Proper care and maintenance of your garden hand tools prolongs their life and keeps them in good working order. Both everyday tasks and seasonal tasks are essential to making sure your tools are clean, sharp, and ready for use. Join Master Gardener, Jake Jacobs for a demonstration and hands-on workshop all about daily and seasonal maintenance of your garden hand tools. Learn how to properly clean, hone, sharpen, and oil your tools, and more. Please bring one set of hand pruners to practice on. 

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

During this “make-and-take” hands-on seminar, you will be instructed on how to make a gorgeous pumpkin succulent arrangement for your fall decor. Please bring your own pumpkin, glue gun & glue sticks (we will have some on hand, but limited in supply). Succulents and other decorative elements will be provided.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Discover the art of sustainable landscaping with landscape architect George Mercer who will share expert insights on water-efficient garden design. Learn to harmonize aesthetics with resource conservation, choosing drought-tolerant plants, and implementing eco-friendly irrigation. Unleash your creativity and transform your outdoor space into a waterwise oasis under George Mercer's expert guidance!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Learn how to enhance the flavor of your summer fruits and veggies through fermentation. Led by Rebecca from Pepper Queen Farms, this workshop will demonstrate how to properly and safely ferment your harvest, using only salt and water. Participants will also take away unique and healthy recipes that promote good gut health.

Rebecca is the owner and chef of Pepper Queen Farms, a local, certified organic pepper and vegetable farm, which she sources to produce her fermented hot sauce and artisan food products.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Don’t miss this hands-on workshop with Kristina Moriarty, San Diego's dedicated garden coach and the driving force behind "Grow a Lil’ Garden” and Director of Customer Experience for Epic Gardening. This workshop covers various composting methods: traditional pile, tumbler, vermicomposting, Bokashi, and sheet composting. It explains setup, materials, benefits, and troubleshooting. Emphasizes environmental impact: waste reduction, soil enhancement, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Encourages adoption of composting for sustainable gardening. This workshop is tailored for beginners and aims to inspire and encourage everyone to adopt composting as a cornerstone of sustainable gardening. Join us to turn your waste into garden treasure and contribute to a healthier planet!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Stumped at how to get your seeds started? - in this seminar we will cover the all the tips and tricks to get your seeds to pop in time for Spring planting. Our Master Gardener will cover important topics like do temperature and light matter?, and how to Keep your seedlings healthy until planting time, how to avoid fungal infections and how to store your seeds to keep them viable for longer. Plus, each attendee will receive a seed viability chart to take home!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Back by popular demand, participants will learn from local botanist and food fan, Chuck McClung, as he shares his secrets for growing AND harvesting tomatoes all year long! Chuck will show you growing tips, disease controls, and great tomato varieties for San Diego gardens.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Unlock the secrets to a thriving garden during this hands-on workshop with SCCG's Master Gardener, April Lowe! Participants will explore eco-friendly approaches to fertilization and amendments that promote long-term garden vitality and will learn how to create a tailored plan for optimal soil health and plant nutrition for their own garden.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Meet Tyler Trimble of Backyard Fruit, one of the greatest resources for fruit tree knowledge in San Diego County! Tyler will offer participants guidance on the best fruit tree varieties for backyard growing in San Diego, as well as a hands-on basic fruit tree pruning lesson and important tips for fertilizing, pest and disease control and more.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Chuck McClung returns again to share his vegetable gardening tips to help you cultivate a bountiful winter harvest. He’ll show you how to plan a water-wise winter vegetable garden, and introduce you to great winter veggie varieties perfect for San Diego gardens of all size!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Good gardening begins with good soil. Led by (the legendary) Sam Tall from City Farmers Nursery, participants will learn how to evaluate soil and determine amendments needed to keep it rich and productive. Sam will show you how to create healthy soil with the best soil amendments, fertilizers, minerals, microorganisms, and gardening techniques!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Recycling food and other organic waste into compost provides a range of environmental benefits, including improving soil health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, recycling nutrients, and mitigating the impact of droughts. Workshop instructor, Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, composting expert and co-founder of Food2Soil, will introduce the 'Basics of Composting' and will show the tools and recipe to successfully build your first backyard compost pile and teach you how to build and care for your first worm bin.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Come explore the magical world of extremely hot peppers with landscaping expert and hot pepper aficionado Marco Diaz. Learn about Bhut Jolokias, Morruga Scorpions, Caroline Reapers and more. Marco will share growing tips, hot pepper varieties, recipes, and his salsa samplers that are sure to please your taste buds!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Healthy soil produces healthy crops!  In this workshop, SCCG volunteer and soil specialist, Jim Hyde, will describe and show participants what is meant by Soil Health, soil types, testing, organic matter, soil structure, nutrients, and soil ecology and how a living soil relates to a healthy and productive garden.  When Jim is not volunteering with SCCG, he works as an agronomist specializing in soil nutrition, soil health, cover crops and regenerative agriculture.  Come to this workshop to expand your soil knowledge!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Participants will learn from local botanist and food fan, Chuck McClung, as he shares his secrets for growing AND harvesting tomatoes all year long! Chuck will show you growing tips, disease controls, and great tomato varieties for San Diego gardens.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Participants are in for a treat with this creative workshop led by Paige Kries, founder of Plant It Again, a non-profit organization that creates careers for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, among many other things! In this fun make-and-take workshop, Paige will show you how to upcycle everyday things into wonderful garden art. Participants are encouraged to bring a tea-cup (or choose from selection provided). Succulent cuttings and soil will be provided so that you too can Plant it Again (just in time for creating a memorable gift for Mothers Day)!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Meet Tyler Trimble of Backyard Fruit, one of the greatest resources for fruit tree knowledge in San Diego County! Tyler will offer participants guidance on the best fruit tree varieties for backyard growing in San Diego, as well as a hands-on basic fruit tree pruning lesson and important tips for fertilizing, pest and disease control and more.

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Are you ready to transform your landscape into an edible garden? In this informative and entertaining class, participants will learn how to integrate edible plants into the landscape. Led by a local botanist, gardening instructor, and author Chuck McClung, participants will learn how to use edible plants to create edible hedges, border plants, container gardens, and more!

Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00

Showcasing these unique plants, you will learn how succulents can be used for landscaping and visual pleasure. All participants will receive a bag of succulent cuttings along with tips and tricks to create, grow and maintain your drought tolerant succulent garden.

Instructor: Sue Thomas

Registration: $10.00

Explore how to grow your own crops in a small space. Start with herbs for success.

Registration: $10.00

In this hands-on workshop, learn about using transplants and seeds to grow your cool weather garden.

Registration: $10.00

Learn how to maximize your creative meal preparations while being mindful of good nutritional practices. Explore how to keep a healthy balance for you and your family using food you grow or fresh choices from the market.

Registration: $10.00

Discuss how to work with nature for a healthy garden. Alternatives will be shared avoiding toxic chemicals.

Registration: $10.00

Creating appealing healthy meals for children can be challenging. Discover ways to encourage good eating habits from your garden.

Registration: $10.00

Explore how to maintain a long growing tomato season. Recipes will be included to enjoy your abundant harvest.

Registration: $10.00

Planning a spring or summer garden? In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use transplants and seeds to grow your warm weather garden.

Instructor: Nancy Helt, Master Gardener

Registration Required: $10.00

Good gardening begins with good soil. In this workshop, you will learn how to evaluate soil and determine amendments needed to keep it rich and productive.

Instructor: Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, Food2Soil Composting Collective

Registration Required: $10.00