Educational Seminars, Workshops & Events
2020 SCHEDULE
PERENNIAL GARDEN VOLUNTEER TRAINING
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MUST BE A SAN MATEO ARBORETUM MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE
CANCELLED - HOPE TO RESCHEDULE LATER THIS SPRING
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Help maintain & beautify the San Mateo Arboretum perennial gardens while learning how to take care of your perennials. Training consists of an introduction and lecture followed by hands on pruning in the garden. At completion, you will be given a green vest that will identify you as a volunteer. You will then be able to work in the garden at your convenience. Future classes will be offered as the seasons change. We ask that you commit to volunteering a minimum of 4 hours/month. You must be a member of the San Mateo Arboretum Society. You may join on March 21 or at www.SanMateoArboretum.org. Bring garden clippers & gloves. Registration required
Jack McKinnon, premier garden coach, former Sunset Magazine gardener, studied Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley Extension. Among his many personal qualities he is knowledgeable, calm, honest, experienced, and helpful. Jack McKinnon’s contact information: Jack.mckinnon.hmb@gmail.com, 650-455-0687
Since 1999 Jack McKinnon has been providing outstanding service to clients around the San Francisco Bay Area, drawing upon his 35 years of gardening experience to solve their gardening needs. Jack honed his trade for 12 years as a Sunset Magazine gardener. As well as garden coaching, Jack also writes regular gardening columns for several Bay Area magazines, and has served as a board member for the San Mateo Arboretum.Jack McKinnon is the owner of The Garden Coach, a garden consulting business. He has been a gardener for over 35 years and worked in the Sunset Magazine gardens for 12 years. He has made numerous media appearances including Real Estate Weekly TV, Mountain View Public TV. He has a regular monthly column in the Palo Alto Weekly, Coast Views Magazine and the Mountain View Voice. Jack has given a pruning demonstration to a packed room at the San Francisco Garden show. He was a board member of the San Mateo Arboretum Society and has been a member of the Royal Horticultural Society, California Native Plant Society and Santa Cruz Arboretum. Jack.mckinnon.hmb@gmail.com; 650-455-0687
Jack McKinnon, premier garden coach, former Sunset Magazine gardener, studied Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley Extension. Among his many personal qualities he is knowledgeable, calm, honest, experienced, and helpful. Jack McKinnon’s contact information: Jack.mckinnon.hmb@gmail.com, 650-455-0687
Since 1999 Jack McKinnon has been providing outstanding service to clients around the San Francisco Bay Area, drawing upon his 35 years of gardening experience to solve their gardening needs. Jack honed his trade for 12 years as a Sunset Magazine gardener. As well as garden coaching, Jack also writes regular gardening columns for several Bay Area magazines, and has served as a board member for the San Mateo Arboretum.Jack McKinnon is the owner of The Garden Coach, a garden consulting business. He has been a gardener for over 35 years and worked in the Sunset Magazine gardens for 12 years. He has made numerous media appearances including Real Estate Weekly TV, Mountain View Public TV. He has a regular monthly column in the Palo Alto Weekly, Coast Views Magazine and the Mountain View Voice. Jack has given a pruning demonstration to a packed room at the San Francisco Garden show. He was a board member of the San Mateo Arboretum Society and has been a member of the Royal Horticultural Society, California Native Plant Society and Santa Cruz Arboretum. Jack.mckinnon.hmb@gmail.com; 650-455-0687
Jack McKinnon, premier garden coach, former Sunset Magazine gardener, studied Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley Extension. Among his many personal qualities he is knowledgeable, calm, honest, experienced, and helpful. Jack McKinnon’s contact information: Jack.mckinnon.hmb@gmail.com, 650-455-0687
APRIL 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
HELP PRUNE CENTRAL PARK'S CAMELLIAS
CANCELLED
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CANCELLED - HOPE TO RESCHEDULE LATER THIS SPRING
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The San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society (https://camelliasfpcs.org) experts will teach you how to shape your Camellia bushes to encourage beautiful profuse flowering with pruning and proper care. After instruction, you will have the opportunity to learn by pruning SM Central Park’s Camellias. Bring pruning shears and gloves. Heavy rain cancels.
