Gardening classes
with Sonoma County Master Gardeners

Winter - Spring 2012

All workshops are free and open to the public.

Workshops are presented by Master Gardeners, trained by University of California Cooperative Extension. See the Master Gardeners website or search "Master Gardener" in the Library Calendar of Events for more information.

Cloverdale Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• March 17 - Conquering Gophers and Moles
• April 28 - Design Your Garden for Year-Round Color

Guerneville Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• January 21 - Rose Pruning
• February 4 - Catching Varmints
• March 10 - Soil: Life Underground
• April 14 - Container Gardening
• May 19 - The Wonderful World of Vines

Healdsburg Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• February 25 - Catching Varmints
• March 3 - Gardening for Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Bugs
• April 7 - Soil: Life Underground
• May 19 - Basic Drip Irrigation

Petaluma Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• March 17 - The Edible Garden
• March 24 - Soil: Life Underground
• April 14 - Rose Care and Culture
• April 21 - Design Your Garden for Year-Round Color
• May 5 - Perennial Vegetables and Small Fruit for Your Culinary Garden

Rincon Valley Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• January 7 - Rose Pruning
• January 21 - Garden Smarter Not Harder
• February 11 - Seed Propagation
• March 17 - Growing Great Tomatoes

Rohnert Park-Cotati Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• January 7 - Recipe for a Healthy Garden
• February 11 - Eco-Friendly Pest Management (IPM)
• March 3 - Growing Vegetables
• April 14 - Tomatoes

Sebastopol Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Special Location
Due to library remodeling, Sebastopol workshops will be held
at the barn at Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Experiment Farm.

• January 7 - Grafting Demonstration - bring your own small, sharp knife
• February 18 - Winter Care and Pruning of Fruit Trees
• March 10 - Growing Great Tomatoes
• April 28 - Helpful Flowers for Honeybees, Birds, and Butterflies
• May 19 - Super Succulents for Sonoma County

Sonoma Valley Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Please check back for next scheduled workshop.

Windsor Regional Library
Workshops are on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• February 4 - Rose Pruning
• February 25 - Rethink, Reduce, Replace Your Lawn
• April 14 - First Time Food Gardening: Growing Vegetables
• May 12 - Lessons Learned In My Garden