Gardening Events Calendar
Find public events in Alameda County hosted by local community partners and StopWaste:
EBMUD Landscape Rebate Office Hours
Hosted by: EBMUD
Drop-in to EBMUD's weekly virtual office hours to ask questions about our landscape rebate programs. EBMUD water conservation experts will be on hand to explain the rebate process, offer project advice, and answer your burning rebate questions.
Talkin' Dirt
Hosted by: EBMUD
Drop-in to EBMUD's weekly virtual office hours to ask questions about our landscape rebate programs. EBMUD water conservation experts will be on hand to explain the rebate process, offer project advice, and answer your burning rebate questions.
The Plant Exchange Garden Pop-up Sale
Hosted by: The Plant Exchange
The Plant Exchange is hosting a special pop-up event just in time to get items for your Spring gardening projects. Come early for best selection - we expect things to go quickly! The sale will feature a wide selection of planting pots, plant stands and yard decor items to choose from, plus a few plants, of course! Everything will be priced to sell.
A sample of items that will be for sale can be seen here, plus more items are being added daily.
Seasonal Medicinal Herbs
Hosted by: Alameda Backyard Growers
Learn about medicinal herbs. There will be a $5 suggested donation to benefit the Farm. (10 am –12 noon but people may stay longer to volunteer.) Registration is required and the link, along with instructions and what to bring, will be provided soon.
Perennial Edibles
Hosted by: Castro Valley Library
Perennials are the perfect foundation for your edible or permaculture gardens. Learn the many benefits of perennials and how to add them to your landscape. Topics will include perennial types, when and how to plant, propagation and maintenance.
Bringing Back the Natives Online Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase
Hosted by: Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Save water, lower the amount of time you spend working in your garden (or the amount you pay for maintenance), invite birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your garden, support local ecology, and reflect the natural splendor for which California is known by gardening with California native plants. Join the Bringing Back the Natives Online Garden Tour for two days of online garden tours and talks.
Plant Sale and Spring Festival
Hosted by: Edible Schoolyard
Come celebrate the abundance of the garden and experience the sensory education that takes place at the Edible Schoolyard at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California. We invite you to tour the teaching garden and kitchen classroom and explore a variety of interactive stations based on ESY’s own curriculum. Guests will have an opportunity to learn about our compost system, meet the chickens, propagate plants, and try their hand at bouquet-making.
UC Master Gardener Plant Sale
Hosted by: UC Master Gardner Program
On April 13-14, 2024, we'll be hosting our annual "Incredible Edible Plant Sale," a favorite home gardeners' event, where you can get vegetable starts for your spring planting. From vibrant tomatoes to piquant peppers—we'll have over 100 varieties of veggies!
The sale will be in-person only (no pre-ordering like in previous years), waiting for you to discover a cornucopia of delights to elevate your garden. Our Master Gardeners will be on-site, offering short talks on beginning plant care, container gardening, and more.
In the coming weeks, we'll have more details on our website and the full catalog of plants we will be selling. In the meantime, check out some of the seedlings' progress!
Bringing Back the Natives In-Person Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase
Hosted by: Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Save water, lower the amount of time you spend working in your garden (or the amount you pay for maintenance), invite birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your garden, support local ecology, and reflect the natural splendor for which California is known by gardening with California native plants. Join the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour for two days of garden tours.
Garden Pests and Nontoxic Ways to Control Them
Hosted by: Dublin Library
Pests are an unfortunate, but manageable part of the gardening experience. Participants will learn easy and budget-friendly non-toxic pest control techniques to help tackle and prevent typical garden pests.
Composting 101
Hosted by: Castro Valley Library
Come and learn how easy it is to transform your yard waste and food scraps into “gardeners’ gold”. The benefits of making and using compost are many: recycling resources, saving money and water. This workshop will teach you to make, harvest and use this valuable soil amendment in your garden.