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The UC Master Gardener Program designed the California Garden Web to serve as a portal to organize and extend the University of California's vast collection of research-based information about gardening to the public. The California Garden Web focuses on sustainable gardening practices and uses a question and answer format to present solutions. The blog below highlights gardening issues pertaining to the season.
California Gardening Blog
Join us for Your Sustainable Backyard Workshop: Citrus and Avocados
Please join the Statewide Master Gardener Program and the California Center for Urban Horticulture for a day of Citrus and Avocados. We'll be in Davis on April 13th, in Los Angeles on...
Repost: Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Impact on Central Valley Citrus
Reprinted with permission from David Haviland. Originally posted on February 8, 2013. For the last few years citrus growers in the San Joaquin Valley have been nervously watching the...
Bug Blog
Promenade in the Pomegranates
What a match--honey bees and pomegranate blossoms. Watching the golden bees forage amid the brilliant red blossoms in the late afternoon is a delight to see, especially when the sun backlights...
Where's Charlotte?
A spider web is one of nature's most marvelous wonders. It's art, it's architecture, and it's engineering. The silk is as beautiful as it is deceiving. It's 10 times stronger than Kevlar; as sticky...
Where Do Foraging Bees Go to Die?
"Where do foraging bees go to die?" That question was asked this week of honey bee guru Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, who serves as the statewide Extension...