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu CANCELLED - HOPE TO RESCHEDULE NEXT MONTH
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MAY 2020
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Edible Container Gardening with Laurel Nagle (tentative)
CANCELLED
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Learn to grow almost anything in containers. The session will cover the right materials and techniques for a bountiful harvest as well as strategies for growing in less-than-perfect environments. Now is the perfect time to start growing!
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Laurel Nagle is a professional gardener and the owner of Every Bloomin’ Thing, a subscription container gardening service providing seasonal color to homes and businesses along the Peninsula. She has been a Master Gardener since 2009 and has a Landscape Architecture degree from UC Berkeley Extension. Laurel has given presentations throughout the Bay Area on various aspects of Container Gardening as well as Edible Gardening, Beginner Basics, and Seasonal Planting Design.
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
JUNE 2020
Sunday, June 7, 2020
GRASSES with Bob Hornback (tentative)
CANCELLED
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
JULY 2020
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Propagation by Stem Cutting with Virginia Martin (tentative)
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
AUGUST 2020
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Beauty of Bees with Elizabeth Newell
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You can bring the beauty of bees into your garden and life without becoming a beekeeper! This class goes beyond honey and pollination to explore how bees can adorn and enrich your outdoor experience.
Bees come in a surprizing and brilliant variety of forms and lead lives that inspire and entertain. Learn about some of the amazing and beautiful bee species to be found in our area, how to attract them, and explor new ways to appreciate and enjoy the biology and beauty of these fascinating garden visitors.This is a class for the Renaissance person looking for a new intellectual and aesthetic connection to the wold of bees. |
Elizabeth Newell is a former President of the Beekeeper's Guild of San Mateo County. Her website is almost live at www.humanebeeremoval.buzz
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
SEPTEMBER 2020
Sunday, September 13, 2020
BAWSCA (tentative)
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
OCTOBER 2020
Sunday, October 4, 2020
SUCCULENT TOPPED PUMPKIN WORKSHOP
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Nonmembers: $35/pumpkin. |
Celebrate the Fall Season by creating a succulent topped pumpkin centerpiece. You bring a 6-8 inch wide uncarved pumpkin with stem on and we will supply instruction, a variety of succulents and other natural materials, glue supplies and accessories you will need to create a beautiful fall decoration. Children ages 5 - 12 with accompanying adult. Reservations are required. Register online l or call 650-579-0536 x3.
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
NOVEMBER 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
HOLIDAY FLOWER DESIGNS w/ Liane Benedict
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Liane Benedict, certified floral designer, demonstrates how to create at least five different types of floral arrangements – from fall to holiday designs. Discover how to care for fresh-cut flowers and learn the tips, techniques and tricks used by professional florists.
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Liane grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Stanford with a degree in Human Biology and Neurophysiology. Liane worked in early childhood education for 10 years before moving to investment management for 15 years. Tired of 50+ hour work weeks and lots of stress, she quit her job and began taking a number of different classes from music to tap dance. Liane began taking floral design classes at College of San Mateo (CSM) in the Fall of 2002. She won awards for her theme design in the student competition at the 2003 American Institute of Floral Designers National Symposium in St. Louis. In 2007, she earned a Certificate in Floral Design from CSM. After rigorous testing, she became a California Certified Florist in 2010. In 2013 she became Vice President of Floral Artists of the Bay Area (FAB), a floral club. She worked at Ah Sam Florist in San Mateo from 2002 to 2007. Since then she is employed as a part-time designer at Redwood City Florist on Woodside Road. Liane has assisted with Bouquets to Arts, the Filoli Floral Show, and other community floral events. She has taught beginning floral design classes through the San Mateo College Community Education program and continues to give floral design demonstrations. Liane lives in Belmont with her wonderful husband.
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Master Gardener Plant Clinic
The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar bag to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified. smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu |
DECEMBER 2020
Sunday, December 5, 2020
WREATH WORKSHOP
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1:00 am
Nonmembers: $40/wreath. |
Bring your imagination, pruning shears & light weight gloves. Using fresh colorful greens from San Mateo Central Park, you will be able to create a one-of-a-kind beautiful wreath. This is a family activity, children ages 5 - 12 with accompanying adult are welcome. All material provided including seasonal embellishments such as ribbon, cones and more! Please feel free to bring any treasures from your garden that you may wish to share and personalize your design. Reservations are required. Register online or call 650-579-0536 x3
