Master Gardeners

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Upcoming Plant Sale at Balboa Park

Hundreds of Gardener-grown Plants Available Plus Live Demonstrations San Diego County Master Gardeners Host Plant Sale at Balboa Park San...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Lemonadeberry Shrub

By Michael Harrelson, used with permission in Let’s Talk Plants! June 2022. Lemonadeberry Shrub For San Diego gardeners the Lemonadeberry...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Pink Muhly Grass – Satisfying On So Many Levels

By Master Gardener Michael Harrelson, reprinted here with permission in Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. Pink Muhly Grass or Pink Hair...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Mastering Garden Photography

By Deanna Chandra, first published by the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County in the San Diego Union Tribune, November 2021...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Epiphyllum Hybrid Basics

By Gretchen Ward, reprinted here with permission, for Let's Talk Plants! November, 2021. Epiphyllum hybrid ‘Going Bananas.' The...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: The Straight Facts About Growing Carrots

By Jodi Bay. This article first appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 9, 2021, and is reprinted by permission in Let's Talk...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Manage Weeds Before Planting

By Michael Harrelson. April showers bring May flowers … and weeds, lots of weeds. A weed is defined by the Weed Science Society of...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Some Beautiful Plants Should Be Handled With Care

By Francie Murphy and Chris McDonald. As gardeners in San Diego move to replace their thirsty lawns and water-loving plants, they may...

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Master Gardener VIRTUAL Spring Seminar Saturday, March 20, 2021

Wondering what plants make the most sense for San Diego gardens this year? Want to grow magnificent roses and stunning succulents in the sam

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Master Gardeners Keep in Touch with Memory Care Communities During COVID

For the past two years, the UCCE San Diego Master Gardener Program, through its Reminiscence Gardening (RG) public outreach program, has par

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: The Amazing Torrey Pine

In Southern California there are two small remnants of “relic pine forests” that precede the Glacial Period. Trees in these forests were we