Page 58 - Sonoma County Gazette June 2017

Sonoma County Master Gardeners - Library Series &
Daily Acts - All events at: 245 Kentucky St. Petaluma, unless otherwise listed.
Jun 8 ~ June Garden Day - Cavanagh Center Food Forest - Workparty
426 8th Street, Petaluma Free 10-12p
Jun 10 ~ Demystifying Drip Irrigation Workshop 9291 Old Redwood Hwy, Windsor Free 10-2p
Santa Rosa Luther Burbank Garden Tours include the Home with its original furnishings, the Greenhouse, a portion of the Gardens, and a summary of Burbank’s life and achievements. open to the public every day from 8 to dusk. Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, 204 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-524-5445, lutherburbank.org/, burbankhome@lutherburbank.org
Plants propagated from the General Vallejo Home property, some of which are direct descendants of the Vallejo era. Include: succulents, deer- resistant, and drought-tolerant plants. donation of $1 - $5. All proceeds go directly to the landscape plan for the Vallejo Home. Vallejo Home, 363 3rd St West | Joleen Ossello (707) 938-9547
May 27, Jun 1, 10, 15, & 24~ Gardening for Biodiversity - Audubon Canyon Ranch Conservation Center - Drop in 9 - 11a. Help maintain native wild owers in our small urban native garden. You’ll also helpsustainnativebees,butter ies,birds and more. Free, registration required, 6:30p - 9:30p, ACR Conservation Center, 226 Center St, Healdsburg, Dave Self, egret.org/, david.self@egret.org
May 27, 28, 29 ~ Russian River Rose - & Plant Sale Huge Discounts and selected Roses, Irises and perennials that attract birds, bees, and butter ies. - Garden Tours -No reservations required, $2.00 Donation Appreciated. 10 – 5p. Russian River Rose, 1685 Magnolia Drive, Healdsburg, 707-433-7455, russian-river- rose.com, info@russian-river-rose.com
May 28 ~ Food for Thought’s 22nd Annual Spring Home and Garden Tour. Unique properties,park-like settings with spectacular views,$50, Food for Thought, 6550 Railroad Ave, Forestville, 707- 887-1647, tfoodbank.org/2017-home- garden-tour, info@FFTFoodBank.org
May 31 ~ Test your Trees for Sudden Oak Death Disease - one-hour meeting learn to: Identify symptoms of SOD on bay laurel, oaks, and tanoak. Collect symptomatic leaves to be analyzed at no cost. We drive leaves to UC Berkeley Lab for analysis on Monday. You get results in late summer. 5:30 pm Petaluma Community Center 320 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. Register: http://ucanr. edu/2017sodblitz, kwininger@ucanr. edu, (707) 565-2608.
May 31 ~ Water Smart Expo at Santa Rosa Wednesday Night Market. Ask an expert about sustainable landscaping. graywater and rainwater harvesting systems Discover native/drought tolerant plant displays. Free, 5:00p - 8:30p, Old Courthouse Square, Wednesday Night Market, Downtown, Santa Rosa, srcity.org/2266/WaterSmart-Expo
Jun 1 ~ Fungi in your Soil - Valley of the Moon Garden Club. Karen Guma to speak and show photos describing the biology of fungi in the soil with the dos and don’ts of promoting bene cial microbes in the garden. Sonoma Veterans’ Memorial Building at 126 First Street West in Sonoma. 6:30. Members are free; guests pay $5, which goes towards the $20 club membership if desired. 707- 935-8986
Jun 3 ~ See May 31 on SOD : more meetings held at: 9:00 am Galbreath Preserve Meet at the Yorkville Post O ce, 25400 CA-128, Yorkville; Sonoma Community Center 9:30 am at 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma; Graton Community Club 9:30 am at 8996 Graton Road, Graton; Spring Lake Park, Environmental Discovery Center 9:30 am at 393 Violetti Road, Santa RosaRegister: http://ucanr.edu/2017sodblitz, kwininger@ucanr.edu, (707) 565-2608.
