Events

Garden Pests and Non-toxic Ways to Control Them

Pests are an unfortunate, but manageable part of the gardening experience.  Participants will learn non-toxic pest control techniques to help tackle and prevent typical garden pests.

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In the second installment of the Getting to Know Our Local Creeks, Ponds and Waterways series, The Gardens at Heather Farm's education staff will lead adults and youth on a field trip to discover local water and wild life.

About the Series

This spring,

Event Description

Help us prepare the garden for Earth Day! Help create and maintain a beautiful, water-conserving garden that demonstrates healthy garden practices using water recycling, mulch, drought-tolerant and native plantings, and no pesticides. Garden work par

The Ruth Bancroft Garden’s Spring Fling is a Plant Sale and more!  The Bay Area’s best selection of new release and hard to find succulents and drought tolerant plants. Receive expert advice on great  plants for your location and tips and tricks to p

Come to the Spring Festival and Plant Sale April 9!! 

Family Fun

Not just another plant sale.  We’ve gathered a bunch of fun things to see and do.

Exhibitors

●  Tomato Transplant Kits
●  Container gardens

Classes

●  Drought Irrigation Techniques
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Participate in a workshop where we will transform a grass lawn to a beautiful garden.  Learn how to prepare the area with a sod cutter, sheet mulching techniques, convert an irrigation system, and plant placement. This will be a hands-on class with f

Join Mike Carlson from Contra Costa Flood Control District at The Gardens at Heather Farm for the first in a series of free workshops designed to interest grown-ups as well as provide hands-on activities specifically developed to engage younger audie

Fill your garden with a plethora of plants, including California natives, shrubs, ground cover, perennials, grasses, ferns, annuals and drought-tolerant plants at The Gardens at Heather Farm’s annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 9 from 8 a.m.

Help us prepare the garden for Earth Day! Help create and maintain a beautiful, water-conserving garden that demonstrates healthy garden practices using water recycling, mulch, drought-tolerant and native plantings, and no pesticides. Garden work par

It’s The Great Tomato Plant Sale — the largest of its kind in the East Bay.

The UC Master Gardeners of Contra Costa County are offering over 70 varieties of heirloom tomatoes and more than 16,000 healthy vegetable plants ready for planting in home ga

Meet the Contra Costa County Spare the Air Team and learn about opportunities to get involved:

Restaurants are very water intensive and whether the water is being turned into steam to cook vegetables or heated to sanitize soiled wares and wash customer and staff hands alike, it is important to understand where your water goes and how to reduce

Hello Everyone,

It has been a wonderful winter with the return of some much needed rain! March brings the first Crop Swap of the season and with all that rain an abundance of greens! Please join us for our March Crop Swap:

Wednesday, March 23rd 

Set up

Join fellow gardeners at PHIG who are developing a water conservation demonstration garden sustainably using no pesticides and planting mostly natives and other drought tolerant plants in this wildlife habitat. Help us to prune, weed, compost and mul

Become a Part of Contra Costa County History!

Bring your treasured Photos, Documents and Letters to our Scan-a-Thon

Saturday, 3/19, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Contra Costa County Historical Society is hosting a scanning event.   

Scanning technicians w

Join us to learn a simple solution to saving water -- and money --in your landscape.   In this hands-on class, you will convert an existing sprinkler system to drip.  All the basic parts of the system will be demonstrated and there will be time for q