Events

Lose the Lawn, Get a Garden: How to replace your lawn with a beautiful water-wise landscape

This inspiring and informative workshop is designed for homeowners interested in replacing their water-thirsty lawns with beautiful water efficient landscapin

Our first big plant sale of the year, featuring: 

• Hand-curated collection of succulents, many of which we propagated from seed
• Free talk from 10-11:30 am by APLD member Diane Goldsmith on adding succulents to your garden.

…and as usual, our many beautif

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

Compost Happens:  Compost 101

Come and learn how easy it is to transform your yard waste and food scraps into “gardeners’    

gold”. This hands-on workshop will teach you to make, harvest and use this valuable soil amendment in your garden.

Lori Caldwel

Help take care of one of our native plant restoration sites! We’ll check on the plants we put in last fall, see if there is activity near the bird boxes, and clean up weeds and litter. People with all levels of experience are welcome. Children must b

Are you thinking about keeping bees? Or perhaps you just want to know more about these miraculous garden helpers and how to encourage them to visit your yard? Our expert from the Mt. Diablo Beekeeper's Association will teach us about bee biology, equ

The Martinez Library will be sponsoring a workshop on researching local history using the resources of the Contra Costa County Historical Society.

The speakers at this workshop will be longtime CCCHS volunteers Bill & Kathleen Mero. They will talk abo

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

Gardening All Year: Prepping Your Edible Garden for Spring

It’s time to start thinking about that Spring/Summer garden. Topics such as: seeds vs. starts, crop rotation, building healthy soil, great crops for Spring & transitioning from your Fall garde

• Hot/Cold Composting
• Mulching
• Grasscycling
• Vermicomposting (Worms!)
• Q&A and Troubleshooting

REGISTRATION REQUIRED www.recyclesmart.org/workshops or (925) 906-1801

Visit RecycleSmart online for more information about purchasing a discount compost b

Propagation Workshop with Brian LarsenFriday, March 4 • 9:30 a.m.
  
Join us to gain an understanding of how plants can be reproduced under your direction.  Learn how to start your plants from seeds and cuttings.  This class will cover, budding, grafti

Community Choice Energy is the most powerful way to quickly reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by using renewable energy. Every city in Contra Costa County wants to investigate the benefits of Community Choice Energy.

Now, the decision to take action on

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

Big gardens in small spaces: The adventures of container gardening

This class is geared toward people who don’t have a lot of space and want to grow their own food.  Topics such as: maintaining soil fertility, best plants for container gardens & crop

Save hundreds of gallons of water by capturing the rain that falls on your own roof! In this hands-on workshop participants will learn while doing, as a rain barrel system is installed in a Walnut Creek backyard. You'll get all the info about sizing

Drip irrigation allows you to save a tremendous amount of water vs. traditional irrigation methods! Learn the basics of planning and installing a drip system in your yard. Resource materials will be provided.

Click here to register.

Lose the Lawn, Get a Garden: How to replace your lawn with a beautiful water-wise landscape

This inspiring and informative workshop is designed for homeowners interested in replacing their water-thirsty lawns with beautiful water efficient landscapin

Floral Arranging Presentation with Najat Nicola
Friday, February 19 • 9:30 a.m.  

Najat returns to The Gardens to entertain us with her floral creations.  She will prepare a number of designs, sharing resources and giving tips and ideas to invigorate

“Laundry to Landscape” Greywater System 

Hands-on class on how to install a simple laundry-to-landscape system for your house. You will learn how to install a simple three-way valve in your laundry room, connect the pipe from your washing machine to y

Fresh fruit! The goal of many home gardeners it to be able to wander into your garden and pick luscious, tree-ripened  fruit, fruit that has not traveled hundreds of miles, or been in cold storage before hitting the grocery shelves.