[ November 5, 2008; 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Join us Wednesday, November 5th in the McKinley and McDowell gardens for our workshop:  “Grow Delicious Food Year Round — Preparing the Winter Garden” .  Master Gardeners Joan Betts and Carolyn Kameoka will demonstrate how to produce the maximum amount of food in a small garden plot, throughout the winter months. Topics include: planning, soil preparation, seasonally appropriate planting, [...]

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[ September 21, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Join us at two community gardens to hear Sonoma County Master Gardener, Anne Lowings, present the fundamentals of organic gardening and ways to control unwanted weeds and pests.  Topics will include companion planting, harvesting, and planning a Fall/Winter garden.  There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

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[ April 19, 2008; 12:00 pm; ] Join the Sonoma Master Gardeners on April 19th at the McDowell School Community Garden at noon to learn about  worm composting and planting your Spring garden.  Topics covered will include: starting and maintaining a worm box, soil preparation, vegetables to plant, and flowers that attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds!  There will be lots of information and handouts to take home [...]

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We’ve had some typical Northern California early spring days here in Petaluma for the last two weeks although more rain is forecast and we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we won’t have any more hard frost.   A couple of gardeners have started some plantings at La Tercera Community Garden so Bobbie gave us some more details about [...]

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