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GARDEN cont’d from page 56
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This is also peak season for garden tours, check this paper for the many offered. Long established gardens like Western Hills, Sonoma Horticultural and Quarry Hills each offer very different groups of plants— but are all great places to lose oneself on a spring day.
In your garden. It is sometimes
hard to garden in May as the attractions beyond may seem too compelling. But it is important to make sure you’ve gotten your summer veggies, annual color, baskets and urns planted as the last frosts are done. Things grow so rapidly, it is important to keep the more vigorous elements from smothering their neighbors. Sometimes a little early dead-heading can create another
month or more of flowers.
Try something new. Sonoma Co is blessed with a diverse nursery industry,
both in production, wholesale and retail. There are nurseries specializing in succulents, water plants, rare conifers, rhododendron and azaleas, edible landscape plants, carnivorous plants, native plants, roses, Japanese maples, bamboos, etc. It’s almost too much of a good thing—enjoy!
Roger Raiche and David McCrory of Planet Horticulture is a design-build landscape contractor team that specializes in custom designed gardens in Sonoma County and throughout the Bay Area. They have been developing gardens together for the past 20+ years and are known for combining the art and science of horticulture and their unique supernatural garden style. The team is also known for their longtime conservation and education work at The Cedars outside of Cazadero, CA. www.planethorticulture.com
Plant Sales for Good Causes
May 4 ~ Milo Baker Chapter of CNPS’s Spring Native Plant Sale ~ Common and unusual native plants at reasonable prices. 10a-2p, Laguna Foundation, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, Betty Young, www/savingwaterpartnership.org, byoung. cnps@gmail.com
May 4 - Dec 7 ~ PLANT SALES at Willowside School Nursery School ~ We are self-sustaining through plant sales. Plants PRICE: $4 for 1 gallon container - Trees $25 and up, Willowside Middle School, 5299 Hall Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-569-4724, willowsidemiddle.org, 4lochs@comcast.net
May 4 ~ Milo Baker Chapter of CNPS’s Spring Native Plant Sale ~ Choose from a wide range of common and unusual native plants at reasonable prices. Plant List online. 10a-2p, Laguna Foundation, 900 SANFORD ROAD,, Santa Rosa, Betty Young, www/savingwaterpartnership.org, byoung.cnps@gmail.com
May 4 ~ Rose Show and Rose Plant Sale ~ Rose plants for sale are the latest introductions of roses. Open to the public. 1p Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center (LBAGC), 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa, Ruth Browning, redwoodempirerosesociety. com/, ruthbrowning@sbcglobal.net
May 18 ~ Hessel Community Guild Plant Sale ~ Select from annual and perennial landscape plants, plus vegetable starts grown by Guild members. FREE, 10a- 4p, Hessel Community Guild, 5400 Blank Rd., Sebastopol, 707-579-9788, Donna Spillman, hesselguild.org/calendar/, donnaspilman@wildblue.net
May 18 ~ Rosalia: An Ancient Festival of Roses & Plant Sale ~ Bouquets of old roses in full, fragrant flower. A sale of rare heirloom roses and much more! Free, 11a-3p, Wischemann Hall, 465 Morris Street, Sebastopol, Gregg Lowery, thefriendsofvintageroses.org, info@thefriendsofvintageroses.org
Ongoing ~ Vallejo Home Plant Sale ~ Grow plants propagated from the Vallejo Home property! Some plants are direct-descendants of the Vallejo era. Offerings include various succulents, deer-resistant, and drought-tolerant plants. Suggested donations of $1- $7 go toward the new Landscape Plan for the Vallejo Home. Mon- Sun, 10-5p, Vallejo Home, 363 3rd St. West, Sonoma, 707-938-9558, Lynn Luzzi
Volunteers Needed
Ongoing ~ Larkfield Community Garden Work Day ~ 3rd Sat. of every month! FREE, Maddux Ranch Regional Park, 4655 Lavell Rd., Santa Rosa, parks. sonomacounty.ca.gov, ProgramDirector@communitysoil.org
Ongoing ~ Volunteer at Sonoma Garden Park ~ Become a regular volunteer and grow your gardening knowledge. Volunteer, Drop-In Hours - Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 9-1p, Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 7th St. E., Sonoma, 707-996-0712, sonomagardenpark.org/volunteer, volunteer@sonomaecologycenter.org
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