Seminars, Workshops & Events
2024 Master Gardener Plant Clinics
At the Kohl Pumphouse on the listed Sundays. Come any time between noon and 3:00 pm
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The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. Bring samples of your problem plants for better diagnosis. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified.
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2024 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Unless otherwise stated, seminars and workshops are hybrid, offered with a small, in-person group and online using Zoom video conferencing. Registration is required for both in-person and video conference attendance.
Online attendees will receive an email with a Zoom link the day before the seminar, allowing you to connect to the seminar using a Web browser or smart phone. You will be able to sign in 15 minutes early to confirm that the audio&video connections are working.
In-person attendees will also receive a Zoom link in case they cannot attend at the last minute. Please notify SMAS as soon as possible if you are unable to attend in person.
SMAS may take photographs for educational and promotional purposes. Registering for an event implies permission to appear in a photograph. Your privacy is important to us. If you do NOT want to appear, please notify SMAS in writing (email is acceptable) at least two days prior to the event. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
Online attendees will receive an email with a Zoom link the day before the seminar, allowing you to connect to the seminar using a Web browser or smart phone. You will be able to sign in 15 minutes early to confirm that the audio&video connections are working.
In-person attendees will also receive a Zoom link in case they cannot attend at the last minute. Please notify SMAS as soon as possible if you are unable to attend in person.
SMAS may take photographs for educational and promotional purposes. Registering for an event implies permission to appear in a photograph. Your privacy is important to us. If you do NOT want to appear, please notify SMAS in writing (email is acceptable) at least two days prior to the event. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
JULY
CALIFORNIA NATIVE GARDENING FOR YEAR ROUND INTEREST AND COLOR
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SUNDAY - July 07, 2024, 1 - 2:30 pm
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via ZOOM and small in-person group. FREE! Registration required.
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California is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, and has an amazing array of plants that thrive in our gardens. By learning the seasonal rhythms of your own area, and the unique charms of the plants that grow naturally there, you can enjoy a bounty of bloom, berry and bark throughout the year. In the process, you’ll save water and enjoy a lush landscape that feeds local ecosystems. Attendees will receive a free packet of California native wildflowers with a long bloom season to try out in their own gardens.
Use the buttons below or call 650-579-0536x3
California is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, and has an amazing array of plants that thrive in our gardens. By learning the seasonal rhythms of your own area, and the unique charms of the plants that grow naturally there, you can enjoy a bounty of bloom, berry and bark throughout the year. In the process, you’ll save water and enjoy a lush landscape that feeds local ecosystems. Attendees will receive a free packet of California native wildflowers with a long bloom season to try out in their own gardens.
Instructor: Jennifer Dirking
Jennifer Dirking has been an organic gardener for over 40 years, but only recently transformed her garden from a food desert to a habitat oasis in her suburban San Carlos neighborhood. Inspired by Doug Tallamy’s “Nature’s Best Hope,” (https://bit.ly/Tallamy-CA-Plants) she has reached beyond her garden fence to develop partnerships and inspire hundreds of others throughout the Bay Area to begin their own native gardening journey. Her simple tactics involving free wildflower seeds and promotion via social media provide a model for other individuals and organizations that want to reach further into their communities as well. She is currently the Chair of the Wildflower Ambassador program at the CNPS-Santa Clara Valley Chapter. This group of 40 volunteers has distributed over four thousand native wildflower seed packets with informational handouts to date. Jennifer is also co-administrator of the Native Plant Resource Teams, a program of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. |
All photos: Jennifer Dirking
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AUGUST
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS CHANGING OUR PLANTS
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SUNDAY - August 04, 2024, 1 - 2:30 pm
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via ZOOM and small in-person group. FREE! Registration required.
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It has become obvious that our current land management practices are ineffective in sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Recent research has shown that 41 percent of the world’s insect population is in decline. Fewer insects would be devastating to amphibians, birds, fish, and reptiles that need these insects as a food supply. With global warming added to this scenario, it is like pouring gas on an already raging fire. In this seminar I will explore how the plants and birds are reacting to heterogeneous climate change and how we can modify this trend one garden at a time.
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It has become obvious that our current land management practices are ineffective in sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Recent research has shown that 41 percent of the world’s insect population is in decline. Fewer insects would be devastating to amphibians, birds, fish, and reptiles that need these insects as a food supply. With global warming added to this scenario, it is like pouring gas on an already raging fire. In this seminar I will explore how the plants and birds are reacting to heterogeneous climate change and how we can modify this trend one garden at a time.
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Instructor: Frank Niccoli
Frank Niccoli has been a gardener for over 50 years. He was seven when his grandmother taught him the magic in seeds. He has a degree in horticulture having studied at the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and at the College of San Mateo and also has a degree in Business Psychology and is an instructor in the Environmental Horticulture Dept at Foothill College. He is the past president of the founding chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association and served on the Board for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.
Frank Niccoli has been a gardener for over 50 years. He was seven when his grandmother taught him the magic in seeds. He has a degree in horticulture having studied at the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and at the College of San Mateo and also has a degree in Business Psychology and is an instructor in the Environmental Horticulture Dept at Foothill College. He is the past president of the founding chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association and served on the Board for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.
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SEPTEMBER
GERANIACEAE - THE EXCITING WORLD OF GERANIUMS AND PELARGONIUMS
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SUNDAY - September 08, 2024, 1 - 2:30 pm
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via ZOOM and small in-person group. FREE! Registration required.
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What is the difference between a pelargonium and a geranium? Would you like to know which plants to choose for your garden, the best soil, how to water, when to fertilize and prune, their pests and diseases and how to propagate? The talk will be illustrated with photos of new and enticing plants.
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What is the difference between a pelargonium and a geranium? Would you like to know which plants to choose for your garden, the best soil, how to water, when to fertilize and prune, their pests and diseases and how to propagate? The talk will be illustrated with photos of new and enticing plants.
Presenter: Robin Parer
Robin Parer is an Australian born horticulturist who lectures frequently to garden groups and societies throughout the United States. Over a long career she has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers and has written many articles on the Geranium Family. She has written 'A Plant Lovers Guide to Hardy Geraniums' which was published by Timber Press in 2016. Robin has owned and operated Geraniaceae Nursery (www.geraniaceae.com) in Marin County for the past forty years, and has collected and propagated over 500 geranium species. She also has a large collection of erodium species, scented leaf pelargoniums, Martha Washington (Regal) pelargoniums, angel and pansy face pelargoniums and pelargonium species from Southern Africa. She has traveled widely, collecting both in the field, and from nurseries in the U.K., Europe, South America, Southern Africa and Australasia. She has received an Annual Award from The California Horticultural Society for Outstanding and Meritorious Contributions to Horticulture in California. Listen to our Podcast by by Topher Delaney: Garden The Knowledge • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters, April 10, 2024 |
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