El Dorado County - Master Gardeners

Master Gardeners

Welcome to the El Dorado County Master Gardeners Web Site

Our Office Entrance

Master Gardeners are community members who have been trained under the direction of the University of California Cooperative Extension. Each volunteer has completed more than 50 hours of formal classroom training. Master Gardeners help the Cooperative Extension office provide practical scientific gardening information to the home gardeners of our county.

Have a Gardening Question?

Information on many subjects including pest management, soils, composting, irrigation and watering, plant selection, etc. is available in several ways:

Call the Master Gardener telephone information line at (530) 621-5512. Operates 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday.

Master Gardener Gay Craig fields a question

Visit the UCCE Office , 311 Fair Lane, Placerville. The office is staffed 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. Bring a sample for identification, or drop by to ask questions. If you bring a sample, please put plant material in a plastic bag. For insect identification, don't bring them alive! Please preserve insects in a container with rubbing alcohol, or by freezing. Samples may be left at the main building from 1-5 p.m. M-F for a next-day call from a Master Gardener.

Attend our free public classes. Classes on a variety of topics are held most Saturday mornings from January through October. Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions during breaks and after class. See the 2008 Public Education Class Calendar for more information.

Visit our links for gardening information. Find information online from a variety of UCCE and other sites. Pests of Home and Landscape - Pest Notes is an especially valuable source of information.

Read Articles. View the online library of weekly gardening articles published in the Mountain Democrat.

Visit our information booths. Master Gardeners staff information booths and give demonstrations at various community events usually held each year at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds: the Home and Garden Show and the County Fair.

Become a Master Gardener. Yes, you! Our Training Program will provide you with the latest research-based gardening information from the University of California. And you will have the pleasure of sharing this information with home gardeners in El Dorado County.