Gardening Events Calendar

Phil has an extensive in-depth knowledge in so many different areas but one of his specialties is fruit tree pruning. ​

Phil will show you the techniques of pruning trees especially fruit trees and then will demonstrate pruning the fruit trees at Stone Garden. You will get some hands-on supervised experience. 

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Here in the SF Bay Area, annual pruning of Apricot and Cherry trees is carried out in July or August rather than in the winter. This protects these varieties from a specific fungal infection that may occur if pruning cuts are made in cold, wet weather. August is also an excellent time to prune back excess, leggy growth on Plum and Pluot trees. Refresh your pruning skills or learn the fundamentals of Summer Stone Fruit Tree pruning. Marla Koss, our pruning teacher extraordinaire, will lead another great, FREE, hands-on, how-to pruning session in Alameda. 

Registration is required and will open in July.

Alan is an amazing gardener who propagated many of the perennials and annual plants at the LEAF Bee Garden, a haven for both pollinators and all of us ; )​

Alan will teach techniques for propagating plants from cuttings from stems and leaves of plants. He will demonstrate several methods, then you can take home some of the cuttings.

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Join Guy, a UCCE Master Gardener, our monthly Talkin' Dirt Webinar host, and the go-to "Guy" for questions about all kinds of plants! 

Guy has a depth of experience in growing veggies all year round and has lots insights of what works and what doesn't. In this presentation he will focus on winter vegetables and cover crops.​

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Syndee, our beekeeper, has been a beekeeper for over 10 years and she enjoys sharing her knowledge with others including how to harvest honey.

Syndee will give a short demonstration about honey harvesting. Then, each participant will process the honey from a honeycomb by themselves and take home one jar of the honey they processed. All tools and equipment are provided. Be prepared to have sticky hands ; )

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