The Garden Calendar is filling up with spring events
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| The first UC Davis Arboretum plant sale of the spring is a highlight of the March garden calendar. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) |
March bringing in a whirlwind of activities
Spring officially is still more than three weeks away, but the
calendar
already is filling up with gardening events and activities around the Sacramento region.
Saturday, March 9, alone has four major events:
* Open Garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center:
9 a.m. to noon. Includes mini talks by the UCCE master gardeners on cane and spur pruning of grapes for arbors, making houses for mason bees, herbal gifts from the garden, and selecting and planting woody ornamentals. Bring your garden questions, too. 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks.
http://sacmg.ucanr.edu
*
Sherwood Demonstration Garden:
9 a.m. to noon
.
At
Second Saturday Open Garden t
his month, the topics will be straw bale gardening, spring and summer crops, mulch, compost and fertilizer, and a pruning demonstration in the orchard. $2 parking charged by Folsom Lake College El Dorado Center seven days a week. Exact change required. 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville.
http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu
* UC Davis Arboretum Member Appreciation Plant Sale
: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Arboretum’s 1-acre Teaching Nursery holds its first sale of the season. Before 11 a.m., open to members only. Public welcome from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plants include Arboretum All Stars, California natives, trees, low-water shrubs and more. Refreshments, live music, children’s activities. Membership can be purchased at the door. Garrod Drive, across from the UCDavis Vet School.
arboretum.ucdavis.edu
* Green Acres Elk Grove: Dig Into Spring Ideas Fair
: 9 a.m. to 6
p.
m.
Free garden talks, plus exhibits of new plants and products, giveaways, special buys, and other activities. Check
idiggreenacres.com
for the workshop schedule. 9220 E. Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove. 916-714-5600.
More events are coming in daily, so be sure to check back often.
— Kathy Morrison
