Tagged: sustainable gardening

Learn tie-dye the natural way

Arboretum Ambassadors and community members tie-dye t-shirts with beets at last year’s event. (Photo: Courtesy UC Davis Arboretum) Use colors from garden, food sources in free Arboretum workshop Color in your garden or kitchen...

Get outdoors and volunteer at UC Davis Arboretum

The UC Davis Arboretum & Public Garden relies on its volunteer teams to help with maintenance and plant sales. (Photo courtesy UC Davis Arboretum) Besides gardeners, cashiers needed, too; deadline is Jan. 18 Spend...

Get inspired to create your own permaculture

This is a view of Jan Spencer’s own backyard with a corner of the sun room to the left. The g reen house and outdoor work area in the distance. (Photo courtesy suburbanpermaculture.org) Learn...

Must-views on YouTube: Harvest Day speakers

In the Water Efficient Landscape at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, Karrie Reid talks about “Building Resilient Gardens.” (Screenshots from UCCE YouTube channel) I love Harvest Day. Each year I scramble to get to...

No room for composting? Tell it to the worms

Red wigglers usually hide from the light, but these are a few brought up from their bedding to the newspaper sheet that holds moisture in their bin. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Vermicomposting creates garden gold...