Calendar


Feb
26
Sun
2017
Grafting Fantastic Fruit Trees @ Pollinate Farm & Garden
Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Learn the art and science of fruit tree grafting. Instructor: John Valenzuela. $40.00 – registration required.

Mar
4
Sat
2017
How to Grow from Seeds and Cuttings @ Ploughshares Nursery
Mar 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to grow plants successfully from seed and vegetable cuttings.

Mar
18
Sat
2017
Year Round Vegetable Gardening @ Ploughshares Nursery
Mar 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to grow and maintain a vegetable garden.

Mar
21
Tue
2017
Soil @ Rhythmix Cultural Center
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Soil, with Dolores Morrison, Alameda County Master Gardener

Apr
8
Sat
2017
Grow Awesome Tomatoes @ Ploughshares Nursery
Apr 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to grow tomatoes in cool marine climate.

Project Pick – Pickers Needed
Apr 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Hi Pickers,

We have two orange trees to pick this Saturday. Waiver forms will be available it you haven’t picked with us, or do not have one on file yet.

Please bring gardening gloves (if you have them), a hat, water and closed shoes.

We offer fruit to the tree owner, and we can take some, the rest all goes to the Alameda Food Bank.

Please call 510-239-PICK if you have any questions.

The meeting place will be given when you RSVP here.

Apr
22
Sat
2017
Join us for the Alameda Earth Day Festival @ Washington Park
Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Earth DayAlameda Backyard Growers will have a booth at this event, and volunteers who can help answer questions about growing your own food!

Compost 101 @ Ploughshares Nursery
Apr 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to dry and worm compost.

May
13
Sat
2017
Planting for Success @ Ploughshares Nursery
May 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to properly plant and care for large specimen fruit trees and ornamental plants.

May
16
Tue
2017
Weeds: How to Manage Them, What They Can Tell You @ Rhythmix Cultural Works
May 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Weeds! With our wet winter and spring, many of us have a bumper crop despite our best efforts.  This presentation will address why weeds are invading our landscape, tips on identifying your weeds, ways to manage weeds, and how to prevent them with mulches that don’t harm your health or the environment.  You’ll also learn how using weeds as indicators of soil conditions can be helpful when fixing problem areas in your landscape.

About our speaker: Sherry Dunn is an Alameda County Master Gardener from the class of 2016.  She is currently a backyard gardener with fruit trees and vegetables both in the ground and in containers.  She loves sharing what she’s learned about weeds and how to manage them.