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Apr 18
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Big Turnout

By Community Events, Gardening Tips, Outdoor Learning Center

More than 30 members and friends of the Garden turned out for the April 13 class on Irrigation and New Norms for California Landscape.  EBMUD’s Scott Sommerfeld did a great job and we did some hands on training while learning how to assemble drip systems.

Sign up now for the last class this spring:

May 11     1:30 – 3pm  – Creating and Enjoying a Butterfly Garden

 Join Pamela Winther, Landscape Architect and Adjunct Professor at DVC to learn all about butterfly gardens and the beauty and delight they bring.  She’ll tell us the best plants to grow, what conditions they need to flourish, and which beauties you’ll find in your garden.  We’ll explore the Community Garden’s new butterfly garden and maybe find some visitors.

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Feb 11
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Great Turnout for First Outdoor Learning Class of the Year

By Community Events, Gardening Tips, Outdoor Learning Center

Saturday, February 9 marked our first outdoor learning class of the year. Lori Caldwell, an educator on sustainable gardening from Martinez conducted a great class on building healthy soil. 30 people attended – not including the one in the stroller – and we all learned a lot. If you missed it or want to contact Lori yourself, she can be reached at compostgal@hotmail.com
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Sep 22
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Last Class of the Year – Saturday, September 29

By Blog, Community Events, Gardening Tips, News & Events, Outdoor Learning Center, Winter Vegies

Don’t miss this one!

September 29   3 – 5pm   Winter Gardens
There is as much happening in your garden over winter as there is in summer…even if you don’t plant anything. Did you know tomato horn worm grubs could be hibernating in your soil? Or that you may be promoting the growth of various wilts by composting your tomato plants? Join Nanette Heffernan in a lively discussion on how to prepare your garden for winter to ensure you have a healthy spring. We will also be discussing winter edibles that do well in Contra Costa County: Swiss Chard, Broccoli, Collard Greens…the list goes on and on. You will even take home some seedlings to plant!

Sign up here

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Aug 19
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Too early to think about winter gardens?

By Community Events, Gardening Tips, Outdoor Learning Center

Yep, still a little too early.  But it is not too early to register for the last class this year.  Sign up now for our September 29 class on Winter Gardens.


There is as much happening in your garden over winter as there is in summer…even if you don’t plant anything. Did you know tomato horn worm grubs could be hibernating in your soil? Or that you may be promoting the growth of various wilts by composting your tomato plants? Join Nanette Heffernan in a lively discussion on how to prepare your garden for winter to ensure you have a healthy spring. We will also be discussing winter edibles that do well in Contra Costa County: Swiss Chard, Broccoli, Collard Greens…the list goes on and on. You will even take home some seedlings to plant!

September 29   3 – 5pm   Winter Gardens

You can register online here.

Dec 15
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Coccinella septempunctata!

By Blog, Gardening Tips, Kids, Outdoor Learning Center

From out friends over at The Community Gardens website:

Many people are fond of ladybugs because of their colorful, spotted appearance. But farmers love them for their appetite. Most ladybugs voraciously consume plant-eating insects, such as aphids, and in doing so they help to protect crops. Ladybugs lay hundreds of eggs in the colonies of aphids and other plant-eating pests. When they hatch, the ladybug larvae immediately begin to feed. By the end of its three-to-six-week life, a ladybug may eat some 5,000 aphids.

Read more.  Kids look here.

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