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  • Did you know winter is the perfect time to put in a low-water landscape?  And January is the perfect time to plant fruit trees and berries?  In December, you can learn where we'll teach these topics. The classes meet once a week for two hours in the evening.  See our Adult Education Page for details to register.
  • Fall Vegetable Plant Sale! -- Visit us at the Harvest Festival on October 3, 10 am to 4 pm at Prusch Farm Park, 647 South King Road, San Jose for our annual sale of cool season vegetables.  October is a great time to plant broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, peas, spinach, beets, chard, kale and other greens.  Learn more on our Event page.
  • The Loma Prietan, a publication of the local Sierra Club chapter, recently featured master gardener Susan Zaslaw.  The article talks about the ins and outs of vegetable gardening.
  • Cool Season Vegetables - varieties that do well here
  • We are pleased to announce new Warm and Cool Season Vegetable Planting Guidelines that explain when to seed and when to plant various vegetables year round.  There is a PDF version for printing too.
  • Cookbooks: Crazy for Citrus and Chile Head Sampler are both available now!
  • Read the latest "Ask a Master Gardener" column, originally published in the San Jose Mercury News.
  • There's still a quarantine due to the light brown apple moth in portions of Santa Clara County. Visit the Santa Clara County web site for more information. Residents are asked not to move plants or produce from their home gardens within the quarantine area.
  • Support the Master Gardeners by making a donation.

Becoming a Master Gardener

Are you interested in becoming a Master Gardener? The next application process will be in summer of 2010.  If you:

  • are a Santa Clara County resident who would enjoy sharing gardening knowledge, and
  • want to learn more sustainable gardening practices,

then you might be a good fit for the program. If you think it sounds interesting, learn more about the process and call us to be notified about information meetings for the 2011 class.

MG Handbook

The California Master Gardener Handbook is an invaluable reference tool for all California gardeners. It's available for sale on-line or in our San Jose office.
MG Handbook