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Check out the Water-Efficient Landscape at the Horticulture Center. (Photo: Kathy Morrison)






Master Gardeners offer expert advice during Open Garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center



This has been a puzzling and perplexing summer for many Sacramento gardeners, who undoubtedly have bushels of questions about what went wrong (or right) and why.

But where to find answers? Open Garden, of course. Saturday morning, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to noon, join the UC Cooperative Extension Sacramento County Master Gardeners at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in Fair Oaks Park, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. 

This popular free event offers a wealth of good gardening advice in an atmosphere filled with examples of what works in Sacramento gardens.

During the Open Garden, visitors can explore the site's many demonstration gardens including its Water-Efficient Landscape (great ideas for drought-tolerant plants) and easy-reach orchard (which makes harvesting simple).

Master Gardeners, who are constantly trying out new methods and varieties at the Hort Center, will staff the demonstration areas and answer questions. 

Got a mystery plant or pest? Bag it up (preferably in a sealed plastic bag) and these experts will identify it and offer appropriate advice.

Mini-demonstrations at 10 a.m. include fall vegetable gardening, pruning boysenberries, orchard chores, creating a wildlife habitat and propagating herbs. For details: sacmg.ucanr.edu.

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