Mt. Diablo Nursery & Garden provides a wide array of educational seminars for our customers. These seminars are taught by local experts from the landscape and horticultural communities. For our current schedule, or to receive our news letter please contact us. A selection of recent topics is shown below:

 

Seminar Topics

• Container planting: Thoughts on pots / bring in your own!
• Spring preparation of fruit trees, shrubs and perennials
• Care and pruning of diverse Camellias
• Care of pruning tools
• Insects: The good, the bad and the ugly
• Bees: Man's best garden friend / how sweet it is!
• Composting: Creating organic gold for the garden
• Soils: Get some dirt under your nails
• Plant propagation: Making babies to fill your play area
• Edible landscaping: Making maximum use of you space and water
• Native and mediterranean plants: Under the tuscan LaMorinda sun
• The key to success with succulents

For additional assistance you can also contact:

Master Gardener's Hot Line
9-12noon M-F 925-646-6586
Contra Costa Master Gardeners
University of California Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Rd 2nd floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215