Jun 3, & 24,~ Willowside School Plant Sale Middle School Nursery is a working nursery with student involvement. Thousands of plants: No veggies. Accepts donations of healthy plants, garden tools, working wagons, ceramic pots, recycled 1 to 15 gallon nursery containers. 9-2p, Willowside School, 5299 Hall Rd, Corner of Willowside and Hall Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-569-4724, ogusd. org/willowside-nursery
Jun 3, 4, 10, 17 ~ Western Hills Garden Public Tours & plant Sales June 3-4 Saxon Holt and Paci c Horticulture weekend, see Western Hills Garden “through the eyes” of famed photographer Saxon Holt. Sat. as part of the Paci c Horticulture Society fundraising event (www.paci chorticulture.org) Sun. is an all-day workshop for a small number of students. photobotanic.com/event/ western-hills-garden/ June 10 ~ A Bee’s Eye View of the Garden, with local beekeeper Steve Woodward, exploring the lives of the bees at Western Hills Garden. June 17 ~ Look Up! Sara Malone & Stew Winchester, admiring the form and foliage of the garden. 16250 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707-872-5463, westernhillsgarden.com/index.html, Tim@WesternHillsGarden.com
Jun 21 ~ Berries 101- Look at what you may want to add to your garden and how to make berries thrive. O ered by Garden Angel Design. Free / Call Sherry to rsvp and directions, 5:30p - 6:30p, Bayer Farm, Santa Rosa, 707-484-1035
Petaluma Seed Bank 199 Petaluma Blvd. N, Petaluma, 707-773- 1336, rareseeds.com/resources/seed-bank- events/, petalumaseedbank@gmail.com. Jun 1 ~ Lecture Series with the Sonoma County Master Gardeners. Jun 13 ~ :Gardener’s Book club. 6 -8p Second week of each month: Jun28~Veg-CuriousMeeting,discussing vegan and vegetarian concepts and issues.
Workshops http://sonomamg.ucanr.edu/
Jun 1 ~ Topic: A Healthcare Program for Succulents Speaker: Petaluma Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952, Phone 707-773- 1336 rareseeds.com/get-to-know-baker- creek/petaluma-seed-bank/ 6-8p
Jun 3 ~ The Master Gardener Food Garden Specialists - presentations on soil/compost/mulch, IPM (integrated pest management), companion planting and transitioning your spring garden to summer. www.sonomamastergardeners. com Stony Point Community Garden, 2150 Gi en Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA (corner of Stony Point and Gi en 10:30- 12:30p
Jun 15 ~ Daily Acts Open House 5:30 - 7p Jun 21 ~ June Garden Day - Sebastopol
City Hall & Library Landscape
7140 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol 10-12p
Jun 23 ~ June Garden Day - Pocket Park - Workparty 2-4p
Jun 24 ~ Greywater Tour & Workshop
9-1p Petaluma Private Residence, Petaluma,
Support for school gardens in the Petaluma and Santa Rosa/
Sebastopol areas. Apprenticeship(SGA) program, which hires and trains teens in garden maintenance and irrigation installation. The program will focus on school gardens in Petaluma and Santa Rosa/Sebastopol, and will operate 2 days per week for 6 weeks (mid-June thru July).
This is a great opportunity to get a new area of your garden sheet mulched, to add new garden boxes, to build a compost system or to do the weeding you never get to during the busy school system. Each school is responsible for providing materials for projects unless it is a drip irrigation system. You can discuss possible projects with Sue Davis the SGA coordinator.
If you are interested in installing automated drip irrigation at your site then
apply for SGN’s WaterWise SchoolGarden mini grant to receive a free design
and help with installation! The application deadline is June 5th, and schools
will be notified of their acceptance by June 14th. Contact Coordinator-Sue
Davis schoolgardenapprenticeship@gmail.com.
Know a teen that might be interested in participating in this new program? Get the application from Sue Davis! schoolgardens.org/sgn-affiliate-benefits/
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