Come learn about integrating California native plants, and the helpful species that need them, into your gardening. Master Gardeners and Harvest for the Hungry Garden’s native plant specialists will discuss easy starter plants, beneficial insects, invasive plants, and year-round habitat gardening. To help participants get started, free keystone plant seedlings and information about how to grow them will be gifted while supplies last.  This is a free event. No registration required. 

Climate Change is creating havoc on the world around us. What can home gardeners do to support the environment around them? How can you make your garden come alive?  Master Gardener Suzanne Clarke will suggest ways to attract beneficial insects and butterflies to your garden. Presented By: Sonoma County Master Gardener Suzanne Clarke

Sonoma County Master Gardeners will host a succulent plant sale at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Succulents are a great fire-wise, water-wise and colorful plant for your garden. Four-inch and one-gallon succulents starting at just $5 will be available along with various container arrangements.

Ready for Rain: Fall in the Sonoma County Garde Presentation by Master Gardener Jennifer Roberts | Zoom Webinar | Registration Required Tuesday, November 4, 5:30 to 6 p.m. 15-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A Registration is now open. Sign up today to participate! A UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County event in partnership with the City of Santa Rosa. Learn what to prune, plant, and mulch this fall to support soil health, capture rainfall, and nurture pollinators through the cooler months.

Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair? Bring it to the Repair Fair! Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items.  We ask that you stay with your item while it’s being fixed, so you can learn tips for future maintenance, how to shop for repairable goods, and even how to repair things yourself! If you’d like to bring an item to repair, please register the item here. (Pre-registering allows us to prepare for your item!) This is a free public event.

Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair? Bring it to the Repair Fair! Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair your items.  We ask that you stay with your item while it’s being fixed, so you can learn tips for future maintenance, how to shop for repairable goods, and even how to repair things yourself! If you’d like to bring an item to repair, please register the item here. (Pre-registering allows us to prepare for your item!) This event will also include a clothing swap. This is a free public event.

Join the Sonoma County Master Gardeners for their free Resilient Landscaping: Gardening in the Defensible Space Zone four-part webinar series explaining landscaping practices that will teach you to maintain both defensible space and sustainability in your garden. Get recommendations regarding plant selection, placement, and maintenance to preserve and even enhance wildlife habitat while keeping your property and neighborhood fire-wise and sustainable. Content has been endorsed by the Fire Chiefs of Sonoma County. Attend one or all of the following presentations in English or Spanish: October 7: Sustainability in the Defensible Space and Beyond October 14: Defensible Space Zones and Code…

Have you wanted to become a UC Master Gardener here in Sonoma County? Apply by September 3, 2025! Master Gardeners are UC trained garden experts who volunteer to serve their community. If you are committed to sharing and teaching information to others, the Master Gardeners of Sonoma County offer you the opportunity to learn and to use your knowledge of gardening to serve the community. The UC Master Gardener Program is a volunteer organization that is dedicated to providing environmentally sustainable, science-based horticultural education to Sonoma County home gardeners. Master Gardeners of Sonoma County have a deep commitment to community…

Visitors to the Sonoma County Fair this year will see a fresh, educational collaboration between the UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County and the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership. The two organizations are teaming up for a third year to create an educational demonstration garden in the patio outside the Hall of Flowers at the Sonoma County Fair.  The garden, called “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs. Home Scale Practices to Retain the Rain,” features ways to slow, spread, and sink rainwater, improve soil health, create beneficial habitat, and showcases a variety of low-water-use plants recommended for the region.  As Sonoma County…

Come celebrate the completion of the Town of Windsor’s 2024 Sustainable Saturdays workshop series with the organizations that came to present sustainable solutions to Windsor this year. To learn more://www.townofwindsor.ca.gov/1577/Sustainability-Workshops