Workshops and other events

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center workshops and open gardens - Free!

A Workshop at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center (FOHC) includes speakers giving talks on specific topics, like our pruning workshop in January.

Another FOHC event, Open Garden, is a chance for you to visit the gardens, roam around freely and talk with Master Gardeners there to help with your gardening questions. We often include mini-tours and demonstrations at Open Gardens.

Harvest Day is also included on our FOHC Workshop schedule. Lots of speakers, fruit tasting, vendors, education tables and so much more. This event is the first Saturday in August.

Free Information Tables are offered throughout Sacramento County.  You can get a plant problem solved one-on-one with a Master Gardener. Information Tables are available at all of the FOHC events and are also part of bigger events such as the California State Fair, Home Shows, Garden Tours and other community gardening events.

Composting Workshops are given all over Sacramento County, often at public libraries. Demonstrations are offered at our FOHC events.

Some, such as worm composting, involve a small fee for materials. Learn the fun and benefits of composting with worms and turn yard waste into "Gardener's Gold" and learn the types of bins, how to set up a compost bin, and tips for success.

These occasional special offerings are fundraising projects for the UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County.  We charge a small fee, but you learn and take things home with you!

Find handouts from some of them below.

Here you'll find publications presented at various events that you can save or print.

Harvest Day

Get Sharp: Introduction to Cacti and Succulents (1.9MB PDF)

Pruning Workshops

• Pruning Guide (PDF, ANR 8075)
• Pruning Overgrown Deciduous Trees (PDF 97KB) (ANR 8058)
• Training and Pruning Deciduous Trees (PDF 226KB) (ANR 8057)
• Don't Top Trees! (PDF)
• Fine Gardening - Proper Pruning (PDF)
• Training Young Trees (PDF)
• Landscape Trees: Their Wounds and Treatment (PDF)
  
  
• Pruning demonstration video – watch Ed Laivo prune fruit trees.

Espalier Workshop, (21MB PDF) May 19, 2018

Edible Landscape Workshop, March 9, 2013