Learn how to grow your own cut flowers

Learn the secrets of growing cut flowers at a special workshop offered by the UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County.

Set for 9 a.m. Saturday, March 1, “Grow Your Own Cutting Garden” will show not only how to produce more blooms but also what to do with them. Open to gardeners of all ages, the three-hour workshop will be held at Placerville Veterans Memorial. Admission is free and no advance registration is required.

“Have you strolled through a botanical garden or flower farm and wondered if you could grow those beautiful flowers?” ask the master gardeners. “With some instruction and preparation, you too can grow flowers for gorgeous flower arrangements. Come learn which flowers are best suited for bouquets, how to grow them from seeds or plugs, uses for your established shrubs, site selection, soil preparation, harvesting, pest management, designing the arrangement and lastly, what else to do with all those lovely flowers.”

That’s a lot to fit into a three-hour class! Attendees will come away with all sorts of inspiration and head into spring with a fresh idea of what their gardening can do.

Placerville Veterans Memorial Hall is located at 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville. Although registration is not required, the master gardeners would like attendees to sign up in advance.

Find links and more details here: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/.