Learn how to grow tomatoes in cool marine climate.
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.
Alameda Backyard Growers will have a booth at this event, and volunteers who can help answer questions about growing your own food!
Learn how to dry and worm compost.
Join us for the Alameda ‘Living Color’ Garden Tour and Charity Plant Sale.
Saturday, May 6 from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Alameda Support Foundation sponsors the tour and all proceeds go to the animals at FAAS.
See more than 10 spectacular climate-friendly gardens.
Tickets are $20. Purchase in advance, starting April 17th at:
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter
1590 Fortmann Way, Alameda, CA 94501
Tel. 510-337-8565
www.alamedaanimalshelter.org
or via Eventbrite here.
Each ticket lists the fist garden where you’ll receive a map to all the other showplaces as well as the location of the Charity Plant Sale.
Alameda Backyard Growers will have docents at one of the gardens.
Learn how to properly plant and care for large specimen fruit trees and ornamental plants.
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.
Learn the nuances of caring for established edible and ornamental container gardens.
Please join ABG for a very special event, the first of our “off site” summer season. Jasmine Tokuda, a very successful Alameda grower of fruit trees and vines, both common and rare, is opening her garden for the evening. Jasmine will describe and demonstrate her technique for propagating fig trees through air-layering. Jasmine will then lead a tour of her garden, giving us a peek into her tips and tricks for growing those varieties that challenge us in Alameda.
We invite attendees to stay for potluck and live music after the demo and tour. Because of the size of the garden, attendance is limited. Preregistration is required at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fig-tree-propagation-demo-and-garden-tour-tickets-34528290045
If the event is already full when you try to sign up, please email alamedabackyardgrowers@gmail.com to be put on the waiting list.
Street parking is extremely difficult, and carpooling is encouraged. If you are disabled or are coming in a carpool of 3 or more, email alamedabackyardgrowers@gmail.org at least three days in advance, and we’ll arrange for nearby parking. owers.
Irene Rakochy, a Founding Board Member of ABG, a great friend, and a dedicated ABG volunteer, died unexpectedly in her sleep in June. She was 69, and leaves two adult sons. We miss her so much. A Celebration of Irene’s Life will be held on Saturday, July 15th at 1 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, in Alameda.