Events – Civic Garden Club of San Carlos

UC Master Gardeners Spring Garden Market and Educational Fair, April 13

Don’t miss your chance to get amazing tomato, pepper, squash and other summer vegetables and herbs! Plus: CA native plants, succulents and more. There will be presentations by Master Gardeners to help you be successful and sustainable in your garden and lots of help and information on everything about gardening. See the Spring Garden Market […]

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Summer Vegetable Gardening class, February 24

Events, News, Public / By Cathrin

Saturday, February 24, 11 am Now is the time to plan for vegetable garden success this summer. Jonathan Propp, UC Master Gardener since 2008, teaches how to prepare and care for your vegetable garden, including soil preparation, what/when/where to plant, propagation and transplanting, caring for your plants, harvesting, irrigation and pest control. After Jonathan’s talk,

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Native plant propagation class: follow-up

Events, Members-only, News / By Cathrin

On June 3, club members and members of the public learned a lot from Ed Pease, who discussed and demonstrated a variety of propagation techniques in our “outdoor classroom” next to the plant sale area at the Casa de Flores. He generously shared his propagation training guide and native plant cuttings notes.

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Native plant propagation class June 3

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

We’re excited to invite you to a free native plant propagation class next Saturday, June 3, at 12pm. Club member Ed Pease will teach the class outdoors at the Casa de Flores (737 Walnut St., San Carlos). He will discuss and demonstrate a variety of propagation methods. Ed is/has been a volunteer for the California Native Plant

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August 2022 Member Program: Each Green Corner

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

Special presentation by Each Green Corner with an overview of how they are partnering with San Carlos gardeners and schools to combat food insecurity.

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February 2022 Member Program

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

Virtual garden tour and a tutorial on designing plant bowls. Recording below:

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January 2022 program: San Carlos Charter School gardens

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

The highlight was Cynthia Hunter presenting the San Carlos Charter School Gardens.

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October program: Front yard restoration

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

Member Scott Johnston presented his experience converting his front lawn to a native garden. The recorded session is available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/NHxFDjMgBPo

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September 2021 program: UC Botanical Garden

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

Guest speaker: Lew Feldman, director of the UC Botanical Garden “Berkeley’s unexplored treasure; the UC Botanical Garden” A virtual tour of the UC Botanical Garden, discussing its history, the background on the Garden’s special collection, the Garden’s mission (which includes education, conservation and research) and future directions and goals for the Garden. This was a

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August 2021 member program: Cool Weather Vegetables

Events, Members-only / By Cathrin

The recording from the August 26, 2021 member meeting is now available on YouTube. Use this link or watch the video below. The main presentation on Cool Weather Vegetables included a lot of information about selecting vegetables to plant now and practical tips for how to grow them. We also briefly discussed plant donations, volunteer

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