Events
Easy Seed Starting Online Course
Learn everything you need to start your summer garden from seed
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Easy Seed Starting Online Course
Everything you need to know to start your vegetable garden from seed. You’ll learn the tips and techniques to go from seed to seedling to planting including:
- Preparing to plant your seeds
- Germinating your seeds
- Watering, fertilizing, and maintaining your young seedlings
- Successfully transplanting you seedlings to soil
- Caring for your newly planted seedlings
…And much more!
Australia: Mediterranean Down Under
October 17 - 31, 2024
Sydney, Perth, Margaret's River/Albany, Melbourne
Immerse yourself in Australia’s horticulture and natural wonders! Highlights include:
- Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney
- Royal Botanical Gardens Cranbourne
- Blue Mountains
- Flower market visits
- Wineries
- And much, much, much more!
Download the trip flyer here for more details.
Join Nan for a Container Gardening How-To
at Mission Hills Garden Club
Thursday, April 25, 2024
6:00-8:00 PM Pacific Time
Not everyone has room for an entire garden, but everyone has room for a container garden. Container gardens are just like gardens in the ground, just smaller.
They have exactly the same requirements – light, water, and soil. In this demonstration, Nan discusses the best uses for different types of containers and how to match plants to pots and pots to plants. She’ll demonstrate container-planting methods, how to combine plants, how to find the right spot for container gardens, and so on. She’ll share some of her best tips for making container gardens instant successes. And the containers she creates will be raffled off!
Using Natives in the Garden
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Rancho Sante Fe Senior Center
Native plants are what give our gardens a sense of place. These are also the plants best suited to our climate and soils, support native butterflies, bees, birds, and animals of all sorts, use the least water and are absolutely beautiful. As climate change progresses, more and more Baja native plants migrating north into our gardens, too. Join Nan for this presentation on how to create and care for your own native plant garden, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned green thumb.
