Butte

The Wildflower & Nature Festival shines a spotlight on natural resources and handmade products in Butte County. UC Master Gardeners of Butte County will be available help with your gardening problems and to provide information about gardening and landscaping.

Registration is required. Limit 25 people. Learn how to use leaves, garden waste, and kitchen scraps to enrich your soil. This workshop will cover both cold and hot composting methods, demonstrate helpful composting tools, and review tips for building bins. Carbon: nitrogen ratios will be explained, and…

For help with your gardening problems or to get information about gardening and landscaping visit our booth at this event. More about the Paradise Grazing Festival.

This workshop will help you get started with the flower garden of your dreams or sharpen and hone the flower gardening skills you already have. Fundamentals of flower garden planning through site selection and preparation, seed starting, propagating, and a number of different growing techniques will be…

For healthier plants, more nutritious food, and a waterwise garden learn what healthy soil microbes can do for you, and what you can do for them? These three simple processes are key: no till; no bare soil; and no herbicides, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers. We'll show you how soil health, plant health,…

This workshop takes place at our berry and grape garden, where a number of varieties were planted in early 2021. You will learn about the best varieties to plant in our climate, along with optimum methods of planting, training, pruning, irrigating, and harvesting. In addition to grapes, the workshop will…

For Program Staff and School Garden Educators this workshop covers garden-based next generation science lessons; student notebooks and lesson plans; and engagement in garden-based science activities. Participants will have an opportunity to network with other Expanded Learning staff and connect with UC…

UC Master Gardeners of Butte County hosts their spring plant sale. Visit our Demonstration Garden, attend a free workshop, and purchase plants that have been propagated by Butte County Master Gardeners that are selected to thrive in our climate.

Create beautiful, rich, nutritious compost from kitchen and garden scraps, along with help from the vermiculture community. Worms consume the biomass you provide them, digest it, and then excrete worm casting. This workshop, taught by a Certified Composter, will show you how to start the process and keep the…

Succulents do well in our Mediterranean climate because their thick, fleshy leaves retain water during long dry summers. Their striking and unusual appearance makes these plants great choices for ornamental gardens. This workshop focuses on the heat and water requirements of succulents, and covers types that…