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Garden Calendar: Today and coming events

Published: Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 9CALIFORNIA LIFE

Special events

Today

• UC Cooperative Extension Harvest Day. Hear presentations by area gardening experts; tour the Horticulture Center demonstration gardens; taste fruit including grapes and tomatoes; visit educational booths; and ask master gardeners questions. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. Free. (916) 875-6913.

• Jensen Garden volunteer work day. Bring gloves, hand pruners, lunch, and a drink. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jensen Garden, 8520 Fair Oaks, Blvd., Carmichael. (916) 485-5322 ext. 23.

• Placer County master gardeners at the farmers market will answer gardening questions. 8 a.m. to noon. Auburn courthouse parking lot, Auburn-Folsom Road, Auburn. (530) 885-7385.


Sunday

• Excellence in Educations' fourth annual luxury home tour with five houses in Truckee's Martis Camp. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $40 advance, $45 day of event. For locations and tickets, call (530) 550-7984.


Next Saturday

• Farm Fresh to You farm tour. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., with 11:30 a.m. talk on organic farming by chief farmer Thaddeus Barsotti. 23800 Highway 16, Capay. (800) 796-6009.


Aug. 28

• Mulch Madness community party. Spread mulch in rings around trees in McKinley Park. 6-8 p.m. Near the Shepard Garden and Art Center, McKinley Park, Sacramento. (916) 924-8733, ext. 122.


Classes and workshops

Today

• "Armchair Birding – Plants In Your Yard and the Feathered Friends Who Visit," UC Davis guided tour. Learn which plants attract birds and how to spot them with bird watcher Lois Richter. 9-10:30 a.m. Arboretum Terrace Garden and Lois Crowe Patio, Davis Commons Shopping Center, Richards Boulevard and First Street, Davis. (530) 752-4880.

• "Your First Organic Garden." Learn the basics of gardening: soil, plants, water, compost and bugs. Easy plants and seeds provided to get you started. 9-11 a.m. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova. (916) 868-6399.

• Orchid and bonsai workshop presented by Exotic Plants owner and founder Kifumi Keppler. Noon- 1:30 p.m. orchid workshop, 2-3 p.m. bonsai workshop. Exotic Plants, 1833 Howe Ave., Sacramento. Free. (916) 922-4769.


Wednesday

• "Composting with Worms," Nevada County Fair master gardener workshop. 11 a.m. Nevada County Fairground in "Ag-Sperience," 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley. Free. (530) 273-0919.

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Next Saturday

• "All Dried Up!" food-preservation public demonstration hosted by Sacramento County master food preservers. Learn safe dehydration techniques. 10 a.m.-noon. Sacramento Cooperative Extension Office, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento. Free. (916) 875-6913.

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