Events
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Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
All about garlic! Master Gardener Susan Zaslaw will share her expertise on how to prepare your soil, choose varieties for our area, plant, cultivate and harvest your own delicious garlic varieties. As time allows, she will cover some tips on growing onions. | ||
11 / 4
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Come learn how to whip it into shape for the 21st century. Master Gardeners will talk about how to integrate low-water use and general sustainability principles in a good-looking home landscape. Fall is the perfect time to plant perennials! | ||
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11 / 7
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Walk and talk with Master Gardeners as they cut back, clean up and divide ornamental plants for the winter. A discussion of tool care will also be included. Followed by Open Garden from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | ||
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11 / 9
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Gardening year round is easy and rewarding in our mild Mediterranean
Topics include:soil preparation, amendments, and fertilizers; This class meets on six consecutive Monday evenings, November 9 - December 14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The course code is 227272. Click here to register online or call 408-522-2700. See http://ace.fuhsd.org for more information about the Sunnyvale-Cupertino Adult and Community Education program. | ||
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11 / 14
Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Master Gardener Bader Kudsi will discuss the principles of grafting fruit trees in detail at this introduction to grafting. Several types of grafts will be explained and demonstrated, as well as the reasons for grafting trees so as to have different fruit varieties on a single tree. Other topics include: what is a scion; rootstock and scion grafting compatibility of different families and varieties of fruit trees; the correct type of graft to use in each case; tools; the best time to graft; and post-operation care. Great for both the novice and a refresher for the advanced grafter. Handouts. No reservations necessary. See also the Propagation section in the UC Davis Home Orchard webpage for information about grafting: http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/general-prop.html. The California Rare Fruit Growers holds a Scion Exchange every January, where you can find scions to graft onto your existing trees, either free or very low cost. Check the Events Calendar in December for details on the upcoming scion exchange! 11 / 14
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Come join us for a free talk on composting with Master Gardener and Master Composter Ian Gerbode. Ian will cover the basic principals of composting, what goes in, what does not, where to locate the bin, what types of bins are available for purchase or ideas to make your own. We will learn how to manage the compost pile once it is established and how to harvest and use the finished product in your gardens. This is the season to revel in the glorious excess of the summer garden and build a thing of beauty (compost!) as a tribute to the soil that has sustained our summer bounty. We have harvested for ourselves; now it is time to nurture the soil. Seating is limited; please phone our office at 723-6450 during business hours or email ritab@metroed.net and leave your name and contact information and a request to attend the worksop. | ||
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11 / 24
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Fall is the best time to plant perennials, especially water-wise and drought-tolerant native plants and plants from Mediterranean climates. Join Master Gardeners for a talk on why this is and how to plant for best success. Need ideas for what to plant? Plant options will be discussed and we'll have a water-wise plant list handout. | ||
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12 / 5
Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Join Master Gardeners in free centerpiece workshops - two workshops this year due to high demand! (There is a $3 fee for one person or $10 for a family to the Heritage Holiday but there is no additional fee.) Plant materials, containers and oasis (green foam material used to anchor plant materials) are provided. See the Heritage Holiday webpage for more details on this day-long festival, which includes in addition to the Master Gardener centerpiece workshops
12 / 5
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Even in late fall, the garden is beautiful and has much to share. It's time to do some planning and thinking about bare root planting. Join Master Gardeners for a great time in the garden and learn about purchasing and planting bare root trees, shrubs and perennials for edible and ornamental gardens. Plants grown from bare root often are more vigorous and healthy and it is much less expensive to buy a bare root plant than a nursery plant in a 5-gallon or 10-gallon pot. | ||
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12 / 12
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
This annual workshop is so popular, we’ve added an additional time slot. Join us in the morning at 10 a.m. or in the afternoon at 1:30 p.m. for a two-hour hands-on workshop. Get ready for the holidays the old-fashioned way by making your own wreath to adorn your front door! Master Gardener Milli Wright and friends will show us how to look through our gardens and parks to find unusual items that can be incorporated into the wreaths. After a basic design lesson, and examples of other clever projects, you will be ready to create your own personal gift for your home. All basic materials will be provided, but if you have some special greenery, lights or ornaments that you would like to incorporate onto your wreath, feel free to bring them along. 12 / 12
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Master Gardener Bader Kudsi will again share his knowledge of grafting at our free World Garden Workshop. Grafting allows gardeners and farmers to grow more than one variety of fruit on their trees. Sometimes a tree that has become non-productive can be recharged through grafting. In the art of grafting, Bader is a master craftsman. Come learn how to collect scion wood from one tree and graft it onto another to extend the harvest by growing fruits that ripen at different times. Bader will teach us how collect and store the scion wood, when and how to graft and how to care for the graft for the best chance of success. To sign up for the workshop, please phone our office during regular business hours (408) 723-6450 or email ritab@metroed.net. Space is limited and this workshop has been very popular. 12 / 12
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm
This annual workshop is so popular, we’ve added an additional time
Get ready for the holidays the old-fashioned way by making your own | ||
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