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UCCE Master Gardeners of Riverside County

Desert Edition
News & Updates
May 2022
Fabulous Fig Trees

5/7/2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Riverside Corona Research Conservation District
4500 Glenwood Drive
Riverside, CA, 92501

Who doesn’t love the beauty and bounty of them! Join Larry Dodson, Master Gardener, member of California Rare Fruit Growers, and orchardist, for an informative talk on choosing the appropriate fig tree with tips on planting and care.   
The San Bernardino Master Food Preservers will be available with preserving and dehydrating ideas. And, of course, there will be an opportunity drawing!
This “Let’s Get Figgy” workshop is open to the public so invite your friends, family, and neighbors!   


Water Efficient Landscape (WEL) Workshops
Rain Gardening
Daniel Aaron Frances

Water harvesting in the landscape and home is the best practice in an arid climate. Daniel Aaron Francis will take us on a journey through rainwater, irrigation, and greywater harvesting project that passively repatterns a landscape to actively sequester water. Water harvesting is our future!

May 14, 2022, 10:00AM
Monthly Lunch and Learn


Conservation Garden of Native Bees

Kate Kramer and Toni McKinney

Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 12:00 PM




Passcode: 780532
Coming in June
Lunch & Learn - Integrating Native Plants into your Home Landscape
Brad Hardison
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 12:00PM
Garage Sale
May 28th
73600 Alessandro Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260

Create and the Gardening Blind Class are having a Garage Sale! There will be lots of art supplies and from the Master Gardeners PLANTS and POTS.
We have Cactus, Houseplants and Plumeria. Our plumeria range from 3 feet to 7 feet tall!