Grow Tomatoes All Year Long with Chuck McClung
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
Wild Ones - Learn how to attract pollinators with native plants
Join Elena Banks, SCCG’s native plants and pollinator expert and discover how California native plants attract and support important pollinators for maintaining healthy gardens and green spaces. Walk through SCCG's Native green space to observe how pollinators are best adapted to local, native plants. All participants will take home native seeds and seedlings to attract pollinators into your garden. We’d love for you to BEE there!
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
Rewiliding Urban Landscapes with Polyculture
This exciting workshop will introduce the concept of polyculture as an approach for bringing healthy soils, carbon sequestration, pollinator habitat and water conservation to our urban yards and parks. Led by Dwelling on Carbon’s Executive Director, Rosalind Haselbeck, participants will learn how polyculture lawns and meadows can mitigate the carbon cycle, urban heat, and storm water issues. Participants will have the opportunity test the health and viability of your own soil and will get to see different seed mixes to visualize the variation in size, shape, color and texture.
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
Lose your Lawn - or a portion of it!
Join SCCG’s award-winning landscape architect, George Mercer, in this workshop and discover alternatives for your water loving lawn, including a discussion of xeriscape principles, low water use plantings, organic and inorganic mulches and hardscape. George will share design ideas that combine various approaches, colors and plants.
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
$ave Water and Beautify your Landscape
Join our "$ave Water and Beautify your Landscape" workshop with Ewing Irrigation’s Rick Mandel, and Master Gardener, Debby Dunn, who have teamed up to share DIY irrigation techniques, water saving irrigation products, and expert guidance on water-wise plants that will help your lawn thrive. Participants will also gain tips on watering shrubs, trees, and veggie gardens, as well as water saving rebates available through local resources! Whether you're a green thumb or a beginner, this hands-on class will help you conserve water and grow healthier plants.
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
Special Event with Epic Gardening
Join us for a lively workshop led by the talented green thumbs from Epic Gardening. More details will be announced as we get closer to the date. Learn more at www.epicgardening.com.
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
Let's Get Dirty: Compost & Soil Building
In this show-and-tell workshop, participants will learn about the superpowers of soil and compost. Led by SCCG’s very own soil and compost guru’s, James Hyde and Michael Land, this workshop will cover topics including soil testing, water source, living soil, and compost. Plan for a hands-on composting session, followed by discussion on carbon, greens, moisture, and air to generate the heat towards a beautiful finished compost you can do at home.
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
DIY: Pumpkin Succulent Arrangement
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
Create Your Own Living Art: Bonsai Tree with Lucky Jade Plants
Discover the art of bonsai and unlock your creativity in this hands-on workshop led by San Diego Master Gardener and artist, Muriel King, Just in time for the holidays, participants will learn how to transform a lucky jade plant into a stunning ornamental bonsai while exploring essential techniques for pruning, shaping, and care. Perfect for beginners and plant enthusiasts alike, this workshop offers the tools and guidance you need to craft your own living masterpiece. Learn more about Muriel and her living artwork creations at https://www.instagram.com/theperfectplantbymuriel.
Advanced Registration Required - Garden Members: FREE | Non-Garden Members: $10.00
Gardening Tool Care & Sharpening Workshop
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
DIY: Pumpkin Succulent Arrangement
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
Design and Create Your Waterwise Garden
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
From Harvest to Flavor: A Journey into Fruit and Veggie Fermentation with Rebecca
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
Composting for Beginners: Transforming Waste into Garden Gold!
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
Successful Seed Starting
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
Grow Tomatoes All Year Long with Chuck McClung
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
Garden Love: Create A Fertilizer and Amendment Plan For Your Garden with Master Gardener, April Lowe
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
Basic Backyard Orchard Care with Tyler Trimble
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
Planning a Winter Vegetable Garden
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
Understanding Soil Health For Your Garden
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
Basics of Composting
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
Hot Pepper Magic
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
A few fun facts about soil - What's going on underground?
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
Grow Tomatoes All Year Long!
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
Upcycled Garden Art
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
Basic Backyard Orchard Care
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
Create Your Edible Landscape
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
Landscaping with Succulents
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
Container Gardening
Explore how to grow your own crops in a small space. Start with herbs for success.
Registration: $10.00
Planning a Fall and Winter Garden
In this hands-on workshop, learn about using transplants and seeds to grow your cool weather garden.
Registration: $10.00
Healthy Recipes from Garden to Table
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
Organic Pest Control
Discuss how to work with nature for a healthy garden. Alternatives will be shared avoiding toxic chemicals.
Registration: $10.00
Fun Foods for Kids
Creating appealing healthy meals for children can be challenging. Discover ways to encourage good eating habits from your garden.
Registration: $10.00
Continuing Success with Tomatoes
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
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
Understanding Soil
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