Herbs and Edible Gardening (Online)
Online CA, United StatesJust a few pots of homegrown herbs will enhance your gardens, meals, and health. Learn the basics of growing, harvesting and using culinary herbs and edible flowers. Propagate your plants from seeds, cuttings, transplants and divisions. Integrate your herbs and edible flowers in your native landscapes, vegetable gardens and containers. Maintain, harvest, use or preserve […]
Good Bug, Bad Bug on Edible Plants (Online)
Online CA, United StatesThis class is part of the UC Master Gardeners Series. Before you grab insecticide to rid your vegetable garden from all those creeping, crawling, flying bugs, learn to separate the "good bugs" from the "bad bugs". You will learn how to identify the most common and destructive pests on edible plants and how to identify […]
Weed Identification Webinar (Online)
Online CA, United StatesWelcome to the new UC Statewide IPM Program urban and community webinar series! Join us at 1:00pm on the third Thursday of every month to learn more about pest identification, management, and using pesticides around the home and garden. Webinars will run for one hour. This series is free and open to the public but advance […]
Taller de Jardinería de Verano (Online)
Online CA, United StatesEl jardinero Jesús Jiménez demostrará una variedad de técnicas de jardinería de verano. Estará presentando desde Viveros, su jardín en East Palo Alto. Él nos mostrará diferentes técnicas de recolección, riego y manejo de plagas, y responderá cualquier pregunta que tenga sobre su jardín. Este taller será solo en español. Háganos saber si hay algún […]
Getting to Know Your Soil (Online)
Online CA, United StatesGetting to Know Your Soil – Part 1 (Part 2 will be on October 13th) In Part 1 of this series you will gain the knowledge and tools you need to understand the physical structure and function of your soil. We will define soil texture and structure and explore some techniques to determine your soil […]
School Garden Leaders Workshop (Online)
UC Master Gardener GEC at the San Mateo County Event Center 2495 S. Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA, United StatesDescription: School Garden Leaders! Come to this LIVE in person workshop to learn and share ideas in the beautiful Gardening Education Center at 2473 S. Delaware Ave in San Mateo. Featured topics include: - Grants for school gardens - 1st and 2nd grade curriculum - Competing with weeds - Classroom management Please come with specific questions […]
Identifying Insect Pests in the Home and Garden (Online)
Online CA, United StatesWelcome to the new UC Statewide IPM Program urban and community webinar series! Join us at 1:00pm on the third Thursday of every month to learn more about pest identification, management, and using pesticides around the home and garden. Webinars will run for one hour. This series is free and open to the public but advance […]
Drought Hacks: Tips for Converting Your Lawn to Water-Efficient Landscape (Online)
Online CA, United StatesTue Sep 21, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Open to the Public Registration Closes Tue Sep 21, 4:00 pm REGISTER HERE! Zoom WebinarDrought Hacks: Tips for Converting Your Lawn to Water-Efficient Landscape Alameda County Water District Instructor: Frank Niccoli The drought is here. Learn how you can replace your lawn with a water-efficient landscape that […]
Landscape Conversion 101
Online CA, United StatesLandscape Conversion 101 City of Hayward Instructor: Juanita Salisbury Do you want to convert your existing landscape into a more efficient and drought tolerant landscape but don't know where to start? Are you interested in reducing pollution runoff to the Bay and attracting pollinators? In this workshop you will learn how to convert your high […]
In-Person Advice from a Pest Management Expert
Home Depot San Mateo 2001 Chess Drive, San Mateo, CA, United StatesDo you ever wonder which pesticides are most environmentally friendly? Do you have questions about the least-toxic way to treat your garden's pest problem? On Saturday, September 25 from 10am to 2pm, our Pest Management Expert, Charlotte, will be tabling at the San Mateo Home Depot to answer all your pesticide and pest management questions! Stop […]