Events on our event calendar fall into one of four general categories: gardening/farming, food preservation, sustainable living, or seed saving, and consist of things like classes, talks, plant sales, seed exchanges, fairs and festivals, movies, and special events.
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Creating a Native Rain Garden
7:00 pm
Creating a Native Rain Garden
@ Campbell Library
Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm β Mar 1 @ 8:00 pm
 Weve had some rainfall this season and shouldnt let it go to waste running off roofs, and into the streets, storm drains, and creeks where it could cause flooding. Instead we should direct that rain ...
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Growing Warm Season Vegetables in your Garden
7:00 pm
Growing Warm Season Vegetables in your Garden
@ Gilroy Public Library
Mar 13 @ 7:00 pm β 8:30 pm
Plan your summer garden now. Easy to grow vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers and squash will be discussed. Basic requirements of these crops including irrigation, nutrients, pest control, harvesting tips and space saving ...
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Western Horticultural Society Meeting
7:30 pm
Western Horticultural Society Meeting
@ The Garden House at Shoup Park
Mar 14 @ 7:30 pm β 9:30 pm
 Meetings are held nine times a year, on the second Wednesday of the month, and feature a lecture and slide presentation by a guest horticultural specialist. Each program also includes a member-led discussion and demonstration ...
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Growing Potatoes
10:30 am
Growing Potatoes
@ Community Room Bascom Branch Library
Mar 17 @ 10:30 am β 11:30 am
With a long summer growing season, the Bay Area is ideal for growing potatoesboth Irish and sweet potatoes. Come hear Susan Zaslaw, UC Master Gardener, share her experiences of growing potatoes. Irish potatoes Choosing, buying, ...
Beekeeping and Colony Dynamics
11:00 am
Beekeeping and Colony Dynamics
@ The Forge Garden
Mar 17 @ 11:00 am β 1:00 pm
Learn about honey bee biology and bee hive dynamics. Discover the equipment, tools, and resources needed to keep bees. Weather permitting, folks attending this workshop will have a chance to open up and view the ...
From Seed to Plant
11:00 am
From Seed to Plant
@ Community Room, Berryessa Public Library
Mar 17 @ 11:00 am β 12:30 pm
From Seed To Plant: Would you like to start your own vegetables and flowers from seed? The next growing season is almost here and now is the time to start those seeds. This talk and ...
BASIL Seed Swap (Sorting Party)
12:00 pm
BASIL Seed Swap (Sorting Party)
@ Ecology Center
Mar 17 @ 12:00 pm β 3:00 pm
 19th annual BASIL seed swap.
Growing Warm Season Vegetables
2:00 pm
Growing Warm Season Vegetables
@ Fiction Room, Sunnyvale Public Library
Mar 17 @ 2:00 pm β 4:00 pm
Please join Master Gardener Laura Westley as she teaches you how to grow your favorite warm season vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, corn, beans, potatoes, melons, squash and eggplants. We will talk about how to ...
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Celebration of Citrus
12:00 pm
Celebration of Citrus
@ Yamagami's Nursery
Mar 18 @ 12:00 pm β 2:00 pm
A celebration of everything citrus, featuring a fun citrus tasting in which folks are invited to taste winter’s gold and discover a new citrus favorite. Citrus-based goodies of all kinds will also be served. Talk ...
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Growing Exotic Fruit in the South Bay
7:00 pm
Growing Exotic Fruit in the South Bay
@ Saratoga Library
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm β 8:00 pm
Master Gardener Jamie will share tips on growing exotic fruit in your garden. Presenter: UCCE Master Gardener Jamie Chen
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Silicon Valley Clean Water – Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour
10:00 am
Silicon Valley Clean Water – Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour
@ Silicon Valley Clean Water
Mar 21 @ 10:00 am β 11:30 am
 A tour of our local wastewater treatment plant Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) – located at 1400 Radio Road in Redwood Shores. Take the opportunity to visit the plant that is in the midst ...
Gardener’s To-Do List for Spring
6:30 pm
Gardener’s To-Do List for Spring
@ West Valley Library
Mar 21 @ 6:30 pm β 8:00 pm
Spring time is here and it can be overwhelming to prioritize what to do in your garden. Master Gardener, Mint Pasakdee, will share with you ideas on preparing soil, sowing seeds, getting transplants, fertilizing plants, ...
Success in the Vegetable Garden: Six-Week Course
6:30 pm
Success in the Vegetable Garden: Six-Week Course
@ Guadalupe River Park
Mar 21 @ 6:30 pm β 8:30 pm
How to Grow More, Work Less, and Reduce Your Environmental Impact A productive vegetable garden can provide delicious produce year-round, without being a full-time job! Join the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy in partnership with UC ...
Growing Summer Vegetables in Your Garden
7:00 pm
Growing Summer Vegetables in Your Garden
@ Milpitas Library
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm β 8:30 pm
Plan your summer garden now. Easy to grow vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers and squash will be discussed. Basic requirements of these crops including irrigation, nutrients, pest control, harvesting tips and space saving ...
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Warm Season Vegetables
1:00 pm
Warm Season Vegetables
@ Central Park Library - Edinger Room
Mar 24 @ 1:00 pm β 2:30 pm
Thinking about growing some healthy, flavorful vegetables in your garden this year? This is a good time to start getting ready to plant. Come hear Master Gardener Sue Zaslaw talk about what vegetables to plant ...
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Growing Your Favorite Summer Vegetables
7:00 pm
Growing Your Favorite Summer Vegetables
@ Community Room, Campbell Public Library
Mar 27 @ 7:00 pm β 8:30 pm
Thinking about growing some healthy, flavorful vegetables in your garden this year? This is a good time to start getting ready to plant. Come hear Master Gardener Sue Zaslaw talk about what vegetables to plant ...
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All About Tomatoes!
7:00 pm
All About Tomatoes!
@ Los Altos Public Library
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm β 8:30 pm
Tomatoes offer the biggest taste difference between home-grown and store-bought. Master Gardener Laura Monczynski will teach you how to grow and care for tomatoes, in containers, raised beds, or in the ground. We will cover ...
Native Plant Allstars
7:00 pm
Native Plant Allstars
@ Sunnyvale Main Library
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm β 8:30 pm
Did you know that the horticultural staff of the UC Davis Arboretum have identified 100 tough, reliable plants that have been tested in the Arboretum, are easy to grow, dont need a lot of water, ...
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Spring Plant Exchange
11:00 am
Spring Plant Exchange
@ Ability Now Bay Area
Mar 31 @ 11:00 am β 3:00 pm
 The Plant Exchange is a twice-a-year free community event that takes place in Oakland in the months of October and March. It first took place in October of 2007 as a way for neighbors to ...
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