Rain puts damper on Placer master gardeners’ fundraiser

What’s a little atmospheric river? The Mountain Mandarin Festival is going on this weekend, rain or shine.

But the UC Master Gardeners of Placer County decided to skip the fest and stay dry.

Their planned booth was outdoors at the festival’s new location @the Grounds in Roseville. With little protection from the storm, the master gardeners – and their new gardening guides – would get soaked.

The Mountain Mandarin Festival usually serves as the big push for the Placer County master gardeners’ award-winning gardening guides, which also happen to be the organization’s major fundraiser. Without that public outreach, sales will be dependent on online sales as well as sales at local garden shops.

Help the master gardeners – and the gardeners you know, yourself included – and order one now.

With the theme “Healthy Garden, Healthy You,” the 2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar is available for $12 or five for $55 (it makes a great gift).

Shoppers can order the publication online or via mail order; got to the Placer master gardener website for those forms.

Or click on https://pcmg.ucanr.edu/.

Meanwhile, the Mountain Mandarin Festival continues through Sunday, Nov 24. Find details and any updates here: https://mandarinfestival.com/.

For the latest on our current atmospheric river and rain totals: https://www.weather.gov/sto/.