate and conditions.  Then you’ll learn how to plant seeds and seedlings and how to nurture them to yield the most bountiful fall and winter harvests.  As a bonus, you’ll […]

Description:  It’s time to plant your fall vegetables!  In this introductory class, you’ll learn how to select seeds and seedlings that are most suited to your climate and conditions.  Then you’ll learn how to plant seeds and seedlings and how to nurture them to yield the most bountiful fall and winter harvests.  As a bonus, you’ll […]