Educational Seminars, Workshops & Events
PLEASE NOTE: ALL seminars and workshops will be held online using Zoom video conferencing.
Please register on this website.
A day before the seminar you will receive an E-mail with a Zoom link and meeting ID. These allow you to connect to the seminar using a Web browser or smart phone.
You will be able to sign in 15 minutes early to confirm that the audio and video connection is working.
Please register on this website.
A day before the seminar you will receive an E-mail with a Zoom link and meeting ID. These allow you to connect to the seminar using a Web browser or smart phone.
You will be able to sign in 15 minutes early to confirm that the audio and video connection is working.
Master Gardener Plant Clinics will be back at SMAS in 2022
The Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions from general information to advice about specific problems. Bring samples of your problem plants for better diagnosis. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some of the insects so they can be correctly identified.
http://smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu/plant-clinics/
Their website is: https://smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu
2022 SCHEDULE
2022 SCHEDULE
FEBRUARY
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 13, 2022
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THE BEAUTY OF CAMELLIAS
with Gene Fleet & Meg Milani |
via ZOOM
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The Bay Area is a perfect for planting camellias in your garden. Camellias are easy to grow and a wonderful addition to your garden, patio and front entrance to your home or apartment. Camellias make great cut flowers and their beauty can be enjoyed inside. Please join us for a talk on the history, culture, care and the beauty of camellias. Discussion will include the various types of camellia plants and flower forms. We will mention various ways to enjoy the beauty of camellias through out the season. Pruning and re-potting of camellias will also be demonstrated.
Bio: Gene is a part of the leadership team of the San Mateo Arboretum Society and the San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society (camelliasfpcs.org). Meg Milani is a member of the San Mateo Arboretum Society and is part of the leadership team of the San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society.
The San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society (camelliasfpcs.org). annual Camellia Show and Sale will be held February 19-20, 2022. This event will be held at the Community Building - 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City.
MARCH
SUNDAY - MARCH 6, 2022
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WILDLIFE HABITAT IN YOUR BACKYARD
with Mike Azeveo |
via ZOOM
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- Many human-related factors are taking a major toll on our native wildlife, but bees and butterflies and birds can at least take refuge in our gardens, right? That isn't necessarily true! In fact, many if not most gardens have little to offer ecologically. This presentation will show us how our gardens can become part of the solution rather than an ecological dead-zone. www.cbrp.org (California Bluebird Recovery Program)
- Mile will be summarizing the work of Doug Tallamy and plant communities, butterflies, local native plants and others that will provide good foraging for native insects and the predators that love them. This includes dragonflies, lacewings, lizards, toads, frogs and many other long forgotten local wildlife that might show up after giving wildlife part of your garden (and if you have a problem with bugs in your vegetables, this is good news!)
Bio: Mike Azevedo is a county coordinator and naturalist for the California Bluebird Recovery Program and the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society. For the last twelve years, Mike has been training nest box monitors to install and watch over nest boxes placed for bluebirds and other cavity nesting birds. More recently, Mike has been an advocate of habitat gardening as a way to save our vanishing wildlife.
APRIL
SUNDAY - APRIL 3, 2022
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EDIBLE CONTAINER GARDENING
with Laurel Nagle
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via ZOOM
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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!
Bio: 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.
MAY
SUNDAY - MAY 1, 2022
PRUNING CAMELLIA IN CENTRAL PARK
with Gene Fleet and Meg Milani
with Gene Fleet and Meg Milani
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An outside demonstration for pruning camellias will be given by Gene Fleet. Time will be given for participants to help prune the camellias in the park guided by members of the San Francisco Peninsula Society.
Bio: Gene is a part of the leadership team of the San Mateo Arboretum Society and the San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society. Meg Milani is a member of the SMAS and is part of the leadership team of the San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society (camelliasfpcs.org).
JUNE
SUNDAY - JUNE 5, 2022
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TALKING ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
with Joan Morris
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via ZOOM
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DESCRIPTION COMING SOON
JULY
SUNDAY - JULY 10, 2022
TBD
AUGUST
SUNDAY - AUGUST 7, 2022
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CREATING SACRED SPACE IN THE GARDEN
with Arete Nicholas |
via ZOOM
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The human need to create a quiet, peaceful place in the garden for contemplation, reflection, writing or meditation is as old as the garden itself and is exemplified both in literature and history. Early civilizations designated certain areas in gardens as sanctuaries or protected space and bounded them with markers, fences and walls. Arete Nicholas will discuss how to locate the ideal spot(s) in your garden and then how to enhance that special area by adding plantings and other elements and symbols that will appeal to all the senses. She will also share some of her garden design approaches to honoring the sacred in our everyday lives. She will also discuss how to make your protected space deeply personal and significant to you. You will leave the workshop with a double shot of ideas and enthusiasm for creating a new sacred space or perhaps renewing an old one!
SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
TBD
OCTOBER
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 2, 2022
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GRAPEVINE SUCCULENT WREATH WORKSHOP
with the SMAS Education Committee |
via ZOOM
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Celebrate the beginning of fall by crafting a fall grapevine wreath that will last through the holidays! SMAS will supply you with grapevine wreath, a variety of succulents and other natural materials, and glue to create a beautiful 12" wreath to display in your home. Once you're finished enjoying your wreath, you can plant your succulent cuttings into container gardens or into the landscape.
SMAS will supply you with a grapevine wreath, a varieth of succulents, natural materials, and glue to greate a beautiful 12" wreath
NOVEMBER
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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QUICK INTRODUCTION TO IKEBANA DESIGN
with Nancy "Sorin" Locke |
via ZOOM
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From this short course, you will get an overview of basic ikebana design principles and techniques. Great introduction for someone contemplating a deeper study of ikebana flower arranging but also a useful course with tips on proportion and line/mass contrasts for anyone who enjoys arranging floral materials and wants to do unique arrangements for upcoming holiday season.
Bio: With more than 30 years of ikebana experience, Nancy “Sorin” Locke has earned advanced teaching certificates from two schools of ikebana — Sogetsu and Wafu – giving her a strong background in contemporary design theory and technique. She holds the Somu rank in Sogetsu School of Ikebana. Combining her expertise in Ikebana design with her enjoyment of horticulture and gardening, she inspires her students to create beautiful fresh arrangements and to see floral materials with “fresh eyes.” www.ikebana-nancy.com
DECEMBER
SUNDAY - DECEMBER 4, 2022
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WREATH WORKSHOP
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Nonmembers: $40/wreath.
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Use your imagination to create a one-of-a-kind beautiful wreath. We will provide a variety of fresh colorful greens from San Mateo Central Park and all the supplies you will need to create your wreath at home. All you need to provide is pruning sheers and gloves. You will be emailed dates & times when supplies (greens, frame, ribbon. wire & embellishments) can be picked up at the San Mateo Arboretum Society in San Mateo Central Park.
