El Dorado County - Master Gardeners

Master Gardeners

Welcome to the El Dorado County Master Gardeners Web Site

Fall Plant and Garden Sale!

Join us on Saturday, September 18th from 8AM - 3PM at the Veterans Memorial Hall. Proceeds will benefit UCCE Master Gardeners’ outreach programs and construction of our new DEMONSTRATION GARDEN to be located behind the El Dorado County Office of Education. Fall Plant and Garden Sale Information

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.

Would you like up-to-date information from the Master Gardeners? Sign up on their Electronic Email Distribution List.

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, Tuesday 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, Tuesday 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. T-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 December. Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions during breaks and after class. See the Public Education Class Calendar, (the schedule the July through December) 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.

How to Garden and Landscape in the Tahoe Basin

The University of California Cooperative Extension and Tahoe Resource Conservation District are collecting input on the need for a Master Gardener program in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The information collected in this survey will be used to gauge public interest in developing a program and to plan the program if interest seems high.

http://ucanr.org/mastergardenersurvey