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Fair Oaks Horticulture Center – Open Garden

February 8, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Open gardens are informal events where you roam the gardens, watch what we are doing, see what we are growing and ask questions. Got garden problems?  Bring them to the ‘Ask the Master Gardeners’ table.

All areas are staffed with Master Gardeners: grapes, herbs, fruit trees, citrus, vegetables, berries, composting, water-efficient landscape gardens.

At 10 AM watch mini presentations on:

  • Water Efficient Landscapes:  Getting ready for spring.
  • Orchard:  Late fruit tree pruning.
  • Herbs:  Preparing the herb garden for planting.
  • Vegetables:  Growing and caring for strawberries.
  • Vineyard:  Cane and spur dormant pruning demo.

Ongoing conversations:

  • Vegetables:  Growing cool season vegetables.
  • Compost:  Building, turning and harvesting compost.
  • Orchard:  Scion grafting; citrus fertilizing; peach leaf curl and brown rot diseases.

Free! Located outside–rain or shine.

Details

Date:
February 8, 2020
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Website:
http://sacmg.ucanr.edu/?calitem=388607

Venue

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
11549 Fair Oaks Blvd
Fair Oaks, CA United States
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