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Find the Horticulture Center

Sacramento County UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who provide University of California approved research-based horticulture information to home gardeners of our county through:

• phone and office consultations
• Horticulture Center open gardens and Harvest Day
• plant clinics, composting workshops, special events (see the all events calendar)
• youth gardening programs
• a speaker's bureau
• radio and television programs, newspaper and magazine articles
• this website, Facebook and our YouTube channel
  

Sacramento County Master Gardeners collaborate with city and county departments to provide information on water quality and composting, they maintain the demonstration gardens at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, and coordinate events.

 

Contact us

Have a home gardening question?  Ask the Master Gardeners! 

Telephone Help Desk:
Monday through Thursday
9 AM to Noon, 1 to 4 PM
The Master Gardener Office is closed on Fridays, but UCCE is open.

• Visit us at 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA  95827 (map/directions).  Please call for walk-in office hours. 
  
  
• Call us at (916) 876-5338.  If you call outside our office hours, please leave both your phone number and e-mail address so that we may respond to you in a timely manner.
  
  
• Email us at mgsacramento@ucanr.edu   Please use e-mail if you want to submit photos along with your question(s).  Also, please include your daytime phone number in case we have questions.

Find our office (Find the Horticulture Center)

UC Cooperative Extension Sacramento County Master Gardeners
4145 Branch Center Road (map/directions)
Sacramento, CA  95827

4145 Branch Center Road is located at the corner of Kiefer Blvd. and Branch Center in a single story building.  There is parking on the street in front on Branch Center or on the side of the building on Agriculture Lane.  

 

Find our events at the Horticulture Center (Find Our Office)

Harvest Day ~ Open Gardens ~ January Pruning Workshop

The Master Gardeners maintain a beautiful horticulture center in Fair Oaks where we invite the public to visit and learn about growing vegetables, fruits, herbs and water efficient plants.  We also demonstrate composting techniques. See our schedule for open days.

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
Inspired by Chuck Ingels
11549 Fair Oaks Blvd
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Google map and directions

Driving Directions

From Hwy 50: Exit going north on Sunrise Boulevard; go 4 miles to Madison Avenue; turn right. Turn right at Fair Oaks Boulevard.

From I-80 east: Exit east on Madison Avenue; go 5½ miles to Fair Oaks Boulevard; turn right.

From I-80 west: Exit Douglas Boulevard, turn left at the light, turn right on Sunrise Boulevard, left on Madison Avenue, and right on Fair Oaks Boulevard.

Enter Fair Oaks Park on Temple Park Road (next  to Fair Oaks Library). Turn left into parking lot, go past the skateboard court, straight ahead to  the Horticulture Center.  For those who like a picture, click to enlarge the thumbnail above or use the map below.