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Get ready for the holiday season with a demonstration and recipes to make a trio of gifts featuring cranberries. A few simple ingredients will be used to make cranberry simple syrup- perfect for cocktails or mocktails.

If you plan it, you can do it. Discover tips and tricks to transform your gardening space, no matter how small, using ornamental plants. Enhance your garden to make an impact with various shapes, textures, and colors of plants.

Cool season vegetables are cool! From gourmet selections to a stir-fry garden, this presentation covers everything you need to know about starting and growing vegetables that you can harvest in fall, winter and early spring.

Succulents are such an easy plant to grow, both in the garden and in pots. UC Master Gardeners of Orange County will discuss the history and origin of succulents, their care and feeding and propagation. The presentation also covers pests and diseases and recommended remedies.

Guess whos coming to dinner? All sorts of insects and other critters want to share in the bounty of your garden! University of California Master Gardeners will share the techniques of Integrated Pest Management to keep pests at bay with the least toxic methods.

You could plant from dawn to dusk and still not plant every variety of tomato! Whether you are a novice or a pro, youll enjoy learning about tomatoes: their history and some fun facts, the many varieties, their culture, diseases and pests, growing in the ground vs.

Imagine being able to harvest herbs as you need them right outside your kitchen door . . . or even from your kitchen counter. Learn about growing herbs in containers for use in cooking or for enjoyment in your garden.

In this demonstration, presented by UCCE Master Food Preservers of Orange County (https://ucanr.edu/sites/MFPOC/), you will learn how to safely preserve pickles using the fermentation method.

You could plant from dawn to dusk and still not plant every variety of tomato! Whether you are a novice or a pro, youll enjoy learning about tomatoes: their history and some fun facts, the many varieties, their culture, diseases and pests, growing in the ground vs.

Topic: "Composting and Vermiculture - Organic Debris to Garden Gold! Come meet the Magicians" There is a $5 fee to enter the gardens.