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Hotline: (858) 822-6910 
Future Master Gardeners Info Session is
Wed. Sept. 11 in Balboa Park
The next class of budding San Diego Master Gardener trainees starts in January. Apply now or you'll have to wait until 2022! Attend the Info Session to learn how you can be considered for a coveted spot:  
This month, we start to transition from warm to cool season vegetables and the weather is perfect for so many veggie garden activities! 

Do You Have Your Tickets to Our Fall Garden Tour: 
 Saturday, September 28?
The San Diego Master Gardeners Garden Tour is finally here and tickets are going super-fast! Buy yours online so you too can tour 9 glorious East County gardens and learn invaluable gardening tips. 


 
 


This Garden Tour is Made Possible by...

This once-per-decade event is being pollinated by these lead donors and many other generous contributors.
Bountiful thanks to them all!

What a glorious month for all things gardening with warm days, cool nights and daylight savings still with us.

 
Like the rest of us, mealybugs love living in San Diego. These pests can be found on landscape plants and  indoor house plants all year long.
 
Question: 
I found brown widow egg sacs in my yard near our patio and our kids' toys. What should we do?   
 
Answer:
Don't panic. Likely the hatched spiders will be more afraid than you are.

Congratulations to San Diego Master Gardener My Thanh Kim for winning first place in the State Master Gardener Photo Contest with her joyful school-garden pic "Lettuce Grow"!





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Master Gardener Association of San Diego County supports the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program of San Diego County.