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Adult Education Courses
Download the flyer for Grow Your Own Vegetables - four Adult Education courses on Sustainable Vegetable Gardening, offered from February-April, 2012. (one-page PDF)
Download the flyer for our Spring Gardening talks in Februrary, 2012 (one-page PDF)
Spring 2012 (Classes begin Feb - Apr)
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening Six two-hour sessions. Tuesdays, February 28 - April 3, 7-9 PM. $70 ($60 Guadalupe River Park members). Guadalupe River Park, 438 Coleman Ave., San Jose. Register online, or call (408) 298-7657.
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening Six two-hour sessions. Tuesdays, March 6 - April 17, 7-9 PM. No class April 3. $72. Palo Alto High School, Room 1707, 50 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto. Register online, or by sending email to adultschool@pausd.org or by calling (650) 329-3752.
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening Six two-hour sessions. Tuesdays, March 20 - April 24, 7-9 PM. $73 ($66 Campbell residents.) Campbell Community Center, 1 West Campbell Avenue, C-31, Campbell. Register online or call (408) 866-2105.
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening Six two-hour sessions. Tuesdays, April 9 - May 21, 6:30-8:30 PM. $70. Fremont High School, 1279 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, Sunnyvale. Register online or call 408-522-2700.
Information on becoming a Master Gardener
Are you a Santa Clara County resident who would enjoy sharing gardening knowledge? Do you want to learn more eco-friendly, sustainable gardening practices and share it with the public?
The Master Gardeners accept new volunteers every two years, with the next class to be formed in 2013. The process will start in the summer of 2012 with required informational meetings (likely in August), followed by a formal application process.
When joining the program:
- You'll be enrolled in a series of weekly classes beginning in early January and ending in May (historically held on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.) Topics from botany to pruning to integrated pest management are taught by professional-level instructors to prepare trainees to volunteer with the UCCE Master Gardener Program.
- The fee for the classes is $150.00 including textbooks, due upon acceptance into the program. Finger printing is required upon acceptance into the program.
- After the initial training, MG trainees will need to complete 100 hours of Volunteer service and 12 hours of Continuing Education in the first year after completing the classes.
