School Garden Advice

School Garden Advice

Need help with a school garden? Be sure to check out all of the useful school garden advice we have gathered for you. If you need additional assistance, we can work with you to advise, mentor and answer gardening questions. Please complete and submit the School Garden Advice Request form on our website. Someone ou our School Garden Team will get back to you.

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      As volunteers for the UC Cooperative Extension, we are not able to recommend commercial services.  The Valley Water Agency has a  website focused on South Bay Green Gardens with a landscaping resources page. It includes information about landscape ...

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      Pepper weevils  have spread north from Southern California  to Santa Clara County and can be quite destructive.  For backyard gardeners, the best advice seems to be to clean up carefully after the pepper growing season to limit t he recurrence the ...

    • Pruning Apple Trees

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    • Planting on a Hillside

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    • Climate Zones

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